Caring people care for the dead
Notice: Undefined variable: article_ad_placement3 in /usr/web/cs-washington.ogdennews.com/wp-content/themes/News_Core_2023_WashCluster/single.php on line 128
Reading about the dilemma with Charleroi Cemetery and, I’m sure, of other cemeteries and more to come, I recalled a bronze plaque hanging in the Allegheny Cemetery office. It was a quote by former British Prime Minister William Gladstone, and I have recalled it often when visiting cemeteries:
“Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead, and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high deeds.”
Joe Paletta
Canton Township