Well the bible says to rejoice at death and cry over a birth! Perhaps this is what they are trying to do. However I was raised up the same as you. Don't step on anyone's grave and behave yourself in the cemetery and don't run but walk as the dead are resting! Don't liter That type of thing Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kati" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: [GAWARE] PBS show on Cemeteries > Hi Listers, > I don't know if anyone else saw the PBS show on cemeteries but I would be > interested in your views. > > Since I was old enough to remember, every year when we went to the family > reunion we would always go afterwards to visit my grandmother's grave > (daddy's mom). My dad dearly loved his mom and this was his way of > remaining close to her. Our visit was always ones of quiet reverence. As > a result I've always been mindful of stepping on what I knew to be a > gravesites. I was respectful and always a little in awe. > > On the PBS show they showed many different traditions and uses for > cemeteries. People were giving tours and holding social events (music in > the park or art in the park type events and even reinactments). I'd never > really thought of cemeteries as a place for a social gathering except for > funerals. > > And a couple of weeks ago I came back from London where we saw children > running a playing among the gravestones. > > I missed the first part of the show but found it facinating. I'm sure they > will run it again and I will try to catch it. > > Whether you saw it or not, what do you think? > > Kati Smith > GAWARE List Admin > [email protected] > Elver's Peak (my personal home page with genealogies) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elverspeak/ > Beulah Church Cemetery > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elverspeak/beulah.htm > Ware County Georgia, GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaware/ > Wiregrass Resources > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elverspeak/wiregrass.html > Cherokee (Tsalagi) Circle of Learning Page > http://www.geocities.com/kimis.geo/tsalagi.htm > > > ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== > GAWARE Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/GA/ware.html > GAWARE GenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaware/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >