Gravestones exhibit an uncommon diversity of styles and messages in Putnam. The graves are well tended, many with living flowers. The mood is very like the cemeteries in Lithuania.
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The big difference is that graves in Lithuania have bordered edges; like all the fenced in yards here, people demand to have their territory clearly established. Therefore, there is little grass, and each grave needs to be tended to individually.
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