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