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| The dead end alley built on what used to be cemetery |
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| dips in lawn perhaps where the sewer work occurred? |
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| the houses next door... |
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| the wire fence separates cemetery and home- but does it? |
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Photographs of Comet Lodge Cemetery, beacon Hill
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Other Indian Burial Ground issues in state of washington
Richland Burials - we won't build on burials...
520 bridge on top of Burials
Mount Coffin- gone gone
Ancient Burial Grounds Grave Injustice: Federal Laws about Burial Remains put Politics before Science
so i am officially obsessed now. something we say we protect yet well it doesn't seem the case.
i guess with the living being disrespected why should i be surprised the dead are as well?
and it seems not to many people at least that my husband has spoken to are upset at the thought of graves being moved or left and built upon?!
really?
i am.
i am steaming .
i personally dont want to be buried - i want my ashes to be free to be as nomadic as i wish and desire to be....or to be eaten by birds and other predatory animals.
BUT if you want burial -
if you pay and sign papers for burial....
you should have those honored at least until civilization falls and we all become a graveyard....
wtf - is this a seattle problem?
is this money?
i am ashamed .....
520 bridge on top of Burials
Mount Coffin- gone gone
Ancient Burial Grounds Grave Injustice: Federal Laws about Burial Remains put Politics before Science
so i am officially obsessed now. something we say we protect yet well it doesn't seem the case.
i guess with the living being disrespected why should i be surprised the dead are as well?
and it seems not to many people at least that my husband has spoken to are upset at the thought of graves being moved or left and built upon?!
really?
i am.
i am steaming .
i personally dont want to be buried - i want my ashes to be free to be as nomadic as i wish and desire to be....or to be eaten by birds and other predatory animals.
BUT if you want burial -
if you pay and sign papers for burial....
you should have those honored at least until civilization falls and we all become a graveyard....
wtf - is this a seattle problem?
is this money?
i am ashamed .....
Friday, February 18, 2011
Comet Lodge what a history what a mystery
so , awhile back we visited a cemetery on our way home to north seattle from beacon hill in south seattle. we were visiting the world's biggest jade buddha at a Hindu temple, it was his last day in town before heading south.
our drive back we took the leaisurely route via sidestreets rather then the I- 5 and cam across a park no wait its got some gravestones , but wait it looks like a park.
now unfortunately whilst cleaning my computer ( which was more losing stuff then cleaning it up)
i lost a slew of images inc all from that day aside from a few posted from the actual Buddha visit.
so at present i have no images to share but some links in the beginnings of this weird story that is a little too similar to a real version of poltergeist for my liking but there you go.
This like a lot of early pioneer cemeteries seems to suffer from records not kept or lost (somewhere lost in 1950s) as well as ownership issues , body removals no wait they didnt move the bodies and yes your house is atop the baby land part of the cemetery.
the city of seattle seems to have ignored orders from the county - this cemetery housed early seattle pioneers - who are still there but the graves unmarked, mostly.
from the 1930s onwards to present there seems to be a dispute of ownership and now existence entirely!
today i will speak to john dickenson who appears to be the most knowledgeable source of information on this matter as a whole.
i do want to include some more links here and latter some photos
the place itself has a very weird an confused vibe to it.
I love the fact that there is someone fighting the good fight here-
and want to know if it's just money that leads to all this grave removal or not so much removal as the case may be.
Also interesting side note apparetnly in most places to move a grave officially one only has to more a shovel full of dirt and the stone itself?!
i had no idea!
here we go:
LAWS Protecting Indian Burial Grounds - Indian Burial grounds watch
internment data of comet lodge
mid beacon hill post article on comet lodge
John Dickenson at word Perc
letter from dept of construction and land use addressing NON EXISTENCE of cemetery
Daily UW news- comet lodge article
our drive back we took the leaisurely route via sidestreets rather then the I- 5 and cam across a park no wait its got some gravestones , but wait it looks like a park.
now unfortunately whilst cleaning my computer ( which was more losing stuff then cleaning it up)
i lost a slew of images inc all from that day aside from a few posted from the actual Buddha visit.
so at present i have no images to share but some links in the beginnings of this weird story that is a little too similar to a real version of poltergeist for my liking but there you go.
This like a lot of early pioneer cemeteries seems to suffer from records not kept or lost (somewhere lost in 1950s) as well as ownership issues , body removals no wait they didnt move the bodies and yes your house is atop the baby land part of the cemetery.
the city of seattle seems to have ignored orders from the county - this cemetery housed early seattle pioneers - who are still there but the graves unmarked, mostly.
from the 1930s onwards to present there seems to be a dispute of ownership and now existence entirely!
today i will speak to john dickenson who appears to be the most knowledgeable source of information on this matter as a whole.
i do want to include some more links here and latter some photos
the place itself has a very weird an confused vibe to it.
I love the fact that there is someone fighting the good fight here-
and want to know if it's just money that leads to all this grave removal or not so much removal as the case may be.
Also interesting side note apparetnly in most places to move a grave officially one only has to more a shovel full of dirt and the stone itself?!
i had no idea!
here we go:
LAWS Protecting Indian Burial Grounds - Indian Burial grounds watch
internment data of comet lodge
mid beacon hill post article on comet lodge
John Dickenson at word Perc
letter from dept of construction and land use addressing NON EXISTENCE of cemetery
Daily UW news- comet lodge article
Monday, February 14, 2011
Fort Lawton Military Cemetery, Discovery Park, Seattle
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| German Prisoner of War Albert Marqardt |
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| German Prisoner of War Albert Marqardt |
Fort Lawton at waymarking
wikimapia
There was a bit of information i accumulated on this place and it's trials and tribulations at
This Life in Ruins
Friday, February 11, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
mt pleasant cemetery, queen anne , seattle, wa
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| The first four images are the four sides of the Nelsom Memorial |
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Founded (like my present obsession Comet lodge cemetery)
by the Oddfellows, home to first Jewish cemetery. The only cemetery in Seattle still family owned.
some links:
History link Org
Queen Anne Historical Society
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