Wow. What an experience. Those mausoleums and crypts were amazing. I never understood the difference between them until yesterday. It is so interesting to have this entire place that is just a big museum of people's lives. Monuments built to honor the dead and the family names. We live in such a culture that has so much respect for the dead and their burial when under neath all the faded bronze sculptures of beautiful angels and high monuments reaching toward the sun all we will find is the shell and remains of what once was a human being. But still, no soul, no beating heart, and no emotion...just a name and some sort of marker showing the world who they were. The only thing that is really living and breathing in the entire place of Spring Grove besides the on-lookers are the luscious flowers and various plants. They are as intriguing as the history underneath them.
So here is the start of the exploration toward meaning- the cemetery is a museum? But is t really a Dead" place where only the plants area "alive?"
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