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From: "Sue Silver" <>
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery registry will record Hoosiers "resting places"
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 15:11:16 -0800
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Jack,
Find a news reporter that you can send this to, and then let them do the
checking. It's pretty hypocritical of them to say this will "help" when
it's obvious there are no teeth in it...
Sue Silver
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Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Cemetery registry will record Hoosiers "resting
places"
> In a message dated 2/16/01 8:06:31 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> << "Developing a statewide registry of historic cemeteries and family
> > burial plots will help communities protect the final resting places of
our
> > ancestors," said Larry Macklin, the state's historic preservation
officer
> > and director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. >>
>
> Due to the announcement by the DNR I have decided to make a statement to
the
> List (Including state employes), for whatever it's worth,
>
> Mr. Macklin makes the above statement, but members of our communities in
> Floyd Co. have technically destroyed one cemetery this year, the Smith,
for a
> Large department store, the next, the Hessing, is soon to go because the
> Developer can't incorporate it into the subdivision like some around the
> state have, such as the Fowler/Mundy in Perry Twp. In Marion Co. I
understand
> the small Newman, south of New Albany, soon to be "Moved" by Silver creek
> sand and gravel will have to go. I don't protest the moving, I realize
Rights
> of Eminent Domain prevail. All I ask is the Movements be made by people
> familiar with the movement of Human remains, and not digging Foundations.
I
> do believe there is a difference.
>
> After 48 years in construction, I know the people doing the moving need
> ADVICE. The Smith was moved like a Construction Job. And since Native
> Americans are Reburied according to their customs, which I absolutely
agree
> with, then why can't Christians be allowed the simple grave side ceremony
> that I feel they are entitled to. This might cost $50 dollars or less for
a
> Minister, and take an additional 30 minutes. The Tombstones moved were not
> even set in the same manner as the rest of the huge city cemetery. they
were
> set close together, and 2 were set with no base, which I think is not in
> accordance with proper Restoration or Preservation procedures. Aren't the
> Past lifetimes of these people worth at Least that much? If they are not
> Christians then allow them the rights to a burial ceremony according to
their
> religion, or customs. If this isn't done, then what are we trying to save
> them for. If we want to really save them, pass a law requiring Developers
to
> Put a nice fence around, and Landscape them.
>
> Don't save a cemetery for a few years, just so our children or
Grandchildren
> can see them ripped up and moved. The people getting ready to move these
in
> Floyd CO. aren't going to register them as Historic Sites so they can be
> saved. If the State of Indiana is sincere in what they say, then let's
have
> some Disinterring and Reinterment guidelines that are respectful of the
> Dead. And some responsible person on site. Even a DNR Officer knows when
> every effort is being made to recover the Remains in a decent manner, and
not
> just box up one or two bones and a box of dirt. But first, they would have
to
> know when and where the move was going to take place. This would not be an
> undue burden on the officer, this would normally only happen once or twice
a
> year. Now I suggest we wait and see what they can put together with the
Laws
> we now Have. I will reserve judgment and see what develops. Let's hope
with
> this announcement we see some positive movement in the right direction
> quickly. We don't have much time to wait!
>
> Jack Briles
> PO Box 444
> New Albany, In. 47151-0444
> (812) 282-6585
>
>
> ==== 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
>
>
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