Hello All: What makes me so irked is that if this was a Native American cemetery they couldn't touch it. I'm not prejudiced, but I don't see the difference. We had an incidence here in Tipton County where they were doing some bridge repair and called the local county historian out to see if there was any difficulty in doing the ground work because of there might be some Native American burials. I just don't see the difference. Joan Wray Tipton County ----- Original Message ----- From: "tielking" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fw: El Monte Cemetery, Los Angeles County Hi Theresa and Sue, The Hancock County Cemetery Commission just caught wind that a developer wants to move a cemetery in Buck Creek Twp. There is not just one, but two cemeteries in close proximity to one another and both are in danger. Some people are unbelievable! I was so mad after I left the meeting. I couldn't sleep that night. That man is not going to move that cemetery if I have to lay in it myself! Who the heck does he think he is?! Here I go, getting myself all worked up again. We are working hard to stop it. We are going to try to convince the developer that a cemetery should be embraced as part of the history of the land. These are family cemeteries and the families cleared this land, worked it and made it what it is today . It is something that hopefully the new community that will take pride in and maintain. We have been restoring the Scotten cemetery for 2 years now and hope to have it finished before the end of the year. We have done all this work, and he just wants to go in there and destroy it. Angela Tielking ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Berghoff" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Fw: El Monte Cemetery, Los Angeles County > Sue, > This is unbelievable that people would want to move these burials & build on the land. It's the ultimate greediness. There were some very eloquent letters in opposition. I hope they move the people of the area to organize and save this cemetery. As for the people worried about ghosts, I realize this is a cultural thing, but as someone said, they should be much more worried if these graves are disturbed. > > Theresa Berghoff > > Sue Silver <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure you'll all like this one! Just didn't want you to think you were > the only ones with problems. > > Sue Silver > California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue Silver" > To: "Cemetery Friends" > Cc: "Steven Stymiest - Coordinator" ; "William > Spurlock" > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 8:55 PM > Subject: El Monte Cemetery, Los Angeles County > > > > Greetings: > > > > Recent news has been noted regarding the El Monte Cemetery, also known as > > the Savannah Pioneer Cemetery and Savannah Memorial Park, in the City of > > Rosemead, Los Angeles County. > > > > The El Monte Cemetery Association is apparently experiencing financial > > difficulty and is contemplating selling the cemetery to developers. If > this > > were to occur, it has been stated that the 3,000 graves in the cemetery > will > > have to be disinterred and relocated elsewhere. > > > > If you have family ancestors or loved ones who were interred in this > > cemetery, you are encouraged to contact the El Monte Cemetery Association. > > I have posted a page covering what I've learned about the present > situation > > and other information I have found about the cemetery at the following > link: > > > > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/El_Monte_Cemetery_Rpt.htm > > > > If you have any questions about the information on the webpage, please > > contact me off list. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Sue Silver, State Coordinator > > California Saving Graves > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > > > ==== 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 > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know.