remember the less fortunate...
Dixon State School opened in 1918 and served mentally and physically challenged children and adults till 1983.It also had a school of nursing till 1967.This cemetery near the school-now the Dixon Correctional Center,a state prison-is for the residents of the school who passed while living there.Markers here-all numbered in order and most inscribed with just a name and date of death-start in 1920.We saw markers for unnamed infants and one for a 77 year old adult just a few rows apart.It is a sobering place,located ironically next to the hustle and bustle of the Dixon children's athletic fields.
Now these less fortunate are in a better place,living the kind of life and doing the kind of activities most of us take for granted...
remember the less fortunate...
Dixon State School opened in 1918 and served mentally and physically challenged children and adults till 1983.It also had a school of nursing till 1967.This cemetery near the school-now the Dixon Correctional Center,a state prison-is for the residents of the school who passed while living there.Markers here-all numbered in order and most inscribed with just a name and date of death-start in 1920.We saw markers for unnamed infants and one for a 77 year old adult just a few rows apart.It is a sobering place,located ironically next to the hustle and bustle of the Dixon children's athletic fields.
Now these less fortunate are in a better place,living the kind of life and doing the kind of activities most of us take for granted...