The Sad Grave of Kate McCormick

In a quite corner of the Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis oldest active, is the grave of 21 year old woman who died after childbirth on February 1, 1876. The tombstone on her grave read:

The Mystery of Synchronous Fireflies

In the first few weeks of June, visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, United States, are treated to a rare natural spectacle thousands of fireflies blinking in unison like strings of Christmas lights hanging in the night air.