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fritz03
06-24-2012, 07:17 PM
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/decorday.JPGHere are some Geraniums we put at the gravestone of Mom's parents(my grandparents)yesterday at Orono Cemetery in Orono where Mom was born.Every year,they have a decoration day where people put flowers at grave sites of family members,it is usually on a Sunday but we had church today so did it yesterday.

fritz03
07-05-2013, 08:13 AM
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/decorday1.JPG
Flowers Mom and I put at her parents(my Grandparents)stone on Decoration Day June 23rd.The Orono Cemetery does this the last Sunday of June for people to put flowers at family gravestones.My Grandfather Alex died in 1955 and my Grandmother Vanda died in 1961.

pomtzu
07-05-2013, 10:05 AM
Nice, Barry.

I wish I lived close enough to my parents resting place so that I could visit occasionally, but I'm in DE and they are in RI. Don't know that I will ever make it back up there, and I'm moving to NC soon, so that will even widen the gap.

And Decoration Day is the original old name for Memorial Day here in the U.S.

cassiesmom
07-05-2013, 10:52 AM
Looks good, Barry! Colorful and cheerful!

The cemetery where my grandparents are buried allows only artificial flowers. You aren't supposed to place items directly into the ground, other than a flag.