a time of remembrance
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A Time of Remembrance
Saturday, November 17, 2012
1:00 - 4:00
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• Share your ideas with us.
• Break bread with us.
• To make our voice louder, join us.
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create awareness of
the problem of unfair treatment
for those living with mental illness
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We must never forget all those who died while under the care of the Milwaukee County
Mental Health System.
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Many died, poor and alone, with no
family willing or able to bury them.
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Milwaukee County Grounds
This is the county cemetery for those
unfortunate souls whose families could not afford
to bury them.
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Brandon J.
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This is the county cemetery for those
unfortunate souls with a mental illness whose
families could not afford to bury them.
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Brandon J.
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Brandon J.
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Brandon J.
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It has become an overgrown area with trails
running through it.
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People walk their dogs and geocache in it.
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Some kind soul has put up signs to help us remember them and how they must
have felt living in the asylum.
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Census Records from the Milwaukee County Asylum for Chronic Insane 1900-1940
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Sometimes, patients were called inmates. Other times, they had
no name—just a number.
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In 1940, there were 53 pages of records of people residing at either the Milwaukee County Hospital for Mental Diseases or the Milwaukee County Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
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The old County Asylum has fallen into a state of disrepair now.
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But Reverend Ray Gurney has made the grounds a sanctuary
for monarch butterflies.
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But now, Reverend Ray Gurney has
made the grounds a sanctuary for
monarch butterflies.
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There is hope!
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We remember those who have died recently at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. We vow to stop the deaths and substandard, underfunded, misguided care.
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Brandon J.
Broken Neck
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Cindy A.
Starved to Death
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Jane Doe, who was raped
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Paul H.
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Lack of Oxygen?
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Irises was painted by Vincent Van Gogh while he was a patient at an asylum.
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Recovery is possible!
What else do you want to say??????????
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We will remember…
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…and we will not give up the fight for the living who are still
struggling.
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