“I moved from Lawrence to Houston in 1955, and we drive back here every year on Memorial Day weekend to decorate the graves and pay our respects.”

— Claudette Martin, retired, Houston

“Probably only once a year, usually around the holidays when I get the chance to go back home.”

— Kirk Gerdes, engineer, Morgantown, W.Va.

“I never have. All of my grandparents and great-grandparents are still alive, so I don't have any to visit.”

— Divya Gopal, University of Nebraska sophomore, Lawrence

“I haven't been back here for 12 years, but now that I am, I'm going up to Daisy Hill on campus to visit them on Memorial Day.”

— Robert Yoe, cook, Lawrence