But,in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow,this ground - The brave men, living and dead,who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

VOA: special.2011.02.07

Perhaps it is, in some measure, a defiance of that power that New Orleans bury their dead above ground.

NPR: Defying Gravity, and Odds, in New Orleans