RE: [Marxism] Marx's Grave - When is a grave not a grave

["Jack Cade" <jack.cade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> However people should be aware that the site most people 
> visit, with the famous monument, is not Marx's actual grave.  
> His grave is actually in Highgate East which is closed to the 
> public.  Eleanor Marx is buried there as well.

        You are either profoundly mistaken or do not know what
you are talking about.

1) The monument is not the original grave but it is the present
one. The original grave is still there a few hundred yards to the
south but difficult to find without a guide. There are no longer
any remains in this grave but a plaque still marks it.

2) Highgate Cemetery is in two parts: one each side of Swains
Lane. Highgate East has never been closed. The older cemetery,
Highgate West was closed at one time, because of its dilapidated
state, but is now accessible through special tours (as shown on
the site below). This became possible when the Friends of
Highgate Cemetery took over the lease of the West Cemetery in
1981.

3) In 1956 the remains of Marx and his family (including Eleanor
Marx whose urn was previously kept at the Communist Party's
offices at 16 King Street) were all interred in the new monument.
 www.habitsofwaste.wwu.edu/issues/5/marxsgrave.shtml

None of this is any great secret and all this is verifiable on
the web.

Jack

Highgate Cemetery Official Website:

http://highgate-cemetery.org/index.asp

East Cemetery

Opens 10.00am weekdays, 11.00am weekends.

Last Admissions 1st April to - 30th October 4.30pm.

Last Admissions 1st November - 31th March 3.30pm

Entry £2.00, Camera Permit £1.00. No Video Cameras

Western Cemetery

Admission by Standard or Special Tour only.

Tours

Standard Tour

Week days at 2.00pm only - for which it is advisable to book by
telephone.

Weekends at 11.00am, 12.00 Noon, 1.00pm, 2.00pm, 3.00pm and
4.00pm (3.00pm from 1st November to 31 March)




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