I have, as I believe all others on the List have a Very,Very, deep sorrow for what has happened to our country since Tuesday morning. Words can't really describe the feelings I am sure we all have. But we must get back, as well we can to our normal lives. It will be difficult, but we face difficulties in our lives each day. Therefore after today I will be back to the Discussions that our list normally relates to, which is subjects concerning cemeteries. They also have very deep seated problems which we must address. This does not mean we will forget this past week, it only means, we must get back to our everyday lives. To resume as best we can, the things we normally do. We must not let this change our lives. Even those not directly involved have been deeply affected, But we must move on. I will do anything I can to aid our country, but for now, God Bless America Jack E. Briles Sr. Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator Po Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585

Hi Jack Like yourself, I suspended other activities this week except for one. That was to mail my signatures to you on Wednesday in order to meet the deadline. I trust you received it. It will soon be first frost. As you know I stay out of the woods and fields during the summer after getting badly stung more than 12 times in an hour last year in Little Flock. I agree with you! Even though I spend 27 years in the uniform of our county, it is time for the young men and women to take our place. Those thousands of people that died on Tuesday will need a burial place. Let us hope that 200 years in the future, others will still respect their final resting place. As members of the elderly community, we can not fight this war, but we can continue to fight to perserve our cemeteries. I can assure you that if called, I would serve! But, at 62, I suspect they will not call me to serve in uniform again. In any case, I can still cut weeds, mend stones, and fill sunken graves. It will soon be time to go back to doing that and so I shall. Best Regards to you, I'll see you in a cemetery soon, I trust! With respect; Clarence A. (Art) Dillman CWO2 AUS (retired) ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 15 September, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: [INPCRP] Return to Cemeteries > I have, as I believe all others on the List have a Very,Very, deep > sorrow for what has happened to our country since Tuesday morning. Words > can't really describe the feelings I am sure we all have. But we must get > back, as well we can to our normal lives. It will be difficult, but we face > difficulties in our lives each day. Therefore after today I will be back to > the Discussions that our list normally relates to, which is subjects > concerning cemeteries. They also have very deep seated problems which we must > address. This does not mean we will forget this past week, it only means, we > must get back to our everyday lives. To resume as best we can, the things we > normally do. We must not let this change our lives. Even those not directly > involved have been deeply affected, But we must move on. I will do anything I > can to aid our country, but for now, God Bless America > > Jack E. Briles Sr. > Floyd County INPCRP Coordinator > Po Box 444 > New Albany, In. 47151-0444 > (812) 282-6585 > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > THIS IS A CEMETERY ----- > "Lives are commemorated - deaths are recorded - families > are reunited - memories are made tangible - and love is > undisguised. This is a cemetery. > "Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, > historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched. > "Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved > in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - > not the death - of a loved one. The cemetery is homeland for family > memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. > "A cemetery is a history of people - a perpetual record of > yesterday and sanctuary of peace and quiet today. A cemetery > exists because every life is worth loving and remembering - always." > --Author unknown -- Seen at a monument dealer in West Union, IA > >