this cemetery is very iconic and actually very beautiful and spacious! it even has been immortalized on the silver screen movie that starred liza minnelli many decades ago. it has fountains and huge mausoleums and seems to be expanding and location welcomes its visitors! but
and this is a disturbing but, for those who want to buried there and their loved ones!
this is our experience!!!
we have gone to a loved ones grave site on a weekly basis since passing away!
the area is nicely kept and a nice location to go and visit and pay respects and memories to this fallen family member!
at christmas time 2023 a custom made remembrance statue tastefully done placed in front of the head stone that extended about 6 inches out!
this was done in white birch branches and adorned with ivy and a sole bird in a shape of a cross and the bird was perched on the cross.
well, this weekend it was gone and removed. at first we thought it was stolen but, we found grounds keepers who mentioned they have been clearing away flags, stuffed animals and personal mementos! we immediately went to the office across the street and inquired what had happened! the response was by a women.....feel free to check the dumpster out back....we did and found more than we bargained for...
our remembrance hand made birch cross was barely visible under mounds of discarded american flags, stuffed toys and so much more except that the bird on that cross was barely visible!
confirmed that it was discarded by blue hills grounds keepers we then left !!!
i have posted photos of the dumpster and noticed the unbelievable amount of american flags thrown away... note: the proper way to discard american flags to not be disrespectful is to read what i posted...but to go back to my issue...
our display was not a potted plant that was left dead, or bouquet of flowers in paper and cellophane just layed at the head stone and left to cause a mess, but ours was made to rest next to the head stone as those brass or bronzes urns!
shame of them to remove and just throw away such a piece!
you have caused a great deal of heart break to that widow!
next time be mindful of what items that are left in a neat and respectfully way...those are not dead flowers or potted plants that are just abandoned to blow away or scatter!
i hope many read our disappointment in blue hills cemetery!!! read more