Savannah Bonaventure Dash Tours

Papa’s Sweetheart Our Darling Boy Theodore Prendergast 1909 Bonaventure Cemetery ... C-6 Photo by Carli Lubi Shehane #dashtours #liveyourdash #bonaventurecemetery #savannahtours #cemeteryphotography See more

I do love a dark, overcast morning in Bonaventure. Perfect time of the year take a stroll.

It’s been a rainy couple of days in Bonaventure, which brings out the beauty of the lichens, Spanish moss and resurrection fern. Every plot on the bluff has its own treasure. You just have to look. Photo by Carli Luby Shehane #dashtours #bonaventurecemetery #savannahgeorgia ... #cemeteryphotography #lichens See more

A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning it’s life with an early ending. -RJ Gonzalez Andrew Granger 1902-1904... Bonaventure H-87 #dashtours #bonaventurecemetery #savannahgeorgia #savannahhistory #cemeterywandering

Thinking about something interesting to do? You should come out to Bonaventure like you’ve been meaning to. The weather is perfect right now and I have a tour going out at 2pm. Locals always tour for free so give me a call and meet me out there. Visitors can call or book online at www.dashtours.net 912-401-2897 #dailytours #bonaventurecemetery #savannahgeorgia... #dashtours #theus #wilmingtonisland See more

Breezy and 63 degrees this morning. Perfect for taking a walk through the cemetery. #bonaventurecemetery #dashtours #savannahgeorgia #cemeterywandering

As I've said many times in the past, the subject of premature burial comes up on the tour at the Mill's plot because there is a bell sticking up from the family vault below, just in case. People have a hard time understanding how someone could be mistaken for dead and then buried alive. We then go over the most recent instances of people being mistaken for dead and I get to hear a lot of crazy stories from all over the country. The past few weeks, this story has been coming up and I've been meaning to do a post on it. Today's rain has finally given me a break to share the story with y'all online. From Detroit, August 25, 2020 https://www.dailystar.co.uk//mother-devastated-after-daugh

Bonaventure Cemetery K256 #bonaventurecemetery #dashtours #savannahgeorgia ... #cemeterylife See more

I've been visiting Bonaventure since I was a child, regularly hanging out in the cemetery since I was able to drive there on my own, and for the last 7 years I've been conducting deep research and conducting history tours. I keep thinking I've seen just about every monument and decorative piece out here, but then I see something new. Take this for instance. My friend Carli sent me this beautiful pic and I've never seen this cherub before. I've been looking for it ever since she sent it to me. I saw Carli out in Bonaventure today as I was starting my tour and she said "its over that way." So , I got a general direction at least. Photo Credit: Carli Luby Shehane

Goodmorning! Bonaventure sunrise at the Lawton plot. Photo credit: Carli Luby Shehane

Happy Birthday Tobia Makover! My wife is having a $71 dollar sale to celebrate her birthday. Watch the video and then click the link for purchase.

There are quite a few regular visitors in Bonaventure who use the cemetery to jog, walk their dog, or stroll with their small children. My friend Carli has gotten in the habit of early morning walks through Bonaventure and the neighboring Forest Lawn and Greenwich Cemeteries and she has been posting the most beautiful pictures that I simply must share. Bonaventure at sunrise is a glorious sight to behold. Photo credit: Carli Luby Shehane

#OnThisDayInHistory the first Jewish settlers landed in Georgia, right here in Savannah. On July 11, 1733, 42 men and women arrived here aboard the Schooner Wil...liam and Sarah. In 1735, they established Kahal Kodesh Mickva Israel (translated as Holy Congregation Hope of Israel). They rented a house in Ellis Square for use as a synagogue, becoming the third-oldest Jewish congregation in North America. The Mickve Israel congregation held services at several sites in Savannah before its current synagogue was completed in 1878 (image from the MPC Historic Preservation Photographs Collection). Herman Myers (Mayor of Savannah 1895-1897, 1899-1907) was a member of Mickve Israel and one of the most prominent Jewish figures in the history of Savannah City government. Born in Bavaria in 1847, he immigrated to the U.S. with his family, eventually settling in Savannah with his brothers, Sigo and Fred, where they became involved in the cigar and tobacco business. In 1885, Myers entered Savannah politics as an alderman, and in 1895 was elected as Savannah’s first Jewish Mayor. Myers’ crowning achievement was the erection of City Hall. Myers was the last Mayor to serve in the City Exchange before it was torn down (he is pictured here with Council in the Exchange’s Long Room), and the first to serve in City Hall when it officially opened in January 1906. When Myers died in 1909, he laid in state in City Hall’s Council Chambers. See more