Wishing everyone a safe and happy New Year - 2022! Thanking everyone for stopping by and for your support!
May the new year be one filled with many accomplishments benefitting Ohio's cemeteries!
We will continue to explore almost forgotten gravesites - almost meaning not forgotten by those who care and seek to preserve and protect them. Choosing the proper methods and applications that will sustain them for many years to come.
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This brings me to sharing an update to Ohio Senate Bill 59:
"To amend sections 149.30 and 155.99 and to enact section 155.28 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain war relics located on public property or cemetery association property from being disposed of, and to designate this act as the Ohio Veterans' Heritage Protection Act." The effective date is March 23, 2022.
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We look forward to the Ohio state legislators moving to introduce and pass further protective legislation so no cemetery in Ohio is abandoned and left without a legal owner who properly cares for and maintains it.
Reviewing and strengthening any outdated Ohio Revised Codes so no Ohio cemetery faces becoming a victim of crimes committed against it by an unfit owner is overdue to be accomplished.
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Finally, as many of us know, it is well past time for Inactive / Abandoned / Family Cemeteries to have the sorely needed legal protective measures put in place for them -- the same laws afforded to Active Cemeteries. These are Ohio's most vulnerable cemeteries that deserve our best care and respect regardless of their age or status.
These are just some of the improvements we petition for in our prayers to happen for Ohio's cemeteries in 2022.
We know the process begins with us!
We can motivate Ohio lawmakers to take a long serious look at those Ohio Revised Codes and understand that many simply are not strong enough to protect our state's cemeteries where our ancestors, close relatives, and friends found eternal rest and peace. Cemeteries have an important role in the communities that surround them.
Please visit your local cemetery and advocate on its behalf for whatever it needs. Those needs just might not be met if you do not.
