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"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Friday, March 9, 2018

"Anderson Twp. veterans' headstones disturbed, but it's not what it seems"


Sharing this news story 
by Cameron Knight.


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Abstracted from the news article.:
"Pictures surfaced on social media Thursday showing headstones belonging to veterans strewn across the grounds of Hillcrest Cemetery in Anderson.

Todd Mayer, a member of the cemetery 
board, said the photos show that someone 
recently tried to move the headstone, but that
 those stones had never been in place on
 graves.

The Hillcrest Cemetery has had a troubled 
history. Unfortunately, no one knows where
 the soldiers, whose headstones were in the 
photos, are buried."
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