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Unread 11-09-2011, 12:57 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair View Post
Just after the turn of the century this was a good luck symbol.
Around the turn of the century, people here in the US would have Sunday picnics in graveyards...It was considered a happy place, where kids would laugh & play, and elders would sit back and ruminate...Eat a picnic lunch, play with the dog, toss a ball around, roll hoops...

Wonder why that tradition didn't continue...

Graveyards around here are in better condition than public parks...
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