Congratulations to the Owensville folks who stopped the restroom project. Who in the world would've approved something like that in the first place?! Attaching a bathroom to a monument to avoid building one extra wall is one of the most disrespectful things I've ever heard of. Lisa T. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jb502000@aol.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] no mail > In a message dated 10/10/01 10:17:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > elasley@sigecom.net writes: > > > > > > Jack, > > > > I just got home from the Owensville Parks board meeting, they voted to stop > > the restroom project, remove it, and restore the monument to it's original > > condition. There is a groove through the bricks in the back that they > > sawed to attach the roof flashing that will need to be fixed. A couple of > > hundred showed up at the meeting. I wish we could get a crowd like that > > when we are trying to save a cemetery! > > > > Ernie > > > > > > Ernie, > If people like you don't speak out against the desecration of a Memorial to > those who served our country with Honor, then you won't have a turn out like > you had. Most will just say "There's' nothing I can do" And the Inevitable > Defacing of our Memorials will continue, just like it does with our > cemeteries. Thanks for being there for those of us who couldn't. I know I > speak out sometimes when a lot of our List wish I would keep quiet.. But as > long as there is a Wrong being pushed by people with Greedy motives, I will > continue to do so, whether anyone likes it or not. Ernie, I'm sure in their > hearts, if not in words, everyone wishes to thank you. When the Memorial was > built, emotions were running high like they are now. At that time some did > not come Home. The Memorial in Owensville is a Symbol that replaces > Tombstones and was a place friends and relatives could go and Remember their > Loved ones and be at Peace with God. God bless you, well done, > > jb502000@aol.com (Jack Briles) > > > ==== 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 > >