I found this interesting - that a cemetery was placed on the National
Register. I've been to National Register workshops where it is made *very*
clear that cemeteries don't qualify, unless they're very special. I
believe Crown Hill is one, and cemeteries such as Arlington in Virginia or
Gettysburg would also qualify, but not the average abandoned pioneer cemetery.
If anyone else has experience putting cemeteries on the National Register
please share that with us.
Dale Drake
Morgan Co. History & Genealogy Assn.
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Subject: [INPCRP-L] Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery in Hendricks Co., IN
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Thought you might be interested in the message I received today from
Patricia Dunn (not a member of the INPCRP group).
Lois
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Dunn <patd(a)proaxis.com>
To: LoisMauk(a)usa.net <LoisMauk(a)usa.net>
Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 12:28 PM
Subject: cemeteries
>To Whom It May Concern:
>
>I am involved with the restoration of a Pioneer Cemetery in our little town
>of Lebanon OR. It has been placed on the National Register of Historical
>Properties. This will give it some protection but only until someone or
>some project comes along that is more important than the final resting
>places of our loved ones.
>
>I was quite dismayed when I discovered that the Indiana cemetery where my
>ancestors were interred had been bulldozed to clear a forest. This was a
>church cemetery, "Old Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery" in Hendricks
>county. This destruction occurred in 1967.
>
>Oregon, through the hard work of the Oregon Historic Cemeteries
>Association and legislator, Kenneth Mannix, is trying to legislate some new
>laws that would protect all our cemeteries. Our state is leading the way
>in the West. I hope Indiana will be the Champion of the MidWest.
>
>If you need more information about Oregon's programs, please contact the
>Executive Director of the OHCA at her email address
>ohca(a)integrityonline.com or visit their website at
>http://www.ancestry.com/societyhall/pages/sochall-448.
>
>Thank you for your attention and good luck in your endeavors,
>Patricia A. Dunn
>patd(a)proaxis.com
>
>
>
>
>
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Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of
England
and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli:
"Show me the manner in which a nation or community
cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical
exactness the tender mercies of its people, their
respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty
to high ideals."
Dale