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More scenes from Memorial Day 2019 at Cypress Hills.
The burial by date of death made it possible for me to locate my gr gr uncle's grave in Cypress Hills I only had to look through about 5 rows in his section to find the barely legible headstone. I could have been searching for weeks otherwise. After a nearly two year process of having to correct written records, the headstone was replaced.The placement of graves was a surprise to me. I had been in Brooklyn to have lunch with Michele and had been in a hurry to get home to beat the snow (I live 40 miles east on Long Island). I knew there were Confederate prisoners of war buried there and I felt that with so little time to take pics, it made more sense to find the presumably smaller Confederate burial ground. When I got there and read the signage I realized there was NO Confederate burial ground and that this was a pretty unique place.
Sandi I hope you got the same feelings I had standing in front of my GGGrandfather's grave. Here was a SW Virginia boy lying in grave in Brooklyn! He was far from home and his loved ones when he died and will see them again on "The Day of the Lord"!
Regards
David
Great to hear.The burial by date of death made it possible for me to locate my gr gr uncle's grave in Cypress Hills I only had to look through about 5 rows in his section to find the barely legible headstone. I could have been searching for weeks otherwise. After a nearly two year process of having to correct written records, the headstone was replaced.
Great to hear.The burial by date of death made it possible for me to locate my gr gr uncle's grave in Cypress Hills I only had to look through about 5 rows in his section to find the barely legible headstone. I could have been searching for weeks otherwise. After a nearly two year process of having to correct written records, the headstone was replaced.
Hopefully we will see each other again!Sandi my GGGrandfather's last name is mispelled on his stone. Instead of Litton it has Litten. Seems trivial to some but a man (or woman) ought to have their name spelled correctly on their grave maker.
By the by, @Pat Young not only found his grve and took pictures for me but even drove me there when I was in Queens for the US Tennis Open in 2019. Thank you again Pat for your graciousness.
Regards
David
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My uncle's was correct on the stone and on the interment control form, it was just barely legible on the stone plus there were a lot of chips and chunks out of the side edges & back of the stone. It was all of the written documentation that was incorrect except for the interment control form.. he was a Torpedoman 1c in the Navy. The record had his as a Sgt. in the US Army. Last name was Dannanfelser. The record had it as Damenfalter. First and middle names were correct as were dates of birth and death in the written record. It took a very conscientious retired Marine CAPT who works for LI National Cemetery to get all of this done - and the new stone ordered.Sandi my GGGrandfather's last name is mispelled on his stone. Instead of Litton it has Litten. Seems trivial to some but a man (or woman) ought to have their name spelled correctly on their grave maker.
By the by, @Pat Young not only found his grve and took pictures for me but even drove me there when I was in Queens for the US Tennis Open in 2019. Thank you again Pat for your graciousness.
Regards
David
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That's great. If you are ever up this way again, give me a shout.Sandi my GGGrandfather's last name is mispelled on his stone. Instead of Litton it has Litten. Seems trivial to some but a man (or woman) ought to have their name spelled correctly on their grave maker.
By the by, @Pat Young not only found his grve and took pictures for me but even drove me there when I was in Queens for the US Tennis Open in 2019. Thank you again Pat for your graciousness.
Regards
David
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