Memorial Day

I haven't been very good at keeping up with this blog lately, and, for that, I do apologize. But it has not gone unnoticed here that Memorial Day is coming up this weekend and I just wanted to send you a brief reminder to pay proper tribute to those who died for this country, but also to pay proper tribute to those who work tirelessly - and, largely, anonymously - to get those gravesites ready, and will continue to do so, long after the last flag is waved and red-white-and-blue bike passes by on the parade route.
I intend to spend part of the holiday where I do every year, visiting the graves in Voorhees, New Jersey, of "Colored" soldiers who served under Union command during the Civil War. While Memorial Day generally is devoted to commemorating those who gave "the last full measure of devotion," I like to remember all who served.

Massachusetts mudslide carries away part of a cemetery

Torrential rains proved disastrous in one Massachusetts community, as mudslides damaged a local cemetery.

College welding students create cemetery gate

Students at a community college in Mississippi create a sign at the entrance of a cemetery. What a great way to get young people involved in cemetery care.

Adopt a cemetery?

Officials in Attleboro, Massachusetts, are considering a plan to allow citizens to adopt abandoned/orphaned cemeteries as part of it's Adopt-a-Spot program.

Mississippi town changes course; no cell tower in cemetery

Officials in Ellisville, Mississippi, and Cellular South have agreed to find another location for a cell-phone tower, and won't locate it in a local cemetery.

Ill. Supreme Court allows O'Hare expansion to proceed

In a notable eminent domain case, the court declined to review a decision from the appellate court, thus allowing seizure of cemetery land and expansion of O'Hare International Airport.

Trouble brewing in Mississippi town over cell tower

Residents in Ellisville, Mississippi, are upset over plans to erect a cell-phone tower in a cemetery. This also happened in New Jersey, where zoners in October rejected the proposal.