Memorials to the Dead
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After the migration, those families which could not afford tombs like the ones above, yet still wanted to remember the past generations, would include names, birth, and death dates of past family members on their tombstone. Names of relations that were buried elsewhere, were included on the headstone. This allowed for several generations to be remembered together, even though they were buried in different areas. |
| As in modern Charleston and the Low Country, the tradition of placing a wall around the family plot survives. However, brick and tabby have now been replaced with concrete and steel. |  |
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Bushes and trees were planted to symbolize the livings involvement in the external cycle of life and death. Maintaining the dead as members of the society continues the life of the living, a symbol of an arrangement among humans that they will not let each others memories die. |
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