Honolulu Civil Beat | How did 100 Punchbowl grave markers end up in Palolo? @civilbeat | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
A Palolo woman’s father was doing yardwork at her home one day in 2019 when he unearthed an unusual stepping stone in her backyard. It turned out to be a grave marker from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl.
And then they found more — about 100 of them. Under the driveway. Buried in the house’s foundation. Engineers are trying to figure out their next move.
As far as officials know, there are no other cases of transported grave markers. So how in the world did they end up in Palolo?
Read more: civilbeat.org/2024/06/how-did-a-bunch-of-grave-markers-from-punchbowl-end-up-at-a-house-in-palolo
A Palolo woman’s father was doing yardwork at her home one day in 2019 when he unearthed an unusual stepping stone in her backyard. It turned out to be a grave marker from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl.
And then they found more — about 100 of them. Under the driveway. Buried in the house’s foundation. Engineers are trying to figure out their next move.
As far as officials know, there are no other cases of transported grave markers. So how in the world did they end up in Palolo?
Read more: civilbeat.org/2024/06/how-did-a-bunch-of-grave-markers-from-punchbowl-end-up-at-a-house-in-palolo
