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A special place at Oak Ridge Cemetery
It's about as far as you can get from the main entrance to the sprawling Oak Ridge Cemetery, one of the nation's most visited burial grounds. Go past the soaring monument to the Great Emancipator, meander a bit toward the north, pass the Wishing Well and maintenance shed, and take the steep, one-lane pavement that looks like it gets lost in the trees...
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