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What grows between the graves
Friday, 30 October, 2026
Two hundred years ago, prairies covered most of Illinois. Today, less than 0.01% remain, and much of it is hiding behind cemetery fences. In Will County’s Vermont Cemetery Preserve, a one-acre pioneer burial ground that was never plowed still holds some of the state’s rarest prairie.









