Thanks Bill, That is a very nice link. I should learn to just go to your page first! <g> L.A. Clugh

--- CLUGH_LA <clugh_la@email.msn.com> wrote: > Thanks Bill, > That is a very nice link. I should learn to just go > to your page first! > <g> > L.A. Clugh > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > "Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what > kind of people you have." > Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com

In a message dated 1/3/02 8:35:51 PM US Eastern Standard Time, Jb502000 writes: > Bill the following was not sent to me but I went to the site and came away > much wiser on the meaning of "Memorial Day" I know now how and why it was > started. I thought I was right, it was originally Decoration Day. Thanks a > lot, I printed it out so I won't forget. No one should. > > > > > In a message dated 1/3/02 2:04:05 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > wspurlock@savinggraves.com writes: > > This should help you: > http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html > > > Jack E. Briles Sr. > jb502000@aol.com > Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator > PO Box 444 > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > (812) 282-6585 > >

In a message dated 1/3/02 2:21:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time, loismauk@home.com writes: > The St. John Kanty Catholic Cemetery in LaPorte County has again suffered > substantial vandalism. See: > http://www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=206 > for the full story. > > Lois > > > When you think you've heard and seen it all something like this happens. There should be no Plea bargain if these persons are caught, and Yes there are more than one, with one it's no fun. They should receive Jail time with full restitution for every cent of damage. If the crucifix can even be repaired. You could put up a new one, but you can't replace the 50 years it was there. It sounds like the judge may lean toward the tolerant side. I hope there is enough community pressure to prevent that. The only way to stop these repeated acts of vandalism is to severely punish those that should be caught and convicted. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585

your message is very encouraging, I'm from Michigan but am happy to hear of a 'uniform state code', that would be great. Don't let McCain's office forget about it. Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: William Spurlock To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: RE: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such Jack is right, times have changed fast. Faster than some on may want to realize. You may recall that last year I conducted a petition drive pushing for a set of national laws on cemetery preservation. Not many of you know what came out of that. The petition drew the attention of some rather powerful people in D.C. and we had plans underway for a series of meetings that would have been the starting point for the construction of a series of Uniform State Code laws pertaining to cemetery issues. What we had planed on doing was looking at all the existing laws from all the states, using the best parts for a starting point and adding to them as needed. It would have been up to each state to adopt them or not, but I think there was a good chance of it working. There were several states being looked at as tests. New York, which currently has little or no laws in cemetery preservation was one of those states. The meetings were set to be held in DC in November of last year. John McCain and Orin Hatch were two of the people that were backing this. Then came September 11th. That, and the attitude of the current administration changed everything. Things have been put on hold now on this, but the interest is still there. I am in communication with McCain's office on a regular basis, and when the time is right this will get rolling again. The problem is, the time was right years ago. William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Jb502000@aol.com [mailto:Jb502000@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:08 AM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such In a message dated 1/3/02 10:32:22 AM US Eastern Standard Time, andimac@oz.net writes: > Most definitely, Sue! Here in Washington, most of the cemeteries seemed to > have caretakers up until then...people from the neighborhood or interested > community members. We also saw a lot of organizations that took care of > cemeteries. Andi, and Sue What we all have to realize is changes have came fast and furious since December 7,1941. These things have changed our way of life forever. After the war 4,000,000 veterans had to re plan their way of life. They were busy raising a family. The women were busy mothers and New Home housewives. Then all of the conflicts since then, and Television was new from the late 30's to the late 50's This left no time to even think about cleaning a cemetery. In order to raise a family in the 70's and 80's husband and wife both had, and still do, work to keep up with the bills. Again no time for Cemeteries. Then we come to the computer age, we still have no more time, but the baby boomers are getting older and are beginning to see their family cemeteries badly neglected. Since computers link almost every house in the country people are beginning to see what terrible conditions the cemeteries are in and are willing to take a little time and do what they can. They are able to read about the fact we have no viable cemetery laws. Most thought that cemeteries were protected by law. Legislators from WW ll until recently were busy with more important laws. Only when the power of the Internet began to raise the issue did they begin to set up and listen. Let's keep the pressure on. It's to bad the cleanup is being done by volunteers instead of the duly appointed officials. Thank God I can see that changing. The trustees are beginning to assume their responsibility. We have at least 2 on the List willing to accept their responsibilities, now we need the County Commissioners to give them the money. As far as destroyed cemeteries, there are 2 in Floyd co. that were destroyed in the late 1800s. Sorry I don't know when to shut up. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living? ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite.

your message is very encouraging, I'm from Michigan but am happy to hear of a 'uniform state code', that would be great. Don't let McCain's office forget about it. Marge ----- Original Message ----- From: William Spurlock To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: RE: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such Jack is right, times have changed fast. Faster than some on may want to realize. You may recall that last year I conducted a petition drive pushing for a set of national laws on cemetery preservation. Not many of you know what came out of that. The petition drew the attention of some rather powerful people in D.C. and we had plans underway for a series of meetings that would have been the starting point for the construction of a series of Uniform State Code laws pertaining to cemetery issues. What we had planed on doing was looking at all the existing laws from all the states, using the best parts for a starting point and adding to them as needed. It would have been up to each state to adopt them or not, but I think there was a good chance of it working. There were several states being looked at as tests. New York, which currently has little or no laws in cemetery preservation was one of those states. The meetings were set to be held in DC in November of last year. John McCain and Orin Hatch were two of the people that were backing this. Then came September 11th. That, and the attitude of the current administration changed everything. Things have been put on hold now on this, but the interest is still there. I am in communication with McCain's office on a regular basis, and when the time is right this will get rolling again. The problem is, the time was right years ago. William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Jb502000@aol.com [mailto:Jb502000@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:08 AM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such In a message dated 1/3/02 10:32:22 AM US Eastern Standard Time, andimac@oz.net writes: > Most definitely, Sue! Here in Washington, most of the cemeteries seemed to > have caretakers up until then...people from the neighborhood or interested > community members. We also saw a lot of organizations that took care of > cemeteries. Andi, and Sue What we all have to realize is changes have came fast and furious since December 7,1941. These things have changed our way of life forever. After the war 4,000,000 veterans had to re plan their way of life. They were busy raising a family. The women were busy mothers and New Home housewives. Then all of the conflicts since then, and Television was new from the late 30's to the late 50's This left no time to even think about cleaning a cemetery. In order to raise a family in the 70's and 80's husband and wife both had, and still do, work to keep up with the bills. Again no time for Cemeteries. Then we come to the computer age, we still have no more time, but the baby boomers are getting older and are beginning to see their family cemeteries badly neglected. Since computers link almost every house in the country people are beginning to see what terrible conditions the cemeteries are in and are willing to take a little time and do what they can. They are able to read about the fact we have no viable cemetery laws. Most thought that cemeteries were protected by law. Legislators from WW ll until recently were busy with more important laws. Only when the power of the Internet began to raise the issue did they begin to set up and listen. Let's keep the pressure on. It's to bad the cleanup is being done by volunteers instead of the duly appointed officials. Thank God I can see that changing. The trustees are beginning to assume their responsibility. We have at least 2 on the List willing to accept their responsibilities, now we need the County Commissioners to give them the money. As far as destroyed cemeteries, there are 2 in Floyd co. that were destroyed in the late 1800s. Sorry I don't know when to shut up. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living? ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite.

California also has implemented statutes covering crimes against churches and religious organizations...the crime is a felony.... Sue Silver CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Vandalism rears its ugly head again > In a message dated 1/3/02 2:21:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > loismauk@home.com writes: > > > > The St. John Kanty Catholic Cemetery in LaPorte County has again suffered > > substantial vandalism. See: > > http://www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=206 > > for the full story. > > > > Lois > > > > > > > > When you think you've heard and seen it all something like this > happens. There should be no Plea bargain if these persons are caught, and Yes > there are more than one, with one it's no fun. They should receive Jail time > with full restitution for every cent of damage. If the crucifix can even be > repaired. You could put up a new one, but you can't replace the 50 years it > was there. It sounds like the judge may lean toward the tolerant side. I hope > there is enough community pressure to prevent that. The only way to stop > these repeated acts of vandalism is to severely punish those that should be > caught and convicted. > > > Jack E. Briles, Sr. > jb502000@aol.com > Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator > PO Box 444 > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > (812) 282-6585 > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, send message consisting only of > "UNSUBSCRIBE" to INPCRP-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > or to INPCRP-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com (for DIGEST version) > >

The St. John Kanty Catholic Cemetery in LaPorte County has again suffered substantial vandalism. See: http://www.heraldargus.com/content/story.php?storyid=206 for the full story. Lois

Steve, it's interesting that you should point those two example out. In the last year, I saw the exact same things taking place in Louisiana. What I've been seeing really, is that no matter the location, if there are cemeteries, the problems are there for the most part. Some countries are better than others of course. William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Steve Frevert [mailto:rfrevert@megsinet.net] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:17 PM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INPCRP] cemeteries in other countries, other times I've learned through a genealogy mailing list that, at least in Germany, graves and stones are removed after 20 or 30 years and recycled. There is not enough room to have individual burial plots in perpetuity. Also, I know of at least one 19th century German Lutheran cemetery in this country where, if the decedents' families did not pay for the upkeep, the gravestones were kicked over and broken up. I think it's a mistake to assert that in other countries and other times people cared more than they do now. People are people- there have always been and will always be some bad ones. Laws are rules, and there will always be people who break them, knowingly or unknowingly. The best we can do is to create better laws, make the laws known, enforce them, and adequately punish those who break them. ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite.

This should help you: http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: CLUGH_LA [mailto:clugh_la@email.msn.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:19 PM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such & Memorial day Can anyone send a link or explain the first Memorial Day? I will be talking to a large group of scouts on Sat. Though this might me a good thing to share. All of your thought today have been most helpful. I'm going to try to explain why we are doing restoration and protecting the fallen cemeteries. And hopefully recruit some help! Happy New Year to everyone! L. A. Clugh ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite.

Simple....common sense. Something that too many seem to be missing today. William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Sue Silver [mailto:ssilver1951@jps.net] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:02 PM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such The one thing that continually gets to me is that this ISN'T "brain surgery." It's Ethics 101 and Morality 102. It's a cemetery. People's loved ones are buried there. It was there first. Leave it alone. Simple....common sense. Give it to a legislator and it comes out sounding like Martian gibberish. Law enforcement has enough on it's hands with crimes against the living. Crimes against the defenseless dead just aren't priorities, even if there are three-fold the victims because of the living descendants of those dead. It's America - you gotta love it! Anywhere else we wouldn't be able to have these gripe sessions. Sue Silver ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such > In a message dated 1/3/02 11:31:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, > wspurlock@savinggraves.com writes: > > > > The problem is, the time was right years ago. > > > > > > Bill, > > I am with you 100%. I am going over the cemetery laws in All the states. I > > believe it will take 2 months, but it is worth it. I found the law in > > Missouri that gives you the right to visit an Abandoned family or private > > burying ground if it is Land Locked, accompanied by the Sheriff or Chief > > law enforcement official if you can't get permission. There are a lot of > > other "Good Laws" out there Bill. I think your idea is wonderful and it can > > work when our country assumes some semblance of normality. Good Luck. > > > Jack E. Briles, Sr. > jb502000@aol.com > Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator > PO Box 444 > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > (812) 282-6585 > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England > and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: > "Show me the manner in which a nation or community > cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical > exactness the tender mercies of its people, their > respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty > to high ideals." > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Please do not send queries through this list.

Can anyone send a link or explain the first Memorial Day? I will be talking to a large group of scouts on Sat. Though this might me a good thing to share. All of your thought today have been most helpful. I'm going to try to explain why we are doing restoration and protecting the fallen cemeteries. And hopefully recruit some help! Happy New Year to everyone! L. A. Clugh

I've learned through a genealogy mailing list that, at least in Germany, graves and stones are removed after 20 or 30 years and recycled. There is not enough room to have individual burial plots in perpetuity. Also, I know of at least one 19th century German Lutheran cemetery in this country where, if the decedents' families did not pay for the upkeep, the gravestones were kicked over and broken up. I think it's a mistake to assert that in other countries and other times people cared more than they do now. People are people- there have always been and will always be some bad ones. Laws are rules, and there will always be people who break them, knowingly or unknowingly. The best we can do is to create better laws, make the laws known, enforce them, and adequately punish those who break them.

And remember, if we were in many of the other countries that use cemeteries to dispose of the dear departed, we wouldn't NEED to have these gripe sessions because they take care of their cemeteries. Joyce Haibe Sue Silver wrote: > > It's America - you gotta love it! Anywhere else we wouldn't be able to have > these gripe sessions. > > Sue Silver >

The problem that you are going to find Jack, is that there are a lot of laws out there, but in many, many cases the problem is not so much the law itself, but the lack of enforcement of it. And to be fair, this can stem from a number of reasons. I'll be interested to hear your opinion when you get to new York... William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Jb502000@aol.com [mailto:Jb502000@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:44 AM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such In a message dated 1/3/02 11:31:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, wspurlock@savinggraves.com writes: > The problem is, the time was right years ago. > > > Bill, > I am with you 100%. I am going over the cemetery laws in All the states. I > believe it will take 2 months, but it is worth it. I found the law in > Missouri that gives you the right to visit an Abandoned family or private > burying ground if it is Land Locked, accompanied by the Sheriff or Chief > law enforcement official if you can't get permission. There are a lot of > other "Good Laws" out there Bill. I think your idea is wonderful and it can > work when our country assumes some semblance of normality. Good Luck. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: "Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals."

In a message dated 1/3/02 11:31:44 AM US Eastern Standard Time, wspurlock@savinggraves.com writes: > The problem is, the time was right years ago. > > > Bill, > I am with you 100%. I am going over the cemetery laws in All the states. I > believe it will take 2 months, but it is worth it. I found the law in > Missouri that gives you the right to visit an Abandoned family or private > burying ground if it is Land Locked, accompanied by the Sheriff or Chief > law enforcement official if you can't get permission. There are a lot of > other "Good Laws" out there Bill. I think your idea is wonderful and it can > work when our country assumes some semblance of normality. Good Luck. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585

Jack is right, times have changed fast. Faster than some on may want to realize. You may recall that last year I conducted a petition drive pushing for a set of national laws on cemetery preservation. Not many of you know what came out of that. The petition drew the attention of some rather powerful people in D.C. and we had plans underway for a series of meetings that would have been the starting point for the construction of a series of Uniform State Code laws pertaining to cemetery issues. What we had planed on doing was looking at all the existing laws from all the states, using the best parts for a starting point and adding to them as needed. It would have been up to each state to adopt them or not, but I think there was a good chance of it working. There were several states being looked at as tests. New York, which currently has little or no laws in cemetery preservation was one of those states. The meetings were set to be held in DC in November of last year. John McCain and Orin Hatch were two of the people that were backing this. Then came September 11th. That, and the attitude of the current administration changed everything. Things have been put on hold now on this, but the interest is still there. I am in communication with McCain's office on a regular basis, and when the time is right this will get rolling again. The problem is, the time was right years ago. William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: Jb502000@aol.com [mailto:Jb502000@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:08 AM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such In a message dated 1/3/02 10:32:22 AM US Eastern Standard Time, andimac@oz.net writes: > Most definitely, Sue! Here in Washington, most of the cemeteries seemed to > have caretakers up until then...people from the neighborhood or interested > community members. We also saw a lot of organizations that took care of > cemeteries. Andi, and Sue What we all have to realize is changes have came fast and furious since December 7,1941. These things have changed our way of life forever. After the war 4,000,000 veterans had to re plan their way of life. They were busy raising a family. The women were busy mothers and New Home housewives. Then all of the conflicts since then, and Television was new from the late 30's to the late 50's This left no time to even think about cleaning a cemetery. In order to raise a family in the 70's and 80's husband and wife both had, and still do, work to keep up with the bills. Again no time for Cemeteries. Then we come to the computer age, we still have no more time, but the baby boomers are getting older and are beginning to see their family cemeteries badly neglected. Since computers link almost every house in the country people are beginning to see what terrible conditions the cemeteries are in and are willing to take a little time and do what they can. They are able to read about the fact we have no viable cemetery laws. Most thought that cemeteries were protected by law. Legislators from WW ll until recently were busy with more important laws. Only when the power of the Internet began to raise the issue did they begin to set up and listen. Let's keep the pressure on. It's to bad the cleanup is being done by volunteers instead of the duly appointed officials. Thank God I can see that changing. The trustees are beginning to assume their responsibility. We have at least 2 on the List willing to accept their responsibilities, now we need the County Commissioners to give them the money. As far as destroyed cemeteries, there are 2 in Floyd co. that were destroyed in the late 1800s. Sorry I don't know when to shut up. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living?

In a message dated 1/3/02 7:34:49 AM US Eastern Standard Time, KidClerk@aol.com writes: > And unless the law specifically states WHO is responsible for the > designation > on the deeds, no one will take responsibility. My guess is it falls on the > attorney/abstractor who prepares it... > > Thanks, everyone....and keep up the good work. Do we have any ideas on > proposed legislation for this year? The short session begins next week. > > -Kyle > > Kyle, I have asked every one from abstractor to assessor, recorder and they > say it's not their job. The Abstracts are run very shoddy in Floyd Co. CR > developers spent almost $1,000,000 for property for a Mjier Dept. Store and > they moved a cemetery, and later in a newspaper article the Superintendent > said they never new the cemetery was there when they bought the ground. I > went to the recorders office, and in 45 minutes found 2 deeds to the > cemetery on their property. I said at that time they should have gotten > their money back on the Abstract. If we need something to work on, lets get > the Law to specify who is responsible. That could be done even in a short > session. > > > > Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585

In a message dated 1/3/02 10:32:22 AM US Eastern Standard Time, andimac@oz.net writes: > Most definitely, Sue! Here in Washington, most of the cemeteries seemed to > have caretakers up until then...people from the neighborhood or interested > community members. We also saw a lot of organizations that took care of > cemeteries. Andi, and Sue What we all have to realize is changes have came fast and furious since December 7,1941. These things have changed our way of life forever. After the war 4,000,000 veterans had to re plan their way of life. They were busy raising a family. The women were busy mothers and New Home housewives. Then all of the conflicts since then, and Television was new from the late 30's to the late 50's This left no time to even think about cleaning a cemetery. In order to raise a family in the 70's and 80's husband and wife both had, and still do, work to keep up with the bills. Again no time for Cemeteries. Then we come to the computer age, we still have no more time, but the baby boomers are getting older and are beginning to see their family cemeteries badly neglected. Since computers link almost every house in the country people are beginning to see what terrible conditions the cemeteries are in and are willing to take a little time and do what they can. They are able to read about the fact we have no viable cemetery laws. Most thought that cemeteries were protected by law. Legislators from WW ll until recently were busy with more important laws. Only when the power of the Internet began to raise the issue did they begin to set up and listen. Let's keep the pressure on. It's to bad the cleanup is being done by volunteers instead of the duly appointed officials. Thank God I can see that changing. The trustees are beginning to assume their responsibility. We have at least 2 on the List willing to accept their responsibilities, now we need the County Commissioners to give them the money. As far as destroyed cemeteries, there are 2 in Floyd co. that were destroyed in the late 1800s. Sorry I don't know when to shut up. Jack E. Briles, Sr. jb502000@aol.com Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator PO Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585

From everything I know, it began as "Decoration Day." It was intended specifically to decorate the graves of veterans. It seems to have evolved to include remembering all in years since. I don't know when it became Memorial Day. This will be interesting to learn. I know they were doing "Decoration Day" in the late 1880s or early 1890s. I would presume that the Grand Army of the Republic had something to do with establishing it. Sue Silver CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "CLUGH_LA" <clugh_la@email.msn.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery Laws & Such & Memorial day > Can anyone send a link or explain the first Memorial Day? > > I will be talking to a large group of scouts on Sat. Though this might me a > good thing to share. > All of your thought today have been most helpful. I'm going to try to > explain why we are doing restoration and protecting the fallen cemeteries. > And hopefully recruit some help! > > Happy New Year to everyone! > L. A. Clugh > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite. > >