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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.
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>>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
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>>Some kind soul also added this URL and a request for donations to the
>>rootsweb Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/district.html
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>>---------- 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:
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>>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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>Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:39:39 -0800 (PST)
>From: "Lois Mauk" <lawofficeinformationsystem(a)worldnet.att.net>
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>Subject: [INPCRP-L] Lois' Report on 2/8/99 House Hearings
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>We left Jeffersonville about 10:30 Monday morning and drove to Indianapolis.
>I wanted to be there earlier than the "appointed" starting time of 2:30 P.M.
>as I feared the general meeting of the House might end earlier than expected
>and that the hearings would be over with before we could get there. SILLY
>ME!!!
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>We arrived at about 1:15 P.M. FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LATER, we went into the
>House Chambers (about 5:45).
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>I must admit that, other than the endless standing on those hard marble
>floors, I really enjoyed the fellowship with so many people who share my
>concerns and interests. In all we had about 15 good-spirited,
>long-suffering people who waited it out with us. But it was WORTH IT!
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>Our SECRET WEAPON worked BEAUTIFULLY. My friend Donnie Loweth (whose family
>cemetery here in Clark County was blacktopped and turned into a parking
>lot -- graves notwithstanding) took his beautiful 8-year-old daughter Ashley
>out of school for the day and we brought her with us to the Capitol.
>
>When the hearing began, because of the lateness of the hour, Rep. Markt
>Lytle thanks us several times for our fortitude and explained that, rather
>than receiving comments on individual pending bills, the Committee would
>hear brief testimony from anyone wishing to speak about the situation in
>general.
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>I got up and did my little song-and-dance. Then Rep. Lytle called Ashley.
>Though she was conspicuous as the only child present, I think all of them
>were a bit stunned when she got up to speak. Ashley approached the
>microphone and, in a very clear, calm voice, said:
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>"Good evening! It makes me very happy and proud to speak before you today,
>but it also saddens me for the reason that I am here.
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>"My name is Ashley Loweth. I'm 8 years old and I'm in the third grade.
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>"The reason I am here today is, we write laws every day to protect ourselves
>and our rights. That is great. But what about after we leave this world?
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>"I am a descendant of the Nathan Hale you may have read about in your
>history books. I have three generations of great-grandparents buried in a
>little lonely cemetery in Clarksville, Indiana. What is sad about this is
>that three-fourths of the cemetery is now under blacktop and the law says,
>'This is okay. As long as the property owner is paying taxes, they can do
>what they want.'
>
>"I don't understand all the laws, but I really don't understand how this one
>got passed.
>
>"How would you feel if your Grandma took you to put flowers on your
>great-grandparents' grave and you were told, 'There they lay, under that
>blacktop!'
>
>"Well, I know that feeling and it hurts! Not only blacktop, but there are
>two pay phones and a utility pole with guide wires going into a grave.
>That's not all. They even have an EPA monitoring device in the middle to
>monitor the ground for their gas pumps."
>
>"I am asking you to please change this law for some day I will want to take
>my children to this very same lonely little cemetery and be able to say,
>'This is where we came from. This is our roots!
>
>"Thank you."
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>Little Ashley received a standing ovation. I don't believe there was a dry
>eye in the house. She left the Representatives speakless. Rep. Lytle
>jokingly asked, "Does anyone on the committee have any tough questions for
>Ashley?" Of course, there was nothing they could say. She'd said it all.
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>The rest of us had our opportunity to speak and I'm very proud of each and
>every one of you who toughed it out with us. I don't believe, however, that
>there's much question that little Ashley stole the show and the rest of us
>were just there to lend our support to her plea.
>
>Good night. I'm going to bed! It's not midnight yet and my body will
>probably go into shock if I get more than 4 hours sleep, but I'm willing to
>risk it at this juncture!
>
>Lois
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