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Annual Pilgrimage to the James Garfield Memorial
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 632151" data-attributes="member: 16749"><p>I have no expertise in the field of embalming, and no knowledge of what methods have been or are being applied to the bodies of President and Mrs. Garfield. I have no doubt that there are methods to preserve a body, that can prevent issues such as you bring up.</p><p></p><p> I'm now thinking of Vladimir Lenin's body, which has been preserved and on display since his death nearly a century ago. That would be a much more complex and difficult task than for the Garfields. In Lenin's case, it's not just sufficient to keep the smell of decomposition from permeating his tomb; his body is being preserved for public display, so it's appearance has to be maintained. Whatever is being done to preserve Lenin's body, is surely much more than needs to be done for the Garfields' bodies which are kept in closed caskets, and not displayed to the public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 632151, member: 16749"] I have no expertise in the field of embalming, and no knowledge of what methods have been or are being applied to the bodies of President and Mrs. Garfield. I have no doubt that there are methods to preserve a body, that can prevent issues such as you bring up. I'm now thinking of Vladimir Lenin's body, which has been preserved and on display since his death nearly a century ago. That would be a much more complex and difficult task than for the Garfields. In Lenin's case, it's not just sufficient to keep the smell of decomposition from permeating his tomb; his body is being preserved for public display, so it's appearance has to be maintained. Whatever is being done to preserve Lenin's body, is surely much more than needs to be done for the Garfields' bodies which are kept in closed caskets, and not displayed to the public. [/QUOTE]
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