APNEWSBREAK: NY PET CEMETERY DEEMED HISTORIC

[xchrom]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HISTORIC_PET_CEMETERY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-29-03-04-36


This 2011 photo provided by the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Whtie Plains, N.Y., shows a scenic view of the first burial ground for animals named to the National Register of Historic Places. The 116-year-old Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, final home to some 75,000 animals and a few hundred humans, is being designated for its "social history and landscape architecture." (AP Photo/Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Mary Thurston)

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Another cemetery has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, but this one's a little different. It has dogs and cats and iguanas and a lion cub.

The 116-year-old Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in the New York City suburbs is the first animal burial ground to win the honor.

The designation "is a fitting way to recognize the longstanding and significant role pets have played in our national history and culture," said Carol Shull, interim Keeper of the National Register.

Kevin Moriarty, a historian for the register, said Friday that Hartsdale is the only pet cemetery among the 2,698 cemeteries on the register. He said Hartsdale is notable because it marks a sharp change in how humans related to animals.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Sometimes dead is better.

[longship]

2. Some how reminds me of Evelyn Waugh's "The Loved One"

It was brilliantly made for celluloid in 1965 starring Robert Morse, Jonathon Winters, and a brilliantly cast Rod Steiger (as Mr. Joyboy).

It's a slow paced, but sarcastic look at LA-LA land's seeming obsession with grandiose cemeteries, including pet cemeteries.

A great flick. You will never forget Rod Steiger as Mr. Joyboy.

[xchrom]

3. You're just a Movie Maven. Aren't you?

[longship]

4. Sometimes.

Love Hitch, and film noir, and many period films, and historic movies (even if they twist things), and especially scifi.

Political flicks, too, of course.


My favorite? Easy!
Dr. Strangelove with Vertigo a close second. Many others following behind.

Thanks, xchrom, for your response.

[xchrom]

5. Well, you have great taste. Nt

[longship]

7. Well, I cannot do political posts as well as you.

So just maybe I can bring some cultural context.

I am a mere political hack compared to your DU posts.

Thank you for your compliment. Much appreciated.

[smokey nj]

6. Our cats Cosmo and Cyrus were cremated at Hartsdale.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Meh. Not as classy as this ...

http://www.coondogcemetery.com/