That's not such a long time when you think of the time and money expended by their neighbor in Massachusetts on the project called "The Big Dig". Now there's a story that needs to be told. Fran Weeks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Taylor" <dtaylor120@yahoo.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Fw: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Restoring old graveyards > Bob, They don't build fly-overs in Rhode Island. Took them fifty years to > finish I-95 through the state. :) > Don Taylor > > > --- On Wed, 6/11/08, Bob Ryan <ryanblack@cox.net> wrote: > >> From: Bob Ryan <ryanblack@cox.net> >> Subject: [RI] Fw: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Restoring old graveyards >> To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com >> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 4:06 PM >> Follow up >> I would like to know how to get a fly over in Rhode Island. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ruth Hundley" >> <nrhundley@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:13 PM >> Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Restoring old graveyards >> >> >> > Hi, >> > I am a Unit Commissioner for a Troop here in IL and >> have been active with >> > Scouting for over 25 yrs. with 3 Eagle Scouts in the >> family as well as a >> > past Scoutmaster husband. >> > Now, the point of an Eagle Scout project for >> requirement is that it is the >> > final item that a boy should be doing once he makes >> Star rank. It should >> > include other boys from the troop, local area people >> and such with a basic >> > none specified 100 hrs. of work minimum from start to >> finish. >> > A Merit Badge on the other hand is an individual >> choice item and yes, >> > there is Genealogy and Citizenship ( a required one) >> may concievably fit >> > into it for other Scouts participating in the Eagle >> Project, but NOT for >> > the young man working on Eagle. >> > Our troop actually had a Scout that wanted to >> referbish such here in >> > O'Fallon, IL and it ended up due to lots of >> different circumstances that >> > the local Historical Soc, had to take it over and then >> he could work with >> > it. We live near a major Air Force base and were >> lucky enough to get a >> > fly over done to locate by radar where different >> graves were for those >> > with no markers. It all turned out well, but a LOT of >> work and MORE than >> > 100 hrs. >> > Ruth in IL >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> RIGENWEB MAILING LIST >> >> LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of >> genealogy and history information pertaining to Rhode >> Island. Despite the list name, the list topic is not >> related to GenWeb in any way. >> >> Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or >> to search the list archives or find other useful >> information to help you use the list more effectively, >> please click on the following link: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, > the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. > > Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the > list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list > more effectively, please click on the following link: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >