>It's happening all over; have you seen this information? > Sunday night a band of vandals invaded 190-yr-old Mt. Olivet cemetery in >>>Washington DC, where a lot of our RC ancestors are buried. They did >>>about $100,000 worth of damage -- pushing over and breaking monuments in >>>a large swath of destruction. >>> >>>You can find the article on the Washington Post's Web site at: >>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-02/09/151l-020999-idx.html >>> >>>Some kind soul also added this URL and a request for donations to the >>>rootsweb Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/district.html >>> >>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:53:22 -0500 >>>From: Debi <Steamdog@email.msn.com> >>>To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: [WashingtonDC-L] Mt. Olivet - Spoke to them >>> >>>HI: >>> >>>I called the cemetery this morning. Right now they already have over 200 >>>requests for information. The gentleman I spoke to stated that it really is >>>a bad, bad, situation. They need donations. >>> >>>If you want information about your ancestors, he said please write a letter, >>>stating the name of the deceased and the approximate death date and the lot >>>and section numbers if you have them. They are hoping to respond within 48 >>>hours. Please put his name on the request. >>> >>>Mr. M. Warren >>>Mt. Olivet Cemetery >>>1300 Bladensburg Rd., N.E. >>>Washington, D.C. 20002 >>> >>>He was very interested in helping everyone out. Some of the stones are >>>gone, some are so badly ruined they cannot read the names, and he said this >>>is the only real way to find out. I would suggest not calling as they seem >>>very overwhelmed. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >