Showing posts with label milwaukee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milwaukee. Show all posts

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Unknown and forgotten

PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

Sorry for missing last week guys! And just a heads up that I will miss the next two weeks while we’re on vacation but I’ll see you again in June.

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While traveling some back roads near Milwaukee we discovered a Pauper’s Cemetery. Most of the people buried here were unknown and most of the stones are simply blank. The one above reads, “Unknown Male Infant”

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See, blank. I found it very sad that there were so many unknown peoples, but grateful that they were at least buried and given a marker. Near our home is a poor people’s cemetery with only one stone. A stone that explains what the cemetery is and no names or markers for where the graves actually are.

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I did find a few markers with words.

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And right next to unknown white lies unknown colored - men or women I do not know.

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