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I am writing in response to the Nov. 4 article by Jen Skerritt, Victims' shoddy burials seen as 'disgusting', with regards to the Belmont Hillside Cemetery and the graves of former Ninette Sanatorium patients who died from tuberculosis and are buried there. Particular attention is given to "aboriginal gravesites. The present council of the R.M. of Strathcona has no way of knowing how the burials were conducted back in the days when tuberculosis was epidemic, or how proper the graves were placed. Rodney Capon apparently indicated to Skerritt that many graves were improper. The R.M. of Strathcona receives continuous praise for the stewardship of the Hillside Cemetery, so Skerritt's article was very unfair, hurtful and seemingly misinformed. Perhaps the Winnipeg Free Press or others that ...
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Gossip in the Graveyard," "What Lies Beneath" and "Every Stone a Story" all inform, inspire and invite us to connect with this part of our community. "Gossip in the Graveyard" is a two-hour interactive theatre production that highlights some of the interesting people buried at the Brandon Municipal Cemetery. Telling the stories of the deceased and making the cemetery a familiar place are ways of remembering and honouring those who have lived and died.With these three excellent local resources, we can get in touch with our collective history, our common humanity and our community graveyards.
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There are thousands and thousands of stories inside Green-Wood's 193 hectares, where the first permanent residents arrived in 1838. The vast manicured property is so steeped in lore that the cemetery has its own historian -- tour host [Jeff Richman], author of "Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure. No Halloween excursion would be complete without a stop by the grave of Bill "The Butcher" Poole, the inspiration for Daniel Day Lewis' brutal character in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York." The cemetery put up a monument above the Poole family vault after the film reignited interest in "The Butcher." The tour was developed "through years of research, and some new stuff coming in," said Richman. "People will write the cemetery with stories, so I can add new material...
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Staff had considered installing a number of motion-sensor cameras on the cemetery grounds after a spate of vandalism last fall saw more than 100 grave markers damaged in three separate incidents. Icon's increased security presence began at the beginning of May, and no incidents of vandalism or trespassing have been reported thus far, Harrison said. [...] though Mayor Dave Burgess says he had been receptive to the idea of switching to camera surveillance, he's satisfied that the city can go the cheaper route and still provide peace of mind for residents with loves ones buried in the cemetery.
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More than 60 past employees, family and friends of patients participated in the ceremony as outgoing Assiniboine Community College president Joel Ward, Brandon Mayor Dave Burgess and Brandon East NDP MLA Drew Caldwell officially rededicated the cemetery and unveiled the site's $50,000 restoration. The month-long restoration and site-enhancement process included the installation of benches and solar lights, a new fence and iron gates and refurbishing the cairn's plaques, which list the names of the deceased.
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The rumours are all over the city, I've had enough. I don't know who is doing all this but it's not true," Gail Harrison said in an interview with the Free Press at her home in St. Francois Xavier. Her home is surrounded by long grass and weeds, and at least three dogs and a cat roamed the property. "They seemed to be taking a long time to get the ashes back so we switched to another clinic. When you're waiting a long time and you don't know what's happening, we didn't want it to linger for people. "People have a lot of emotions with their pets and when you lose a pet you want to be sure you're getting your animal's ashes back. It's a huge sense of loss and when you receive the ashes you trust they are your animals."
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It has been suggested, for example, that the city install security cameras in the cemetery to deter criminals or catch them in the act of desecrating gravesites. With roughly 40 acres of territory to cover, the city would need to spend an inordinate amount of money to install and operate an effective security system such as this.
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A series of surveillance cameras will eventually replace daily manned patrols of the Brandon Municipal Cemetery over the next three to five years, says the city's public works manager. The city's decision follows a vandalism spree at the cemetery last summer in which dozens of headstones and statues - several of them historically significant and deemed irreplaceable - were knocked over and damaged.
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My heart just sank. I was totally, totally, totally stunned," said [Hans Raffelt]. "I have never witnessed such disregard, and maybe spite, for... our heritage. The cemetery, called a "window" on the province, was turned into a park in the 1980s after the Anglican parish sold it and its adjacent church to the city. Under the deal, the church was turned into a library and the old protestant sanctuary was to be preserved in its original form. "It's an incredible window on the history of the city and the province," said [David Mendel].
