Almost every large cemetery has an area called "Potters Field." Traditionally, these areas were set aside for the burial of transients and indigent citizens whose families could not afford to purchase a grave. The last recorded interment in Potters Field was in 1872.
Almost every large cemetery has an area called "Potters Field." Traditionally, these areas were set aside for the burial of transients and indigent citizens whose families could not afford to purchase a grave. The last recorded interment in Potters Field was in 1872.
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