Keith_Landry's Blog

If their are still descendants of the deceased around, sorry, they may not like this, but they should pay for PART (not all) of the costs, whomever owns and/or maintains the cemetery should pay most of it, I'd say this to be fair, should be a 80% from the folks/establishment that own the cemetery and 20% from the descendants. No living descendants, then the owner/establishment needs to foot the entire bill 100%.

Restore it!! Preserve it!! But in this day and age at least here in Pittsburgh, being led by liberal Dems, they'd take a very long hard look a the money to be made. Using Immanent Domain they'd move the graves with no regard as to historic value if a buck $$$ could be made. Restore It!!!! I don't see why the churches should even consider paying for it though.

I agree with Native and Twizled. They should be preserved and kept up either by the city, the property owners or the local churches (if it is their property) and if any living decendants are around then they should contribute as well. Those people buried there deserve at least that amount of respect.

Who owns the cemetery? The owner(s) is/are responsible for the upkeep.

how sensible joe

Let's put all those bones from these cemeteries in a big bonfire, and build some more strip malls!

Remove and dispose of all of the remains and headstones and build a monument/wall on which you list all of the names and dates of death for the deceased.

The historic aspect shouldn't come into play since it seems that most people have little if any regard for history. A knowledge of history is becoming a thing of the past.