It's happening all over; have you seen this information?
Sunday night a band of vandals invaded 190-yr-old Mt. Olivet cemetery in
>>Washington DC, where a lot of our RC ancestors are buried. They did
>>about $100,000 worth of damage -- pushing over and breaking monuments in
>>a large swath of destruction.
>>
>>You can find the article on the Washington Post's Web site at:
>>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-02/09/151l-020999-idx.html
>>
>>Some kind soul also added this URL and a request for donations to the
>>rootsweb Website at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/district.html
>>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 07:53:22 -0500
>>From: Debi <Steamdog(a)email.msn.com>
>>To: WashingtonDC-L(a)rootsweb.com
>>Subject: [WashingtonDC-L] Mt. Olivet - Spoke to them
>>
>>HI:
>>
>>I called the cemetery this morning. Right now they already have over 200
>>requests for information. The gentleman I spoke to stated that it really is
>>a bad, bad, situation. They need donations.
>>
>>If you want information about your ancestors, he said please write a letter,
>>stating the name of the deceased and the approximate death date and the lot
>>and section numbers if you have them. They are hoping to respond within 48
>>hours. Please put his name on the request.
>>
>>Mr. M. Warren
>>Mt. Olivet Cemetery
>>1300 Bladensburg Rd., N.E.
>>Washington, D.C. 20002
>>
>>He was very interested in helping everyone out. Some of the stones are
>>gone, some are so badly ruined they cannot read the names, and he said this
>>is the only real way to find out. I would suggest not calling as they seem
>>very overwhelmed.
>>
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