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over the last 200 years the ground has shifted. also, at first the cemetery was used for civil war dead. there were lots of burials and not much room or caskets so they were able to place people closer together. lastly, people were actually much shorter back then.
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∙ 11y agoIt is a Jewish tradition and it is similair to when christians put flowers on graves.
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