We went to an event in Laurel Hill Cemetery located in Philadelphia last year. It was a beautiful cemetery, and whenever I say beautiful with cemeteries it means it's old, has many graves with statues that are unique (especially when they are falling apart).
There were 2 or 3 statues that I saw via google search, that I knew I had to find. We parked. Found 2 within 5 minutes. The #1 on my list was nearly impossible to find. I'm looking at different images, seeing the river, a building on the mountain, but nothing. Eventually a small bridge took us to another giant part of the cemetery. I look out in the distance and there 'She' was.
When I saw her, I was in a place I REALLY regret not knowing about (more of that at the end)
The statue is of Mary Schaaff. It was carved by her husband and the twins' father and overlooks the spot on the Schuylkill River where the babies drowned in 1855. Mary Schaaff died in 1857 - though many people thought the 3 died together in a boating accident
The one side is in Polish translated to: To the memory of Mary Schaaff. Wife of Henry Dmoghowski-Saunders. Born Neustadt on the Rhine May 24, 1823. Died Philadelphia July 8, 1857. Her children repose with her.
Now for the part I regret. I'm a huge Rocky fan, been so since I was around 5.SPOILER ALERTS In the last 2 movies with Rocky - Rocky Balboa & Creed. Rocky goes to visit his wife's grave. He has a folding chair in a tree (that has since been torn down) & talks to Adrian. In Creed another main character passed and buried next to her.
Look at the very left of this Still from Creed (not my photo), that's Mrs. Schaaff, along with the building on the hill that is visible in 2 of my photos.
Little did I know, The headstones are located elsewhere in the cemetery (Adrian's was originally made of foam, but Stallone didn't think it looked right and had a real one made- not sure about the other one, since he wasn't the director of CREED). So that means- trip #2 coming soon
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