34th & St. George, right up against the hedge that fences the cemetery.
In the morning I squeezed through the hedge and found myself at the corner of the cemetery reserved for military. From a distance you can’t tell that these are graves, the stones are flush with the ground and slowly being covered by grass. There are privates, corporals, sergeants… no higher ranks, as far as I could tell. Most of the stones are from 1945, but this one is from 1946. B. Liss was a sapper, a defuser of bombs; a lethal job even after the war’s end.
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Jeremy,
This is three blocks from the house I grew up in. AND my dad works in the cemetery. I agree, it is a beautiful location, I know it well. Three generations of my family are buried at Mountain View in a family plot. It’s another world, really. Did you walk around inside at all? It’s on a hill so there’s lots of roll-poly expanse, not to mention a killer view of the mountains and city, as well as an English estate garden feel, because they keep the coniferous trees manicured in perfect triangles.
I didn’t explore very far, didn’t have time… I’ll have to go back!