The message in quotes below has a lesson for all of us when talking about
cemeteries. I realized after reading this, that it is true. Anything
"abandoned" has no use. In talking with officials and others, the word
"neglect" is far more useful. No one likes to be guilty of neglect
while there is no responsibility if something is abandoned& is thrown
away. Neglect sets the stage for something getting done about the
neglect.
Let's spread the word. Neglect, not abandoned!
Thank you, Michael Emery & Cemetery-L for the following lesson and thank
you who receive this for reading this snipped and pasted paragraph from
the "Cemetery-L" list.
The Cemetery-L list is not a name research list. It's purpose is saving
neglected cemeteries.
"BTW folks who are serious about cemetery preservation do not *ever* use
the
expression "abandoned cemetery" with any kind of seriousness. The only
way you
will ever see a real-life abandoned cemetery is if the people buried
there get
up and ambulate to another site! There is also the case of a party
actually
exhuming all the burials and relocating them at another site. These are
the
only cases that I can conjure of a real-life abandoned cemetery.
The cemetery you've recently located is merely neglected. ;-)
--
Michael Emery
Information Systems Coordinator
Save Texas Cemeteries, Inc.
http://members.aol.com/savegrave/"