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Tucson Oddity: Cemetery's 'Veteran Islands' honor US military service
The grassy medians at South Lawn Cemetery are "Veteran Islands." The island plots were developed in 1987 and purchased by veterans' organizations for vets and their families. Burial in the medians is an honor.
Tucson Oddity: Cemetery's 'Veteran Islands' honor US military service
"No man is an island, entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, a part of the main," wrote poet John Donne.
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