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Title: | #14-2 Dav - What you don`t know about Cenetery vandalism | |||
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| Name: | * BEN JABO | | |||
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| would not only fill a book, it would fill a library--Keep on displaying your ignorance-- Of course, you just might learn something if you took the effort to GOOGLE the info, many instances, all over the place-- "LD 1244 Hearing (1 April 2003) - Cemetery Vandalism Cheryl Willis Patten President, MOCA 1161 East Pond Road Smithfield, ME 04978 Good afternoon. I am Cheryl Willis Patten, the president of the Maine Old Cemetery Association (MOCA), and I am here on behalf of our membership -- over 700 strong - to speak in support of LD 1244 - An Act to Increase the Penalties for a Person Who Vandalizes Cemetery Property. MOCA was founded in 1968 through the efforts to Dr. Hilda M. Fife of Kittery, Maine. Our group is dedicated to the preservation of Maine`s old graveyards; but any issue pertaining to cemeteries is of importance to us. We believe that all graves should receive respect and reverence. One of the most heart-wrenching aspects of my position as president of MOCA is to receive phone calls from folks who have suffered through the desecration/vandalism of a cemetery. They want to know what they can do, who they can contact for help in restoring the gravestone of grandfather, great-grandfather - the stone of someone who was historically significant to the history of a town, or even in some cases, someone they never knew personally, but with whom there was a "connection". Someone who they stopped to see and `visit with` when they were in the area. Perhaps they were attracted by the beauty of the stone itself, the graceful work of the carver, the unique inscription, an unusual name or even their own name carved on the stone. Who knows what attracts us to these outdoor historical and cultural museums? I |
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