The reason why the deceased are buried facing east. (page 4)

Schizm

Containing the remains of between 10,000 and 20,000 people within 5-6 acres (2-2.4 ha) in Lower Manhattan, it is the oldest known African cemetery in urban America. Once called the Negro (or Negros) Burial Ground, it was used from as early as 1712 to about 1795. Barred from the cemeteries of many New York City churches, including Trinity Church in 1697, free and enslaved Africans buried their dead on the outskirts of the developed city beyond Wall St near Collect Pond, where 18th-century free Blacks also owned land. By 1812 builders had deposited up to 25 feet (7.6 m) of fill over the burials, which remained largely forgotten until 1991, when archaeologists unearthed them. Knowing of the possible existence of the burial ground, the federal General Services Administration (GSA) contracted archaeologists to document and remove remains during construction of a $275 million federal office building at 290 Broadway, on one section of the cemetery. Concerned citizens, including many African Americans, organized protests and pressured politicians to halt the excavation when they learned construction crews had destroyed burials, improper storage had damaged remains, and the archaeological project lacked a proper research design and African American involvement. A 1992 federal law stopped excavation of the burials and allocated $3 million for on-site reburial and a memorial. The GSA contracted new scholars to study the remains; artifacts stayed in New York City, but the skeletal remains were transferred to Howard University. Though the identities of those buried remain unknown, analysis revealed that most excavated individuals had been placed in wooden coffins and buried facing east. http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/encyclopedia/entries/african-burial-ground.html

outbutnotdown

Schizm,

Containing the remains of between 10,000 and 20,000 people within 5-6 acres (2-2.4 ha) in Lower Manhattan, it is the oldest known African cemetery in urban America. Once called the Negro (or Negros) Burial Ground, it was used from as early as 1712 to about 1795. Barred from the cemeteries of many New York City churches, including Trinity Church in 1697, free and enslaved Africans buried their dead on the outskirts of the developed city beyond Wall St near Collect Pond, where 18th-century free Blacks also owned land. By 1812 builders had deposited up to 25 feet (7.6 m) of fill over the burials, which remained largely forgotten until 1991, when archaeologists unearthed them. Knowing of the possible existence of the burial ground, the federal General Services Administration (GSA) contracted archaeologists to document and remove remains during construction of a $275 million federal office building at 290 Broadway, on one section of the cemetery. Concerned citizens, including many African Americans, organized protests and pressured politicians to halt the excavation when they learned construction crews had destroyed burials, improper storage had damaged remains, and the archaeological project lacked a proper research design and African American involvement. A 1992 federal law stopped excavation of the burials and allocated $3 million for on-site reburial and a memorial. The GSA contracted new scholars to study the remains; artifacts stayed in New York City, but the skeletal remains were transferred to Howard University. Though the identities of those buried remain unknown, analysis revealed that most excavated individuals had been placed in wooden coffins and buried facing east. http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/encyclopedia/entries/african-burial-ground.html

Do you care more that the bodies were "buried facing east" or of the plight of the African Americans themselves? Yet another example for you to display your "true" personality!!!

Geez!!!!

Brad

Rabbit

The ONLY way to be buried "facing East" is sitting or standing.

Schizm

Do you care more that the bodies were "buried facing east" or of the plight of the African Americans themselves? Yet another example for you to display your "true" personality!!!
Geez!!!!
Brad

You're having a rough time of it, aren't you Brad. Sometimes we have to reap what we sow, ya know?

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outbutnotdown

Schizm,

You're having a rough time of it, aren't you Brad. Sometimes we have to reap what we sow, ya know?

I'm not really sure what you mean.

Brad

Stefanie

You're having a rough time of it, aren't you Brad. Sometimes we have to reap what we sow, ya know?

And thats the reason most of us think you are an ass

When i was aggreeing with Rabbit about your lack of answer to the Lot thread, you basically told me to butt out since i had not participated in THAT thread...... lol .

Go back and look at that thread sunshine

Stefanie

"LOT" if he ever existed was sick.......... and so are you

Get some help sugar

Schizm

Schizm,
You're having a rough time of it, aren't you Brad. Sometimes we [JWs] have to reap what we sow, ya know?
I'm not really sure what you mean.
Brad

Those (your inlaws) who have made trouble for you, unjustifiably, will reap what they sow. Your children are YOUR children, and nobody has the right to keep you away from them, nor them away from you.

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Schizm

You're having a rough time of it, aren't you Brad. Sometimes we have to reap what we sow, ya know?

And thats the reason most of us think you are an ass

Why? Because I tried to offer Brad a word of encouragement?

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The reason why the deceased are buried facing east.

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