In a message dated 1/19/02 12:23:05 AM US Eastern Standard Time, loismauk@home.com writes: > I'm not saying this is > the right way to repair these stones; just offering the above photo as an > illustration. > > Lois > > > > > Lois, > The stainless steel these stones are held together with apparently was > the only method available to them at the time. I saw some of the stones and > as you say, without the steel the stones probably would be gone. They maybe > aren't pretty, but they are still there. I think we said at the time we > visited there in 2000, it was better than nothing. But where the cemeteries > are located on the huge government reservation there was not much of an > opportunity to do much else. Like it or not, this is a case where it was a > necessity. I won't say I agree with the solution either, but as I said > earlier if it has to be to save the stone, then so be it. The "sleeves were > undoubtedly made on the reservation. And also at a time when there was > nothing else that could be done to save them. We saw some in the smaller > cemetery by the buildings that were in worse condition, but still there. Jack E. Briles Sr. jb502000@aol,com