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Quoting portokal: Quoting alameda:
Am I missing something here? Could you please clarify? |
actually, this cemetery goes just as unnoticed as it would have in this thread, except for your question ))). but just as unnoticed in a turkish forum ))))) a mere remark. ))) |
Quite beautiful, nice...
A wise man I once knew said we are walking on our ancestors. In (New York City where I spent most of my life) there are many graveyards that have been turned into baseball fields, parks or had large building built on top of them.
Washington Square Park in the Village was a drilling field in the early days of the US development. They used to do executions there. The hanging trees are still there.
It then became a potters field. During yellow fever and malaria epidemics thousands were buried there.
In the early 19th Century they decided to make it a park. Another time they decided to build a fountain there. They dug up a lot of old caskets still with the yellow blankets on them. I know because I spoke with some of the workmen who did the excavation.
Then there is the now famous African Burial Ground in Wall St. I walked by that numerous times before it was discovered.
Then there is a swimming pool, baseball diamond and boce ball court that was built on a private cemetary that had been abandoned. It became a sunken garden, then was made what it is now. I know about that, because I knew an older man who was there when they were digging up the graves. He said they used to just leave the bones around, and being a kid, used to take bones home to his mother..."look Ma what I found!"
Just think, how many graves do we walk over now and don't even realize it.
I could go on, but for now will leave it at this. It is a sobering realization. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. What remains are our works.
Respect and gratitude are in order for all.
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