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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:07 AM Dec 2011

Tea Party pushes for memorial at landfill

Tea Party pushes for memorial at landfill

King George — A citizen effort is underway to establish a memorial to fallen service personnel at the King George Landfill.

Based on a news story in The Journal and other area publications, citizens became aware that cremated and incinerated partial remains of some military personnel were disposed of at the King George Landfill.

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Regarding the current efforts being planned for a memorial at the landfill, Grzeika said, “I can understand the emotional response but I believe it is prudent to stop and think about this from the perspective of the families affected by this travesty.”

“Would you really want a memorial at a landfill? Wouldn’t it be more prudent and fitting to have a ceremony and a memorial created at Arlington or some other fitting site?” said Grzeika. “I am just one board member and once all the details are fully known I think then the Board, affected families and the military services should consider what the proper action would be.”

http://www.journalpress.com/component/content/article/201-news/3104-tea-party-pushes-for-memorial-at-landfill

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Tea Party pushes for memorial at landfill (Original Post) The Straight Story Dec 2011 OP
Some people will erect a memorial anywhere lunatica Dec 2011 #1
I've read a couple stories about this and it's still not clear to me -- when they say "partial Brickbat Dec 2011 #2
This guy sums it up: The Straight Story Dec 2011 #4
In other words. Exactly what happens to diseased kidneys,... TheMadMonk Dec 2011 #6
Tragic as it is... a poor thought....no dignity there...offensive even... opihimoimoi Dec 2011 #3
I already like the King George legacy malaise Dec 2011 #5

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
2. I've read a couple stories about this and it's still not clear to me -- when they say "partial
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:18 AM
Dec 2011

remains," do they mean amputated limbs and other medical waste, or do they mean entire bodies were cremated and some of the ashes went to a landfill, and some went home with the family in a box? Oddly -- and I know this is irrational -- there is a difference, for me.

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
4. This guy sums it up:
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:20 AM
Dec 2011

To summarize, prior to 2008, the Dover Mortuary occasionally received portions of remains separate from those that were received and disposed of according to the preferences of the next of kin. Usually, these "remains" were small fragments of bone or tissue.

In these cases, families had formalized a preference for not being notified of additional remains. These remains were escorted to a funeral home for cremation. The ashes were then disposed of by passing them off through an approved contract service.

The Air Force made a decision in 2008 (after an investigation into the landfill dis- position) to bury these types of remains at sea. They have done so since.

As to notification of next of kin, with respect for expressed requests to not be notified of additional remains (one can understand why), the Air Force did not report to families on the disposal or the change in procedures.

http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/122011/12122011/669997

 

TheMadMonk

(6,187 posts)
6. In other words. Exactly what happens to diseased kidneys,...
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 10:42 AM
Dec 2011

...appendixes, amputated legs, etc in hospitals every day. Damned near every landfill in any number of countries is the final resting place for such. Should all of those be aforded a memorial?

Manufactured outrage. Including I suspect that of many of the next of kin, who felt they had to be outraged or be slammed for not caring enough a about their lost ones.

This was/is NOT a case of sifting through rubble to give a family SOMETHING to bury (9/11). This is (essentially) scraps found behind a seat in a vehicle hit by an RPG or IED after bodies had been removed and repatriated, but before the vehicle was sent for destruction.

malaise

(267,823 posts)
5. I already like the King George legacy
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:23 AM
Dec 2011

After all he and his goons dumped the remains of military men while screaming about patriotism.
Fuck George Bush and the teabaggers.

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