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VCUBNFO t1_jad8tzi wrote

Reply to comment by WhalerBum in Richmond mulls historic cemetery takeover by CrassostreaVirginica

In Europe being buried in a cemetery is falling out of fashion.

Even for when it is, it is often the case they exhume old bodies to bury new ones.

What is the point of permanent graves?

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Danger-Moose t1_jad9do5 wrote

> In Europe being buried in a cemetery is falling out of fashion.

The US, too. What does that have to do with a historic cemetery?

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VCUBNFO t1_jadawgf wrote

> the final resting places of some of the city's most prominent residents, including Maggie Walker and John Mitchell.

I should have read the article, huh. It housing Maggie Walker certainly warrants more consideration.

I'd rather see that as a monument though. I think it would be better to exhume her and put her on Monument Ave or where AP Hill was, with a corresponding monument.

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Danger-Moose t1_jadbb5p wrote

She already has a monument at her grave site, and another monument where she lived in Jackson Ward. I'm in favor of leaving her where she actually, you know, wanted to be and not using her bones as some weird talisman to be showcased.

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VCUBNFO t1_jadbu2f wrote

>not using her bones as some weird talisman to be showcased.

That's functionally what keeping the historic cemetery is.

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Danger-Moose t1_jadi3xw wrote

At least that doesn't involve trotting them out to display in a largely white neighborhood.

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WhalerBum t1_jadb58f wrote

No one’s asking to build a new cemetery to make room for new bodies. I don’t see how your point has anything to do with preserving a historic cemetery.

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goodsam2 t1_jadck5c wrote

The old cemetery without new people has no money.

I think American cemeteries would get more money early on invest it and live off what was invested which if it failed then the grave runs out of money.

Like 08 crash and then now the graveyard can't mow the lawn but once a month.

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localheroism t1_jadcqju wrote

I think it's good to have a physical space dedicated to grieving loved ones if they so choose but I think there are better ways to go about it.

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