The touching story behind the two graves on a runway in the US

In various parts of the world there are quite dangerous and strange with runways of landing and take-off within walking distance from the sea or from cliffs. However, there is an airport in the US that has a particularity, but it is not about the location. CORVERSE The reason for Savannah/Hilton Head Airport in Georgia, USA, which hosts two graves at the end of corridors 10 and 28, for nearly 150 years. These graves built into the ground belong to the couple Richard and Katherine Dotson, who were born in 1779. Catherine died in 1877, while Richard in 1884. Before the airport was built, the couple cultivated the local land, then known as Cherokee Hills. As was customary at the time, the couple were buried together at that point. At the same time, within walking distance from the busy airport corridor, next to a shrub, there are two additional graves that were related to the Donson family. CORVERSE In essence, the area was the family cemetery in their farm, which contained about 100 graves, which unfortunately included the tombs of slaves. During World War II, however, the U.S. Army was forced to find a suitable place to expand its facilities for the landing of warplanes. Thus, the federal government and city of Savannah negotiated the lease of 1,100 acres at the current Savannah/Hilton Head airport. However, much of this area fell right onto the Donson family cemetery. Although the majority of the graves were moved to Bonaventure cemetery, the Donson couple remained in place, at the request of the couple’s descendants. As a result, these graves were covered with built-in plates, which resembled normal tombstones and remained after the end of World War II, while work continued on the expansion of the airport. Thus, the tombs of Richard and Catherine are located just below the airport’s main runway, from which an average of 309 planes a day take off.