can be laid to rest in that cemetery, but we can bury him in the lot just outside the fence.” It was agreed, and the service was held. However, the soldiers noticed that the aged priest seemed troubled. The following night, a strange thing happened. The priest assembled several of his parishioners. Together they took down the fence and moved it over to include the grave of the soldier. When the Americans inquired about the compassionate act, the old priest replied, “A Protestant may not be buried
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