This came through on another list and I thought this list might be
interested in seeing it. To make room for the New Jersey turnpike,
there are plans to disinter over 3,500 burials in a Potter's field
cemetery and rebury them in a mass grave. There is an online petition
to help prevent this from happening.
Here is the message:
To Whom it May Concern;
I am the descendant of a person interred at the Hudson County Burial
Grounds located in Secaucus, New Jersey. The New Jersey Turnpike
Authority wants to move all 3,500 remains into a common grave. I do not
believe the public has been notified of this topic enough. I have
started a petition to help show support of the public being against this
matter. Our online petition as well as our paper petition has been
circulating for just two days now and has been getting tremendous
response. I have sent a letter to the judge in charge of this case and
await his reply. I want the right to speak to the judge about this case
in court. I want the public to be well informed of this matter. I want
your help in spreading the news of this situation.
Our online petition site.
http://www.petitiononline.com/5final/petition.html
Our online site with links to all the stories
http://www.graveinfo.com
http://www.graveinfo.8m.com/
Sincerely,
Bill T Hastings
Petition_5(a)hotmail.com
Check out the Card Catalog at the
Kansas Genealogical Society.
http://www.dodgecity.net/kgs/