HOW TRUE!!! AND THIS SHOWS HOW BI-POLAR WE ARE IN THIS CULTURE AT THIS TIME ;(with no intent to show disrespect to the victims of the terrible tragedy of Sept. 11,2001,) We are in this country at the present time,,,dozing out burial sites big time for such as shopping centers, vandalizing them,and at the same time in New York,working around the clock to find even the smallest piece of tissue to be buried/cremated to bring relief to the families of those lost...so what will happen to these remains in 100 yrs.....Ruth Pride RN Wheatland,Knox Co.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 Pride1jw@aol.com wrote: > HOW TRUE!!! AND THIS SHOWS HOW BI-POLAR WE ARE IN THIS CULTURE AT THIS > TIME ;(with no intent to show disrespect to the victims of the terrible > tragedy of Sept. 11,2001,) We are in this country at the present > time,,,dozing out burial sites big time for such as shopping centers, > vandalizing them,and at the same time in New York,working around the clock to > find even the smallest piece of tissue to be buried/cremated to bring relief > to the families of those lost...so what will happen to these remains in 100 > yrs.....Ruth Pride RN Wheatland,Knox Co. > I disagree. For one we are not trying to find the smallest piece of tissue. I have heard reports via law enforcement officers that there are 'pieces' everywhere and that the body dogs hit on EVERYTHING when they were first using them. The fact remains that the WTC has to be cleaned up. It may be nice to think we are doing it to salvage bodies, but that is just really feel good thinking and talking. Overall I believe the reason no one cares about cemetaries after a certain time is that because so many people believe in heaven and hell they all believe that everyone is in heaven and the spirit is gone. I think most people get upset over current family gravesites, because it's _current_ AND it cost some much $$$$ today than just burying someone in the middle of backyards in a homemade pine box. I think to some it's a 'time to move on deal' with our pioneer cemeteries. I am big mostly on just preserving nature more so than a cemetery. I agree with cemetery preservation, usually because that can mean preserving a small size of nature along with it. Problems arise when people want things done. Right now we don't have it bad in Indianapolis cause even though we are growing, we have enough people following the laws. If Crossman wanted to use $$ to 'take care' of the cemetery problem it proboly already could have. Either under the table (moved the stones to the place they are supposed to be according to the deed) or just went ahead and filed court papers to declare the deeds null and void due to them being incorrect. Our state needs money, more jobs, etc.. If we leave it to the courts to decide these things, they may start ruling that the need to get people here is more important than a cemetery. I for one would think an old cemetery would be neat in a neighborhood, but there are other people who would not dare move into that neighborhood. The Crossman thing will be a test case as central Indiana grews and more pioneer cemeteries are found and uncovered. > > ==== 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 > > >