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Watching the news tonight and they where saying the average 10 acre cemetery contains about 100 tons of steel and 15,000 gallons of embalming fluid and 150 tons of other non bi-degradable material. The new mom event is earth friendly cemetery with out head stones or markers. Just trees and natural grass. Cremation only and in a biodegradable urn.......
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Keep in mind that Christian graveyards in the USA (and in Europe) have the graves facing the east for religious reasons. My family is Christian but we happen to be at peace with using cremation, but a whole bunch of people out there aren't. I think those of us who think it is the best thing to do...should do so, but we should never make it a mandated process.
They had this castet[misspell so bad spell check do not work but it what the dead is put in too] here in Lake Charles from the 1800's made out of glass. They was digging and hit it . They uncovered the grave and saw it was a lovely young lady in a beauty dress as if she was put there today; but air was going into it as when they hit it digging; they crack the glass. With in a hour the lady turned to dust. This happen around 1960 or so.
Reason they think it was from the 1800's was the dress the lady had on.
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