Greetings, I received a "news alert" from Forbes Magazine on the above topic. (See the link below to read the article.) After reading the article I felt the need to send the following letter to the editor. If you are having trouble finding funding to help care for the historic cemeteries of your communities, perhaps you will appreciate my message. Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves Forbes.com Editor: Forbes coverage of the subject of the world's best cemeteries keyed into the cost of burial at these places. It focused on cemeteries based upon the most costly, prestigious, and well maintained. While this is all well and fine for the current rich and famous, we have to wonder why it is that Forbes has not discovered that in our own country there are literally thousands of abandoned and neglected historic cemeteries. These are the cemeteries of the people who built this great nation and the states and cities of this union. Yet, in a tragic turn of moral neglect, they are wasting away from lack of care, being bulldozed to make way for new generations of Americans, and being ignored by elected civil authorities. It says a lot about America that we will expend billions of dollars to help reconstruct Iraq but spend nothing on the care of the graves of our own forefathers. Sue Silver, State Coordinator California Saving Graves ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forbes.com Alerts" <[email protected]> To: "Alerts Recipients" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: World's Best Cemeteries 2003 > World's Best Cemeteries 2003 > > On Halloween, graveyards are popular places, but both the dead and the living fill these cemeteries all year round. > > Click the link below to read the full story: > http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/31/cx_bs_1031home.html > > > This e-mail is sent to you because you selected to receive Forbes.com > News Alerts. If you have questions or need help, please contact > Forbes.com customer service at [email protected] > > Click below to manage your alerts: > http://www.forbes.com/membership/editprofile.jhtml#newsletters > You will be able to add and remove individual alerts and change news sources. > >