ME: Dreading Visit To Cemetery

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  Kage_Mann on May 20 at 6:29 a.m.

  Because, I was older now, a few years back I visited my grandparents graves.I never knew one of my grandfathers, so one time I went in and asked to know where he was buried in the cemetary.My grandmothers were the best.

  What chocks me up though, was one time I seen a big huge flower display, by this one headstone in the cemetary. I looked at the date and this person had been dead for 45 years and yet, the living relatives were still remembering this person.
  That’s one of the biggest tributes, you can pay a person IMO.

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  danofthecommunity on May 20 at 7:35 a.m.

  As OTV can attest, this has always been a big event in our family on the English side. As a kid I can remember the lineup of coffee cans wrapped in tin foil and fresh cut lilacs and other flowers to take for all the long lost at Forest cemetery.

  In fact they still called the holiday by its original name of Decoration Day.

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  ejs on May 20 at 8:05 a.m.

  I visit cemeteries quote often. Well I used to when I traveled for work by car. I fly more now but occasionally swing into one now and again when I’m in a small town and I see the Cemetery signs. I don’t do it for morbid reasons but I mostly find them interesting. The head stones of older graves often have some fine words on them. Also I do pay my respects as well especially for those forgotten.

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  JeanieSpokane on May 20 at 8:33 a.m.

  I was at first going to say that I don’t visit cemeteries - the fact is, I don’t visit my relatives’ resting places, if there are any. However, I have several pictures of us having picnics at my uncle’s gravesite. He was only 8 when he died, but my Mom always went there when we lived nearby.

  On the other hand - I like to visit old cemeteries. I think they are beautiful. There is a really cool cemetery behind Roslyn, Washington. It’s plotted by cultures and nationalities. It’s amazing to walk through.

  Another lovely cemetery is in Yachats, Oregon on a hillside overlooking the ocean, nestled among ancient trees.

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  OrangeTV on May 20 at 8:33 a.m.

  True. Memorial Day was always a get dressed up and go to brunch kinda day. We have graves scattered all over that place - I remember it being quite a workout to hit them all with flowers.I didn’t even know who most of them were since they’d passed on decades ago and a few only had tiny, overgrown little markers. My grandmother knew exactly where to find them all. I suppose we ought to keep up the tradition - it’s kind of a nice thing…

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  Me on May 20 at 12:44 p.m.

  Maybe once our cemeteries are really old they’ll be more interesting to visit?

  http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NIJpJyamJi0/Sf4QGaIWf3I/AAAAAAAAA0M/J5cCJ3hLE5s/s1600-h/IMG_3162.JPG

  The ones we visited in Scotland and Ireland were beautiful.

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  Idaho_Spud on May 20 at 6:34 p.m.

  When I was a youngster, we went to all the cemeteries where family was buried, decorated the graves, and then the family would get together and talk about those good old days.

  My sister and I had a “break up” over the fact that I do not ever visit the loved ones where they “rest.”

  I am just not one for that. I like to pull out my scrap books and albums and smile, cry, and laugh at all the pictures and memories. That is who I am.

  My sis has since forgiven me, she carries on the tradition, although she does not travel to Spokane, Lewiston, and Kellogg to decorate them anymore. Still have older folks here living also who like to decorate the graves.

  When my sis is gone, though, I am not sure if anyone will do the grave decorating. She decorates for every holiday too!

  I feel we just had so many deaths when I was 10 & younger, that the memory never went away with all the funerals & wakes. So………..I admire those who do, but I don’t.

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  Stickman on May 20 at 10:05 p.m.

  I go on the holidays for the Vets. They have given the ultimate price.

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