Day 1
Rocks on the headstone
December 31st, 2011
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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~9,954 miles walked
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Grossman has many friends and family. A life well lived. RIP
I see many headstones in the background with rocks on them too. What does it mean? Anyone know?
This is what Yahoo Answers has to say about it Dorinda. It’s a long answer so I’m just attaching the link to the article.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070605190353AAsEhkk
Thanks Gigi. That helps explain it for me. Matt’s link up top wouldn’t work for me the first time I read this page.
Why are there yellow PC stickers on the headstone?
PC stands for perpetual care. It means that money has been paid into a trust fund for the future upkeep of the grave. According to the NYS Division of Cemeteries:
I am learning so much, and it’s only Day 1! And yes, what are those PC stickers? In California they would stand for politically correct :-)