Visited this historical cemetery a few times when I was studying at Augusta University. There are 5 Confederate generals interred next to the Confederate soldiers plot on the east end. There was a pick up paper guide near the graves that provided some biographic information of the 5 generals. The atmosphere though a bit somber is quite stunning with Spanish moss hanging from the trees and the many beautifully designed mausoleums and tombs that date back many years ago.
November 2023
*Important safety/harassment info* This cemetery is a block away from the sheriff’s department and probation office. I think today (Wednesday, between 11 and noon) prisoners were working there. I am a boyish-built woman, so one of them called out pleading, “Lemme see some a*s, lemme see some t*ts”, clearly unsatisfied with my lack thereof. I’ve experienced this before in a detention center. There are way too many men working for the officers to maintain complete control over. I didn’t see any signs up saying “prisoners working”, but the officers may have packed them back up onto the white vans when I was leaving, because they all seemed to be gone. Especially... read full review
September 2023
When I was 6 years old in 1962 I used to live across the street from May Park. I would walk up and down the big wall of Magnolia Cemetery wondering what was on the other side of the wall. Childhood memories.
Visited this historical cemetery a few times when I was studying at Augusta University. There are 5 Confederate generals interred next to the Confederate soldiers plot on the east end. There was a pick up paper guide near the graves that provided some biographic information of the 5 generals. The atmosphere though a bit somber is quite stunning with Spanish moss hanging from the trees and the many beautifully designed mausoleums and tombs that date back many years ago.
*Important safety/harassment info* This cemetery is a block away from the sheriff’s department and probation office. I think today (Wednesday, between 11 and noon) prisoners were working there. I am a boyish-built woman, so one of them called out pleading, “Lemme see some a*s, lemme see some t*ts”, clearly unsatisfied with my lack thereof. I’ve experienced this before in a detention center. There are way too many men working for the officers to maintain complete control over. I didn’t see any signs up saying “prisoners working”, but the officers may have packed them back up onto the white vans when I was leaving, because they all seemed to be gone. Especially... read full review
When I was 6 years old in 1962 I used to live across the street from May Park. I would walk up and down the big wall of Magnolia Cemetery wondering what was on the other side of the wall. Childhood memories.