A few blocks from my house, there is a historic cemetery, one that is over 150 years old.  It is surrounded by a fence.  Behind it, there is a bus station.  Across the street from it, there is a gymnastics center and several warehouses.  Other than the fence and the gravestones, there are no markings and I think most people drive by without ever noticing it.

I first noticed it one day while I was driving to the library.  I came back later with my camera and I took some pictures.  At first, it was difficult to concentrate with the sound of traffic in the background but the longer I spent standing outside the gates of the cemetery, the less I heard of the traffic.

Later, I learned that the people buried in this cemetery were among the first to build a town on this land.  Without these people, who came from across the country, these roads and warehouses and the new gymnastics center would have never had a place to be built.

As I left, I saw an American flag raising over a nearby used car lot.  I made sure to get a picture before I went home.

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