Britain, and the only losses were the lives of many a pig that was cooked and shared by those who awaited the (peaceful) settlement. While my great-grandfather was not of the sea, he too lies in an unmarked grave in a Colorado cemetery. He had been buried in a Pueblo, Colorado, cemetery and at some point was moved to an-
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other-the Pioneer Cemetery, which was pretty much a place for the poor and the indigent. When my fam ily went to visit his grave there, we were stunned to discover that, although they had an index card in their files with his name on it, that they could only direct us to the "area'' where his
remains lie. Our quest to properly identify his burial spot speaks to the human need to honor those who worked hard, suffered long, and accomplished much, only to be forgotten. Happy that John Willis Griffiths will have a proper stone! BRUCE L. SALISBURY, MSGT USAF (RET.) Aztec, New Mexico
The Paper Chart Call me old school, but I just don't see how getting rid of the paper nautical chart is a good idea. W ith the move to electronic charts and digital record-keeping, gone will be the opportunity to retrace the operations, shipboard culture, and personal notes associated with individual voyages. Warren Lammert's study of Captain Allen's nautical charts in "C harts that Tell a Story" is evidence of just that. How fantastic it must be to see and smell (I assume not touch) the old paper charts from our history. The voyage tracks all over those charts show patterns and rourines that the story of just one voyage cannot tell. How meaningful for a career sea captain to write "my last voyage" on the chart. I don't live anywhere near Maine, but I h ave to think that other maritime museums closer to home have some in their collections too. I'll have to call aro und. Lours W. WrNTERS Naples, Florida
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