One thing I've never understand is the city ordinance to sand down the faces
of tombstones in cemeteries. I know this is done to make the stones look
better and prevent the build up of further corrosion, but from a
preservationist point-of-view, continual sanding will eventually render the
gravemarkers unreadable (because I know noone is going to go back and try to
retrace the inscriptions). I went down to visit a historic cemetery in
Gloucester Co., Va. and noticed this practice being performed on several
17th/18th century markers, which were probably barely readable before this
was done. Does anyone know who (what office) should be contacted on a
governmental level or city level to prevent this?
Harrison Wick, MLS, MA.
Acquisitions Coordinator.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lyons [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Cemetery Ordinance
>Hello All,
>
>This is a little off-topic, but I thought I'd see if anyone could help. A
>group of individuals, myself included, has recently been named
commissioners
>of a local historic cemetery by the City Council. Now, we need to draft an
>ordinance and regulations. Although the City owns the property, they want
>to be as "hands-off," as possible. If anyone has an ordinance and/or
>regulations for a cemetery that they would be willing to share, we'd be
most
>appreciative. Thank you.
>
>
>Christine M. Dwyer
>Stanly County Museum & Historic Preservation Commission
>Old Albemarle Cemetery Commission, Inc.
>
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Christine,
A group of volunteers cleaned up Union Cemetery in Redwood City,
Calif., several years ago. I just typed "union cemetery redwood
city" into Google, and came up with a bunch of links you may find
useful. One of them, "Saving Graves", contained the following, which
I take the liberty of copying:
Sorry, Christine, I see that it's copyrighted. Instead I'll express
a little gentle outrage about those - and they are legion - who
copyright something that could do a great deal of good for others and
would not hurt the creator in the slightest, if they would only let
it be copied.
Instead, I'm sending a copy of this to the Saving Graves webmaster,
Karen Dyer (or Byer (sorry, the script is too tiny for me to read)),
and ask her for permission to print her introductory message here.
-Jim
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-Jim Lyons
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