The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50238   Message #761499
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
07-Aug-02 - 05:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: U.S.S. Monitor
Subject: RE: U.S.S. Monitor
The thought has been variously expressed above: "Leave the grave(s) alone."

As I see it, this is not a grave. It is a place where a body (or maybe it's "bodies") were accidentally detained after a disastrous event. A grave is a place where survivors or a society place a body, with intention, and usually with a degree of ceremony. The body(s) there should receive their proper honorable ceremonial interment, say I.

Dave Oesterreich