steveo21 Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 WOW, Very interesting stuff. A lot more at the link. http://gizmodo.com/what-we-found-at-hart-island-the-largest-mass-grave-in-1460171716 It’s a place where few living New Yorkers have ever set foot, but nearly a million dead ones reside: Hart Island, the United States’ largest mass grave, which has been closed to the public for 35 years. It is difficult to visit and off-limits to photographers. But that may be about to change, as a debate roils over the city’s treatment of the unclaimed dead. Never heard of Hart? You’re not alone—and that’s part of the problem. Hart Island is a thin, half-mile long blip of land at the yawning mouth of Long Island Sound, just across the water from City Island in the Bronx. Depending on who you ask, it was named either for its organ-like shape or for the deer (or hart) that thrived here after trekking across the frozen sound in the 18th century. Hart is dense with history; it’s been used as a prison for Confederate soldiers, a workhouse for the poor, a women's asylum, and a Nike missile base during the Cold War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 They should make it a tourist attraction like the Paris Catacombs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 It's heart breaking to think about all those people and children buried there in some unsorted jumble who no one either cares to visit or is able to do so. What a terrible place to end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 They should make it a tourist attraction like the Paris Catacombs. The Catacombs are interesting and strangely beautiful. That place looks like the most depressing state park in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Why don't they just cremate the bodies? It seems to me that it would be cheaper and require less management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Why don't they just cremate the bodies? It seems to me that it would be cheaper and require less management. I don't think they can cremate w/o permission, it would certainly be cheaper and easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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