Is It True?

[RJNorton]

(12-19-2015 08:54 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  Safety coffins were invented so that if need be, a person buried alive could ring a bell that would be heard throughout the cemetery.
Gives a whole new interpretation to a Christmas bell choir . . .

George Washington feared being buried alive. And his nephew, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington, had the fear also. He requested:

"My Body is to be placed in an entirely plain coffin with a flat Top and a sufficient number of holes bored through the lid and sides--particularly about the face and head to allow Respiration if Resuscitation should take place."