Were they afraid that people might have laid flowers on his grave?

Tour groups or individuals are expected to lay flowers at its feet.

Once a year, their families come to lay flowers.

I laid flowers in the park, near the site of the attack.

Still, she reflected, at least it was nice that people were coming to lay flowers in the first place.

They laid flowers, stood by the side of the road and sobbed.

The town, to a person, went out to the beach to lay flowers in the ocean.

For the first time in history civilians were not allowed to lay flowers at the site.

Today when I returned, it seemed as if the entire city had come to lay flowers in honor of his memory.

Tomorrow I was going to lay flowers on her grave.