I'm rather backing up and sending this information in reverse. the following is a letter about the pioneer cemetries in Indiana. More will follow. READ and be AWARE of what is happening to our forefathers and foremothers graves. >Several milestones were met today (1/23/99): > >(1) We now have ONE HUNDRED members of the INPCRP e-mail discussion group. > >(2) We have received a total of SIX HUNDRED AND FOUR petition signatures >urging the Indiana General Assembly to act decisively to protect our >endangered pioneer cemeteries. I am advised that more are on the way and >that's super! > >(3) We now have ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR examples of cemetery neglect, abuse and >endangerment in our INPCRP "Hall of Shame". If you haven't visited it or >haven't visited in the last week or so, I urge you to do so. There are >still a number of counties for which we do not have examples of cemetery >that have been neglected, abused and abandoned. If you know of any that are >not on the list, please let us know. > >I am SOOOOO proud of all of you who have participated in this effort. Thank >you, thank you, thank you! > >If you are still holding on to petitions, I urge you to send them in right >away. As of this writing, to our knowledge, none of the seven "cemetery >preservation" bills presently pending before the 1999 General Assembly are >presently scheduled for Committee hearings. Once we are granted permission >to appear before the respective Committees, we will high-tail it to >Indianapolis and it's important that we have as many petition signatures in >our hands as possible when we make that appearance. I don't expect we'll >get more than one shot. > >Again, thank you to all of you who have participated by signing petitions or >giving us information about shameful examples of cemetery abandonment, >neglect and abuse in the State of Indiana. > >Further information is available on the INPCRP website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp > >Lois Mauk >INPCRP State Coordinator >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Have you signed an Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project >PETITION TO THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE calling for revision of current >state laws regarding protection and maintenance of pioneer cemeteries? > See http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > >==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== >Remember to give us your project updates at monthly Roll-Call! > > >