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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 188576, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> I remember back in the 1970s a local graveyard switched to flat headstones and markers to make mowing easier. They took all the bronze military flag staffs and had them melted down for scrap. It was a big scandal at the time. They sent out notices for people to pay for the new flat markers and if they did not or could not be contacted they got a flat piece of plain marble. I paid for a couple of the marble slabs to be carved. They were an old couple I knew that had no relations to pay for them. It was so sad.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 188576, member: 78"]Hi, I remember back in the 1970s a local graveyard switched to flat headstones and markers to make mowing easier. They took all the bronze military flag staffs and had them melted down for scrap. It was a big scandal at the time. They sent out notices for people to pay for the new flat markers and if they did not or could not be contacted they got a flat piece of plain marble. I paid for a couple of the marble slabs to be carved. They were an old couple I knew that had no relations to pay for them. It was so sad. greg[/QUOTE]
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