Memorials at Rising Park

Families pay lots of money to have memorials placed in a grave yard with seldom visits.. After noticing the markers in the park.

After one little girl was lost, the school put up a memorial for her.. but later they tore the school down.

A few times I have seen people having services. On this night this family was releasing this balloon. Found out I went to high school with em.

Who would you like to share a memory of or how might you want to be remembered?

Through out the park there are many trees with people's names on them.
Benches and bricks with loved one's names on them.

Most people don't know what goes on at the park unless they read it in social media.

Much bigger than a bench, this giant piece of concrete was put here for mountain climbers to scale .. and no complaints :)
Dedicated park benches and such already exist through out the park.

If you wanted to plant a memorial tree or add a marker... bench.. the Friends of the Park does that HERE.

Instead of a marker with text, it could contain a QR code. Anyone wanting to check the marker out could view their photos, videos .. a visit of their lives

The park is peppered with memorial markers.. but words only.

This year while taking pics on top someone I know mentioned that he often comes up and leaves a note for his lost wife.

I have seen notes and flowers left through the years that I had been coming.

On top people can sit on the rocks or stand up against the rail. I imagined this would be a nice place for a bench in memory of the little girl who fell . Of course it would need to be turned a bit for the sunset and the park board would need to approve it..  ... 

Below in the playground area, people place bricks with the names of loved ones as memorials.
Families contact "the friends of the park" and have bricks with the names of their loved ones placed here.

hmmm thinking if bricks with the names of lost pets were placed around the bench on top of Mt. P. , it would continue to expand.. maybe make a sidewalk to the path coming up :)
Of course similar type bricks, ground prep n names on bricks would be paid for in the memorial brick cost.
Those who love their fuzz balls, pay lots of money in memorials and such.

Wonder if the park placed a sign there like one of those at Hocking Hills.

That one link would open up endless web pages, how to get a great photo, history of the park, geology, a guest book where visitors could sign their names and add photos of their visits.

There is a mystical feeling for many while on Mount Pleasant. If there were a memorial for myself it would not be a rock in a grave yard.. but images in my life.

I am not sure what would be allowed but a marker with a name and QR code would open a window to visitors to one who walked here b4 them . 


Rising Park, Mount Pleasant #risingpark, Lancaster Ohio, PuppyDog
 





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