Picnics are not just for parks. It was once trendy to have them in cemeteries.

Here’s a photo of a small group picnickers sitting on flat tombstones at St. Luke’s Ancient Cemetery. (photo via HISTORIC ST. LUKE’S)

Atlas Obscura provides an interesting article HERE citing how one reason people had picnics there is because many cities lacked parks and/or public green space to provide an alternative. Plus it provided a place for  family get togethers where the deceased in the family could participate as well.

Related: Verano Monumental Cemetery + Excavating stories at Verano +

Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries +  Graveyard Picnics Reunited Families + cemetery picnics our ancestors attended + The Victorians had a very peculiar tradition of picnicking in cemeteries +