20 Pay Tribute at Destroyed Hendricks Burial Ground at Beau Ridge
Citizens join a family descendant to plant flags in the snow
“It’s just wrong,” said Beth Blonski of Manalapan on Sunday, standing before a heap of damaged gravestones poking through the snow. It was all that remained of the 60 ancient gravestones that had stood for generations in the Hendricks Burial Ground, a privately owned one-acre cemetery surrounded by the upscale Beau Ridge Townhouse Development in Holmdel. Blonksi traveled from her home to join 20 others -- some of them residents of the development -- to brave freezing temperatures and pay their respects by planting flags and laying tulips at the ten remaining gravestones. The informal event was organized by a descendant of the family, Arthur Rittenhouse of Sayreville. In September, the Beau Ridge Homeowners Association Board of Directors …
Gary Montross`
6:47 pm on Monday, January 24, 2011
This is an unbelievable act of criminal intent. This association should be sued and jailed for this and I hope the prosecutor does just that. The phone number and e-mail address of that association should be published and a march of protest should be started against this sick association. more ›