{"id":681,"date":"2022-12-16T04:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T04:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/?p=681"},"modified":"2024-09-22T01:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T01:08:23","slug":"old-first-church-bennington-centre-cemetery-grave-of-poet-robert-l-frost-bennington-vt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/16\/old-first-church-bennington-centre-cemetery-grave-of-poet-robert-l-frost-bennington-vt\/","title":{"rendered":"Old First Church Bennington Centre Cemetery &#8211; Grave of Poet Robert L. Frost &#8211; Bennington, VT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was the beloved area where Robert Frost grew up and called home for much of his life. His grave is in the Bennington Centre Cemetery next to the Old First Church. There are a lot of very old graves to be found in this cemetery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg01_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg01_.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg01_.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg01_-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg02.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg02.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg02-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg03.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg03.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg03-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg04.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg04.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg04-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg05-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg05-300x225.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg07.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg09.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg09-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg09-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg09-300x225.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg10-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg11.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg11.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg11-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg12.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-670\" width=\"674\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg12.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg12-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Frost family graves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg13.jpg\" alt=\"Bennington Cemetery\" class=\"wp-image-671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg13.jpg 720w, https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Gbg13-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bennington Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GIMG_3209.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/onewhitedove.com\/livinghistoryblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GIMG_3209.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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His grave is in the Bennington Centre Cemetery next to the Old First Church. 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