I just recieved an e-mail from a relative that a tombstone of our ancestor was found newly set in concrete in Bethel Cemetery, Wayne Twsp.(?), Hamilton Co. Does anyone know how long it takes the concrete to set. Could the stone still be removed without harming it if the concrete is still wet tomorrow? With the Boy Scout thing, the condition of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Jackson Twsp. and now this I am NOT happy with what is going on in Hamilton Co.I'm ready to go on the warpath with cemetery education. Theresa --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.
Concrete gets harder and harder over time, but (usually) it will have 90% of its ultimate strength after 30 days. So, the sooner you start chipping away at it the easier it will be. Theresa Berghoff wrote: >I just recieved an e-mail from a relative that a tombstone of our ancestor was found newly set in concrete in Bethel Cemetery, Wayne Twsp.(?), Hamilton Co. Does anyone know how long it takes the concrete to set. Could the stone still be removed without harming it if the concrete is still wet tomorrow? > >With the Boy Scout thing, the condition of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Jackson Twsp. and now this I am NOT happy with what is going on in Hamilton Co.I'm ready to go on the warpath with cemetery education. > Theresa > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > > >==== 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 > > > -- John Bower The Healthy House Institute is at http://www.hhinst.com/ John's photography is at http://www.studioindiana.com/