"Progress" is a word we often here in society today. Most often it's used to justify an act that has been, or is about to be, done and it carries both a negative and positive consequence, depending on your point of view.

I'm sure the word "progress" was thrown around when talks of extending Interstate 69 through southwestern Indiana first began.

It's a word I've heard land developers use when they tell county officials they want to bulldoze a 100-acre farm field in order to build 500 homes -- a good number of which will probably be sold and re-sold a dozen times in a very few years.

Now to an event that occurred this week: I imagine city and state leaders in Indianapolis thought they were making progress when they moved more than two dozen graves from a 19th-century cemetery located next to a busy interstate.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the remains of 33 Indiana pioneers were moved this week from their location next to I-69, on the city's northeast side, to Crown Hill Cemetery. More than 100 people attended the re-burial ceremony, including the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of one of the people buried there.

She said she thought it was the "right thing to do." I'm sorry, but If I had been her, I would have been there protesting it all the way!

I've heard of some pretty crummy stunts done in the name of progress, but I think this one takes the cake. To go in and remove an entire cemetery just because it's too close to an interstate is an absolute disgrace. Who was there first?

I've always thought that if any place was safe from the axe-wielding arm of progress, it was a cemetery. Boy, was I wrong.

My grandparents and great-grandparents are buried side-by-side in a country cemetery in Hendricks County and to think that someone would try to come and move their graves to make way for a road, a building, or what have you … just makes my blood boil, not to mention that it would absolutely break my heart. And you can bet I'd fight tooth and nail to keep it from happening.

I just can't believe these types of things are going on today and I really wonder where we're heading with all this.

I was looking for a good quote with which to end this blog, but I can't find one right now. Maybe I'll add it later.

Suffice to say that this story made me mad and I wanted to let it out. I hope other people feel the same way.