What wonderful memories you have, diane, and how sad it is that Memphis (along with MOST of towns, cities) is changing. My hometown is like that; like the saying goes "you can never go back" That is one of the reasons I started this thread - to learn if everyplace is like that or just a few. Hometown cemetary in Spfld, Ill where Lincoln is buried has been having ALOT of vandalism - parents and GP, etc are there and the graves are really suffering. Even Lincoln's tomb had graffiti all over it. Sign of the times? Scary what the next generation will be facing.