The city I live in has many old graveyards speckled within it, some are 4 city blocks big nestled inside tight communities. These graveyards have been full for more then 100 years; walking around or through them it is hard to find any headstones with a date of passing even in the 1920s, most are much older. To me, this is somewhat of a waste; to others it is a very sore subject.

Signs are posted on around most of the graveyards in the city that it is not a public pissing ground for dogs, however its hard to drive pass at anytime during the day and not see a dog owner standing by while his or her dog drops a deuce.

When was the last time you visited your grandparents’ grave? When was the last time your parents visited their grandparents’ grave? How much does a marker in the ground really mean after 2 generations?

I don’t have a solid answer as to what should be done; I’m not an overly religious person either and do belive that everyone has the right to belive what they want and respect his or her decisions, but I am still baffled. Baffled by this wasted land that empty beer bottles end up in, dogs use for a place to go potty and if left to become overgrown, become eye sores in the community. Digging up and disposing of the coffins is not a viable answer, at least I don’t think it is, so what else can be done?

We as humans have created more waste in the last 150 years then just about any other time frame in the history of walking man. We recycle nearly everything these days, cars are more fuel efficient and emit less harmful gases into the ozone yet we still allow someone who has existed a few decades to take up several square feet of land forever.

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