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Find out why people leave sticks instead of flowers on this grave [1]
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Date: 2024-11-10
This 100-year-old grave belongs to a dog named Rex. Rex is believed to have belonged to a fruit merchant named John E. Stow, who died in 1884.
Instead of flowers, Rex's grave receives sticks. In the photo [note: no photo is actually included], visitors have accumulated a large pile of sticks on his grave. This is such a heartwarming tradition!
You can visit Rex's grave at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Don't forget to leave a stick!
See also: A moss-covered screaming skull marks the grave of Antoine Michel Wemaer
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