Memorial Day, 2011

We found out, not too long ago that Dan has family who was buried in the Portland area.  So, for Memorial Day, we decided to venture and see what we could find. We found one grave, but almost overlooked it because the tombstone was a large stone tree trunk, carved by an organization called The Woodmen of the World. 

We saw that there were other Hammonds at the cemetery.   However, when we got to the plot where they were supposed to be, we didn't see anything.  We asked one of the caretakers and they said that, due to the disrepair of the cemetery, it's possible that the grass may have grown completely over the grave markers.  They suggested that we bring a long screwdriver next time to stick into the ground in order to find headstones.  We thought it was odd, though, because there were supposed to be over half a dozen Hammonds in the plot, but didn't find a single Hammond tombstone.  Hopefully we will go again soon (with a screwdriver) and seewhat we can find.