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[Katcat1]

@Noel7,    This is a wonderful story.  It really is a shame that the cemetery was vandalized.  There are some sick people in this world, unfortunately.  However, you pick up the pieces and start over. 

[Noel7]

@ShowMe

I found this answer on Wiki and another site:

In 2006, Colma had "1,500 above ground residents ... and 1.5 million underground".

I don't know if aboveground meant alive or not

[ShowMe]

@Noel7.......that's an interesting observation. 

[Nancy Drew]

My two cemetery stories. When we lived in Honolulu the cub scouts put flags on the graves on Memorial Day at Punchbowl. I was so proud of how they were so respectful. When my husband took our nephew to Body. It is an old ghost mining town in the Sierra Nevada Mts. My nephew kicked an old woden cross on a grave. Not on purpose just careless. My husband gave him a gentle lesson on how to be respectful. From then on he was so careful. A side note at Body all of the townsfolk are in the same area, however the town "working women " were separated. We noticed their men clients got to be with the group tho. Typical.

[Noel7]

@Nancy Drew

Good stories!  Thank you.

Re: the memorial, do you mean that huge area near Pearl Harbor?  That place is so impressive.

That separation of "bad women" from the rest was terrible, imo.  Same for suicides which usually happened because of clinical depression.  But a variety of churches did that in those days.

[Nancy Drew]

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@Noel7 wrote:

@Nancy Drew

Good stories!  Thank you.

Re: the memorial, do you mean that huge area near Pearl Harbor?  That place is so impressive.

That separation of "bad women" from the rest was terrible, imo.  Same for suicides which usually happened because of clinical depression.  But a variety of churches did that in those days.

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Yes I forgot to say it was Punchbowl. Beautiful and sad. Yes the separation was terrible and hypocritical of those women. It still makes me sad that even today they are still separated. 

[IMW]

Great story. Thank you for this thread.

[MorningLover]

http://stlouisreview.com/article/2017-02-22/catholics-help-clean

Mike Pence Visits Vandalized Jewish Cemetery, along with numerous groups to help clean up vandalized historic Jewish cemetery .The desecration sparked outrage from numerous ecumenical groups — Jewish, Catholic, Christian, Muslims and more. Hundreds of people came to show support. Represented by seminarians, priests, deacons, students and laity, Catholic St. Louisans stood with Jewish brethren in the aftermath of vandalism at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City. 

[maestra]

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@Jackaranda wrote:

My two cemetery stories. When we lived in Honolulu the cub scouts put flags on the graves on Memorial Day at Punchbowl. I was so proud of how they were so respectful. When my husband took our nephew to Body. It is an old ghost mining town in the Sierra Nevada Mts. My nephew kicked an old woden cross on a grave. Not on purpose just careless. My husband gave him a gentle lesson on how to be respectful. From then on he was so careful. A side note at Body all of the townsfolk are in the same area, however the town "working women " were separated. We noticed their men clients got to be with the group tho. Typical.

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unfortunately, a common hypocracy of that time period.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

Anyone that would vandalize a cemetary is flat-out sick in the head and/or evil.