Hell in Livingston County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Grieving Yard
Photographed by Craig Doda, November 21, 2022
1. The Grieving Yard Marker
Little is known to the living who walk above us. Yes, they come to visit a loved one or that special someone just to make themselves happy, to remember us as we once were. Oh, to always be 18 or 20 or to have lived a much longer life and choose to be put here in this field of so-called honor. Our eyes see no honor and our souls feel no honor, for we were young and restless and full of our own hell. A country at war, we were told it was the right thing to do, our grandfathers served, our fathers did the same, but they came back to a country with open arms. I and my brothers around me did not, we came back in a box. I don't remember much about that day but that's good, I do recall how much I wanted to be home with all of you. My homecoming didn't go as planned, I made too many of you cry and I was just happy to be home again. I so much wanted to hold you and just be held by you and it couldn't be. As all these years have passed fewer came to visit, and those of you that do still come with tears and smile-less faces. Oh what did I do to make you so unhappy, I just came home.
-John Colone. A Co 3BN 101 Airborne, 67-68
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Location. 42° 26.024′ N, 83° 59.199′ W. Memorial is in Hell, Michigan, in Livingston County. It is on Patterson Lake Road east of Hiland Court, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4063 Patterson Lake Rd, Pinckney MI 48169, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Michigan and in Greater Detroit. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Centennial Farm (approx. Ύ mile away); The Beginning (approx. 1.6 miles away); Anderson (approx. 2.6 miles away); Pinckney (approx. 2.9 miles away); Park Lawn Beach (approx. 3.4 miles away); North Lake Methodist Church (approx. 3½ miles away); Unadilla Baseline Cemetery (approx. 3½ miles away);
Photographed by Craig Doda, November 21, 2022
2. The Grieving Yard Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 409 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 23, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
