What do we call a monument honouring war dead whose remains are elsewhere?
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IN the UK a cenotaph.
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I'm not sure of where Humble is. Our family is from a very small town in the Hill Country. Mom-in-law has shown us lots of different grave sites outside the traditional cemetery. Some are her distant relatives. She says that long ago, before the traditional cemetery's, people would bury their deceased family members on their property. Are the headstones legible? Take a piece of paper, place it flat over the headstone and rub a crayon or pencil over it. If the name is legible, take it to city hall or chamber of commerce, they may be able to trace the property owners. Even if you cannot read the headstones, you should report this to the authorities. Someone out there may be wondering where some family is buried. Also they used to bury people who died while traveling. We have one headstone there and all it says on it is "MEXICAN", no name at all. Do the right thing, and let someone know about your find.
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Certainly, if you have a legal claim to the remains.  Obviously there are many details which will need to be worked - arranging for the exhumation with whomever has responsibility for the current site, state and local certificates for transporting and then shipping the remains, international declarations/approvals for the destination country, and of course burial permission at the other cemetery.
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It would be unfair to the veterans from WW1, WW2 and the Korean war that had to deal with the same issues. \n\nThere is no doubt that wars kill many people in their mind but not on the battlefield.  Perhaps another monument should be erected to show that.
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people who have died for our country.
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I'm sorry but you just have to make a memorial cemetery and place a bubble stick(where you blow to make bubbles) for every deceased bubble.\nRemember their lives and how happy each one made you because that's what they would want you to do...
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The most significant "Memorial" one could observe is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death. It is sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".\n\n(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.” \n\n(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.” \n\n\nChrist Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Apparently Jesus Christ established the occasion to supercede the Jewish Passover, which occurs after sunset on the 14th of Nisan (a month of the Jewish calendar).\n\n(Luke 22:14-16) At length when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 And [Jesus] said to them: “I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it becomes fulfilled in the kingdom of God.\n\n\nSadly, it is only a minority of professed Christians who follow the BIBLICAL pattern for the Last Supper which was established by Christ himself. Sadly, most of Christendom ignores Christ's celebration and instead follow unrelated human traditions which purport to honor Christ, but in ways unconnected with what Jesus Christ established.\n\nLike the former Passover, those Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have also done so on the date corresponding to Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "fourteen-ers"\n\n\nThere are fundamental differences between the Memorial which Christ Jesus instituted and the so-called "Easter" which Christendom adopted from pagan worship of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre (or Oestre). While most Easter celebrations merely repackage pagan fertility festivals and concentrate on eating, decorating, and frivolity, the Last Supper focuses on the value of Christ's sacrifice and the sober obligation of Christianity. \n\n(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_08.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/
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Contact your local historical society.  They will be able to direct you as to what is customary in your area.  Don't be creeped out anyway. Just please treat the gravesites with respect as you would any other cemetery.
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Search for the war graves commision site or contact the Ministry of defence who will point you in the right direction. They have an archives department.
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I like the law/rule.  It is a sign of resect. The soldiers coming home in caskets did not die for a political agenda, they died doing their jobs, serving their country, and probably saving anothers life. This law is in effect because showing these caskets as they come home would be used for political agendas, people saying how bad the war is going. Fact of the matter is that our fight is the good fight, yeah we have stirred up a hornets nest but we, beleive it or not, are winning. Iraq has made huge steps towards its independence and terrorists are dying everyday.  Also, the rule is in place for the families that have lost loved ones overseas, would you want your casket on the evening news? No. There is not reason other than being nosey to see those caskets. I dont want strangers at my funeral, and I bet they dont want the nation watching theirs while eating popcorn on their couch.
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I agree that they should be in there own homeland! Specially the mummies. I wouldn't want my dead body getting moved to some other country for people to view. I can see why we research them but what happened to respecting the dead?
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you need a memorial for something great or a good person. make a memorial for that
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Actually, I believe those two are buried in Arlington National Cemetary, not the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  The "Tomb" is located in Arlington, but they are not the same.
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The tomb of the unkown soldier has many soldiers in it. It is there to reconize the many unidentifinable soldier killed in wars. It is the same as when they bury a person as a "John" or "Jane Doe".\n\nOne soldier was actually identified through DNA testing, because they had gotten a lead on his identity and wanted to be sure.
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Depending on what branch of service the recently deceased is from, usually that is set up by them. If you have to do it yourself get a hold of the persons supervisor or who ever they worked closely with. Also make sure that the will doesnt state not to have a military funeral as it is punishable by law to break the will of a military deseased.
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website (just google search on "Commonwealth War Graves Commission") shows pictures of lots of war graves, including Canadians, many with flowers on them. Yes, of course it is appropriate. These people gave everything they had for us. We should at very least show them we still care about them.
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Which country?\n\nThe U.S. tomb has one from World War I.  He is entombed, not buried.  There are two other bodes buried in auxilliary graves from World War II and Korea.\n\nThe Vietnam representative was exhumed after DNA testing proved his identity.  With the advent of DNA technology it is unlikely that we will ever put another soldier in an auxilliary tomb.\n\nFrance has one World War I soldier buried in it's grave under the Arc de Triomphe.  The grave features an eternal flame.\n\nBrittain has a World War I soldier buried in Westminster Abbey.