Comment EI-16751
Received or sent (printed as 4/4/2009)
I am a volunteer working to restore the Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery. The Historic Jersey & Harsimus Cemetery was founded in 1829, and is a National Treasure. It is the sacred eternal resting place of hundreds & hundreds of soldiers from the Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, The Civil War, The Mexican War, The Spanish-American War, WWI & WWII, The Korean War and Vietnam, aw well as the earliest founders of our great Jersey City. It is also the historic site of Revolutionary War battles led by General Lafayette, at the request of General George Washington, during 1779-80, and the site of an active Ammunitions Bunker and Lookout Point during the War of 1812, which still stands proudly on the Cemetery grounds. The Cemetery grounds were also used as a military training camp for U.S. Army soldiers druing WWII, and to our amazement, many remaining military artifacts have recently been discovered. This Cemetery is also one of the first Garden-style cemeteries. Unfortunately, this special Cemetery was seriously neglected and finally abandoned about 12 months ago. This past summer, a new volunteer Board of Directors was organized, and through their tremendous efforts, and the efforts of some very special volunteers, these grounds are now being protected and restored. Our goal is to achieve State and National Landmark Preservation Status to ensure the perpetual preservation for this historic site and the soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom. Our vision also includes the development of a Historic Museum & Learning Center to increase public knowledge and appreciaton of the Cemetery's natural beauty and historical significance. The Harsimus Branch appears to run along an edge of the cemetery. I want a full environmental impact study, which will more carefully delineate where the Branch runs, what contaminants may exist along it, and what species the now overgrown right of way may support. Thank you. Sincerely, Jan Nordland
Submitted by: Jan Nordland · Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery · Jersey City, NJ
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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