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Post by nikonbob on Aug 22, 2008 14:41:24 GMT -5
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 22, 2008 15:13:09 GMT -5
Bob,
It is sad to see the cemetery in such a state of decay.
Are there not enough descendants still living in the area who care enough about their heritage and their history to make an effort to restore it?
I am sure it's restoration would make an excellent project for a local school to research the names and physically clean and repair it.
I know of just such an endeavor in Saskatchewan farm country. An entire school became involved in 1967. The students still maintain it to this day. Incidentally, it is a Jewish cemetery and none of the participants were Jewish nor were there any of the students' ancestors buried there. Some of mine were and I was notified. I subsequently visited it. A very moving experience.
Mickey
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2008 16:55:31 GMT -5
I really like the second shot (from the top).
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Post by nikonbob on Aug 23, 2008 20:04:10 GMT -5
Mickey
I don't know any answers to your questions. To me it just shows the futility of trying to have a permanent marker that shows we pasted this way on the planet. Nature takes all back.
Wayne
Thanks
Bob
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Post by renaldo on Aug 24, 2008 12:01:03 GMT -5
On one hand, I agree that the degradation of these old cemetaries is a shame. And in many cases...as they are relatively small...I imagine there are no longer living relatives around to care for the plots.
On the other hand...and in view of such...these cemetaries have a charm and charisma of their own.
Not too long ago, I read that in one of the Carolinas(I think) where a new thought on burial has given people an alternative to cemetary plots and cremation...and is in line with biblical..."dust to dust"...and keeps the natural environment.
The deceased is not embalmed, is merely wrapped in a sheet and buried in the wild and with no plot markings. Generally in pretty wooded areas also.
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