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This is a little bit of an invitation for readers, as I\u2019ve been thinking about the idea that a cemetery should be preserved forever, the bodies buried there undisturbed.<\/p>\n
This is not the case in Germany, where cemetery plots are leased and re-used \u2014 and I have in mind a fuller blog post on this. \u00a0But here in the U.S., we\u2019ve got two alternatives: \u00a0either a \u201cforever\u201d cemetery plot (which means a higher cost or further drive for city-dwellers) or cremation.<\/p>\n
Many years ago, in high school, I remember my English teacher telling us to choose an interesting topic for our upcoming persuasive speech, and she gave the example of someone who talked about the upcoming problem of full cemeteries.<\/p>\n
Readers, while this is still sitting in draft form, what are your thoughts? \u00a0Is it important to you that the bodies of your loved ones (or your own body, someday) stay undisturbed as far out into the future as you can imagine? \u00a0Any bits of trivia about other customs welcome as well.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is a little bit of an invitation for readers, as I\u2019ve been thinking about the idea that a cemetery should be preserved forever, the bodies buried there undisturbed. This is not the case in Germany, where cemetery plots are leased and re-used \u2014 and I have in mind a fuller blog post on this. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":4504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-6160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-burial-customes"],"yoast_head":"\n