Jack,
For what it's worth, in California if a stone is "loose" it will go away.
Inevitably someone steals them. When we reset a stone that can no longer
hold it's own, we make a mold with a slanted face. The concrete is poured
and just before it sets up completely, the stone is gently pressed into the
surface. The form is usually heavy enough to deter anyone from wandering
away with it.
The fact of life, for us in the Golden State, is that they will take it just
because they can. Thanks to the Daughters of the American Revolution,
through their 1930's and 1950's tombstone inventory lists, we can track what
was once there and what no longer is.
Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jb502000(a)aol.com>
To: <INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [INPCRP] Dumped Tombstones
Sue, I just sent an E-Mail out to the list about what I said about
the
stones
on concrete. It explains what I said, it seems i was misunderstood.
Jack Briles
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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."
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