Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts is often described as a literary pilgrimage site for those who come to pay respects at Authors Ridge, where they may visit the graves of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott.
It is a bit of a climb to the top of the Ridge.
Henry David Thoreau’s family marker. Visitors often leave pencils at Thoreau’s site, both as a tribute to his writing , as well as his family’s ownership of a pencil factory. (I did not see any pencils during my visit.)Nathaniel Hawthorne’s grave site. In 2006, his wife and daughter were interred beside him.The Alcott Family MarkerFlowers, stones and written tributes have been carefully placed on Louisa May Alcott’s Grave.
A stone marker leads the way to Emerson’s grave.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s rose quartz stone.The inscription is from Emerson’s poem, “The Problem,” which reads: “The passive Master lent his hand/ to the vast soul that o’er him planned,” reflecting his Transcendentalist ideas about the divine in humanity.
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