"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
— Elie Wiesel


Why Do People Visit Cemeteries?
by Joel Gazis-Sax

To remember
To leave flowers
To pay their respects
To look at the tombstones
To have some quiet time
To birdwatch
To take a quiet stroll
To take photographs
To look for the graves of the famous
To picnic
To do a little impromptu gardening
To enjoy the fresh air and the decorations on the graves
To do tombstone rubbings
To have a good chuckle over a clever epitaph
To do genealogical research
To realize that when we're dust, today's problems will seem minute
To console oneself in the company of the dead.
To glimpse the big picture.
To contemplate Time.

So, how is this is a morbid pastime???

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To add a FAG-internal link within the text of a memorial biography, you need to use the following:

< a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=XXXXXXX" target="_blank">NAME< /a>

(remove the spaces following the < symbols, substitute XXXXXXX with the memorial ID number, and NAME with that person's name)
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"To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."
— Elie Wiesel


Why Do People Visit Cemeteries?
by Joel Gazis-Sax

To remember
To leave flowers
To pay their respects
To look at the tombstones
To have some quiet time
To birdwatch
To take a quiet stroll
To take photographs
To look for the graves of the famous
To picnic
To do a little impromptu gardening
To enjoy the fresh air and the decorations on the graves
To do tombstone rubbings
To have a good chuckle over a clever epitaph
To do genealogical research
To realize that when we're dust, today's problems will seem minute
To console oneself in the company of the dead.
To glimpse the big picture.
To contemplate Time.

So, how is this is a morbid pastime???

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To add a FAG-internal link within the text of a memorial biography, you need to use the following:

< a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=XXXXXXX" target="_blank">NAME< /a>

(remove the spaces following the < symbols, substitute XXXXXXX with the memorial ID number, and NAME with that person's name)
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