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The Eternal
"Beyond the church are two large fields. There are only a few marked graves, but these fields are believed to contain thousands of burials. The markers are long lost, but the inherent power of these fields is felt in remembrance of the people sent into isolation to live and die at Kalawao."—Kalaupapa National Historic Park
"Since I have been here I have buried from one hundred and ninety to two hundred every year, and still the number of living lepers is always over seven hundred…. There are many empty places in the church, but in the cemetery there is hardly room left to dig the graves."—Father Damien De Veuster in a letter to his brother Pamphile, January 31, 1880
The Eternal
"Beyond the church are two large fields. There are only a few marked graves, but these fields are believed to contain thousands of burials. The markers are long lost, but the inherent power of these fields is felt in remembrance of the people sent into isolation to live and die at Kalawao."—Kalaupapa National Historic Park
"Since I have been here I have buried from one hundred and ninety to two hundred every year, and still the number of living lepers is always over seven hundred…. There are many empty places in the church, but in the cemetery there is hardly room left to dig the graves."—Father Damien De Veuster in a letter to his brother Pamphile, January 31, 1880