{"id":983,"date":"2011-07-04T15:42:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T19:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/?p=983"},"modified":"2011-07-04T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T19:42:46","slug":"weeds-and-dead-leaves-encroach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/weeds-and-dead-leaves-encroach\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeds and Dead Leaves Encroach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/smDSC_6134.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[983]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-984  alignleft\" title=\"Flag Standing Above Sunken Grave\" src=\"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/smDSC_6134-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flag Standing Above Sunken Grave\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/smDSC_6134-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/smDSC_6134.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grave marker belongs to a man and a life unknown to me. A mystery further shrouded by weeds and dead leaves. Hidden but not forgotten, the flag placed there adds meaning for the flag means something important to me.<\/p>\n<p>Does the flag mean the same thing to me as it did to the life of the person commemorated\u00a0by the fading marker?\u00a0An impossible question to answer.<\/p>\n<p>Should a flag fly over my grave would people see it and superpose their understanding of the flag over my own? Or will they superimpose, adding to the meaning, instead of replacing the true meaning?<\/p>\n<p>What did I just do upon viewing the marker and flag that stood before me?<\/p>\n<p>Happy\u00a0Independence\u00a0Day America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grave marker belongs to a man and a life unknown to me. A mystery further shrouded by weeds and dead leaves. Hidden but not forgotten, the flag placed there adds meaning for the flag means something important to me. 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