More Than Bricks: The Memories of Limestone University Etched in Stone

Beneath the overgrown grass at Limestone University’s Hines & Riggins Center lies a path paved with more than stone. 

These are bricks with names, dates, and messages of love etched into them. They came from moms and dads, husbands and wives, children, friends, and alumni who wanted their connection to Limestone to last forever. 

Each one carried a promise, a memory, a piece of someone’s heart. Each one said, “I was part of Limestone forever.”

Some bricks celebrated graduations, others honored loved ones or marked special memories made on Limestone’s campus. A few were gifts from parents to children, and others from dear friends who wanted to leave a shared mark on a place they both loved. 

Together they formed a walkway that told hundreds of stories about the people who walked these grounds.

Now Limestone is gone, and those bricks remain, some hidden under weeds, holding the memories of laughter, hard work, victories, and friendships. I don’t know what the future holds for them, but I hope those special bricks can be carefully removed and returned to the families and alumni who cherish them. The walkway could then be restored with plain bricks, making room for those memories to live on in new ways, where they belong.

They are more than stones in the ground. They are keepsakes, reminders of moments that shaped lives and built lasting bonds. They are pieces of a history that can never be replaced.

If your name, or the name of someone you love, is etched into one of those bricks, I hope someday it finds its way back to you. Limestone may be gone, but the love for it will always live in the hearts of those who called it home.