Maybe I’m callous but what is the cemetery supposed to do with all this non-waterproof stuff left at grave sites? Are they supposed to set up a museum for it?
And why are people leaving stuff that will look like garbage after the first downpour?
People have no common sense these days.
As a graveyard afficianado, I’d have to agree with you, largely.
Honestly, I don’t know why we have to keep every cigarette butt (Vietnam Memorial) in air-tight storage.
And also, I think most people know that if they don’t put “permanent” items at the site, it’ll disintegrate pretty easily, or get blown away (just by wind storms).
The main thing is that the PEOPLE supposedly maintaining the burial site don’t desecrate it further. Let the items be; put them back if they’re obvious when nearby. Let nature take care of it.
I agree with you and believe the folks at Arlington should bear no responsibility for this.
I agree. And I also watch in wonder on the local news where someone got shot and killed or someone was killed in an auto accident and all the folks who are hoping to get their faces in the nightly news are out there with their candle light vigils and leaving all kinds of stuff like pictures, notes, balloons and stuffed animals.
After the very next rainstorm, all that's left is wet crap.........