HEADSTONE AT A VETERANS GRAVE SITE IN HARTFORD SOLDIER'S FIELD PROPPED UP WITH 2X4'S
It seems pretty obvious that very little supervision or accountability is going on in Hartford City government. Most of it we have just become accustomed to and seem to accept, but one thing that is inexcusable and I can't tolerate or accept is disrespecting our veteran's who have served and some have actually died for us.
I have received several calls about the condition of Hartford's cemeteries ,Northwood's and Soldiers Field in particular . Gravestones falling over. some, like the one above propped up with lumber, lawns not mowed, weeds overgrown. Totally disrespectful to the deceased buried there as well as their families and loved ones.
The veterans headstones don't look like they have been cleaned in ages and are filthy. It just disgusts me that no City official can drive through and find this unacceptable.
HARTFORD'S SOLDIER'S FIELD
The sad part though is that if you drive three or four miles up I-91 to the Windsor veterans cemetery, the cemetery is maintained almost like Arlington National Cemetery. MY father is buried there and I appreciate the condition. The lawns are always mowed , the monuments are upright and they are regularly pressure washed why does Hartford deserve or tolerate such disrespect. It is just not right and we deserve so much better for our veterans.
Something is seriously wrong when we maintain rose gardens better than the final resting place for our veterans that have served our country
ABOVE-WINDSOR VETERANS CEMETERY, IN CASE ANYONE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW IT SHOULD LOOK, NOTICE THE LACK OF 2 X 4'S HOLDING THE MARKERS UP
5 comments:
This is so sad....20 years ago or so, my Father who was a veteran, complained to the then Mayor Athenson about the cemetery, telling him that some day he would be buried there, Athenson replied with a joke and smiled at my Dad, when years passed, my Dad took a ride up to Windsor, came home and said "That's it, I'm moving" what he meant was and later explained was that when the time came, he did not want to be buried up there, and years later passed away, and was buried up in Cedar Hill, and has been there for 18 years now, so I can see that Hartford has done nothing to improve on it yet !
In 2010, a young man named Nick Chapman wanted to earn an Eagle Scot badge .Along with Troop 203 he organized project clean slate. On that day the community came out to the Windsor cemetery and scrubbed Veteran's tombstones, and even witness a veteran being laid to rest on that dayI along with my granchildren attended that event and it was a day in which a lot of lessons were learned. If anyone is willing to organize such an event my granchildren and I are always available to give back to the Veteran's.
So very sad and yet so true, the public officials are spending thousands of dollars doing everything else but taking care of our City. Hartford's Northwood and Soldier's Field has been used as a dumping ground for many years, it's time to clean and repair those gravestones. They are the forgotten Heroes.
Anonymous 10:36 am
Great comment, we need solutions as well as identifying problems. If you can contact me either by my cell phone or my e-mail,both are posted on the blog homepage. we can try to get something organized. I remember the Boy Scout project you mentioned and I think they also pressure washed the markers that needed cleaning
My Grandparents the Sullivan's (your Grandmother and mine were sisters) are buried there Kevin and it's a shame. We were up there for Memorial Day and were happy to see the flags placed by the Boy Scouts but the whole cemetery is a disgrace.gingmem
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