Savannah magazine - September/October 2021

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Bonaventure Cemetery's oaks, draped in Spanish moss, were said to be planted during the 1760s by British Colonel John Mullryne. He and his wife gave Bonaventure its name, a portmanteau of two Italian words meaning "good fortune." 102

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