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This is from the Fox family grave found in Skyline Drive National Park. The family used to have a farm in the mountains here over a 100 years ago, in the 30's the family was forced by the government to leave their homes so they could build the national park. In the end they were removed and the forest reclaimed the fields and nothing remains but some stone walls, a few apple trees, a twisted sycamore, and this humble grave.
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Its sad she dies so young. Everyone wants to be remembered by someone when they die.. She is remembered by someone.
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Oh wow, that's rather neat that you found that. It's nice that at least some memory survives of her, it's sad that she died so young and even though I know nothing about her or who she was i always take the time to care for the grave a bit before i leave. Just seems right. Glad you like this photo as well. ^^
Wow, that is not right that the government at the time forced that family off their land even if they were compensated for their loss. It is really too bad that the old graves are not tended to properly. At least where I live graveyards that suddenly end up in the middle of urban development are generally left alone, and the counties or townships maintain the places so that they do not end up getting messed up. Personally, if I had seen that gravemarker like that, then I would have definitely complained to the National Park Service to get that marker fixed because the person buried there deserves to be remembered like anyone else if you ask me.
Granted, these graves might be in a really odd place nowadays, and upkeeping them might be tough. With that being said I think the basics should be done in terms of uprighting the headstones and putting a fence around the place so that it is respected. There cannot possibly be that many graves in this area, but the reality is that they must belong to a family or group of families who lived in the area who were forced to move and could not take their loved ones with them. How did you ever run into this grave?
Actually, I was doing a search for "National Parks," and I somehow ran into your photograph here.
Actually, I was doing a search for "National Parks," and I somehow ran into your photograph here.
I guess the way I look at it is that if folks can find the grave(s) such as the way you did, then the place is probably relatively accessible. Of course, back in the 1930s society just was not thinking about respecting history and respecting gravesites the way that they do now. For example, in my City as part of the airport expansion it had to go over an old cemetary that is surrounded by the airfield. The City is paying to move the graves to another cemetary so that the folks buried there will not be under a 747 or worse!
Haha! It is funny how the search feature can pull up all sorts of stuff!
Haha! It is funny how the search feature can pull up all sorts of stuff!
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