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Monday, December 7, 2009

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Not an original title, I'm sure, but that's what I was doing on a cloudy Saturday this past weekend. Tampa's Oaklawn Cemetery dates back to at least the mid-19th century. Tampa's first mayor is buried there as well as several Florida Supreme Court justices and many of the people who first settled the city.

Today it is a neglected patch that sits next to the bus station downtown. Many of the tombstones are cracked and broken, a reminder that nothing is eternal.

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