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Doing what we do as a hobby of that time period, we are very familiar with the burials around Williamsburg. Being an area occupied from the early 1600's (and much earlier by natives), several military encampments, various diseases, as well as the capital for some 80 years up until the Declaration was signed, there are numerous forgotten or unknown burials in the area.

One site we like about this is Graves of Williamsburg. We like to show our respect when we visit these areas unknown to most of the general public. What uproar would be caused doing this to a modern cemetery? It is a shame what is done in the name of progress.

But I digress, here is the paragraph pertaining specifically to BGW -  

"Given the age of the area, it is no surprise that burials lost to memory have been found at virtually every development site around--at Kingsmill on the James, Port Anne, Holly Hills, and The Vineyards, for example. When Busch Gardens was being constructed, workers discovered the family cemetery of Grant and Mary Scott, who probably died in the 1860's. Where seven of their children were laid to rest is now a grove of trees near the main entrance to the park."

EDIT: Another quote. "Dennis Montgomery has called early Virginia "a death trap"; he calculates that perhaps as many as 5,795 colonists died between 1607 and 1624."
 
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I knew the story about that grove but I could never remember the family name. Thanks for that! Are the markers still there?
 
Looks like all the delays have been solved. The new parking space has, for the most part, been finished for a few days now. It does feature garden beds throughout, which definitely helps the space look much more beautiful?

They currently just need the grass to grow, from what it looks like.
 
Considering the park doesn't even plant flowers along their main entry road anymore, I have a hard time believing they'd plant some in an over-flow parking lot, across the street from the main property. I don't see the landscaping department going all the way to the overflow parking lot to maintain flowers that are only going to be seen once every 2 or so weeks.

But I don't know, it may very well be actual flowers.
 
Sure they will! They'll put some groovy ones in London Rocks, they'll spruce up Entwined's set with some. They'll fill Lady Liberty's torch with flowers. Then maybe they'll plant them around the park. But that's more of an "if you can get to it" kind of thing.
 
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Is there anyone who isn't? I'm fascinated that this even took up seven pages.
 
Flowers will have to be rotated, unless they're perennials, and they would have a distinct look to them. If I saw them, I could tell you.
 
Drove past the parking lot on the way in today. No flowers, just shrubs. Grass is growing in, and there's random patches of bushes in the middle of the parking area, it's kind of wierd.
 
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