Sure, I'll forward it to you. This is both personal and political to me. It fucking sucks. If you can get a few people to send e-mails to news organizations, etc., it would be appreciated. Check whatever e- mail you sigen up on this board with. I can't thank you enough.
On Aug 25, 11:55 pm, LadybugsTX <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you send me the email personally? I will forward it to all of my > "Angry Mob" friends as this would be something that would piss them > off as well. I will need a couple of days to compose my letter and I > don't want to have to refind this thread when I'm ready. > > On Aug 25, 8:42 pm, LadybugsTX <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm certainly not claiming this is right at all, in fact it's very bad > > indeed. Lord knows how many graves have been desecrated because the > > folks were buried on private property. They won't let you move them > > to a legitimate cemetary? > > > If you need a signature or a letter written, count me in. > > > On Aug 25, 7:52 pm, SgtUSMC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm a history buff and do genealogy. I really love reading the old > > > books from the 1800's. A recent one I have found tells the life of > > > Bill Arp. > > > > We have worked, for years, to find information on my wife's ancestor > > > who served in the Revolutionary War. We finally found his grave a few > > > months ago. I won't go into the details because I know you really > > > aren't interested in a long story. To sum it up, we found the grave > > > and were assured we could visit it and place a marker on it. There > > > was > > > an unmarked grave next to it which we thought was his wife. I'll just > > > copy a portion of the e-mail which gave us the latest update. To say > > > the least, I am really pissed off. I don't know what to do about > > > this. > > > I know that laws were violated. > > > > Excerpt from e-mail: My GGGGGranduncle, Abraham Helton, was a > > > veteran > > > of Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War and a Cherokee Indian. > > > He > > > is buried at Frogtown Winery, 3300 Damascus Church Road , Dahlonega , > > > GA 30533 , phone number 706-865-0687. The owners are Craig and Cydney > > > Kritzer. This is private property. > > > > The problem is that his grave and that of his Cherokee wife Katie Owl > > > Helton have been desecrated by Frogtown Winery employees. The > > > headstones were dug up and graves plowed over to plant grape vines. > > > The owners deign knowledge of the graves but the previous owner, > > > Marlan Turner, 706-865-4599, informed them of the graves. Richard > > > Hester, 706-878-8595, their Vineyard Manager, informed them that the > > > graves had been desecrated by the "Guatemalan" employees against his > > > orders and a marker should be placed on the graves. Mr. Craig Kritzer > > > agreed with this but later changed his mind. JB Jones, 706-865-3906, > > > a member of the Georgia Council on American Indian Affairs, remembers > > > seeing the graves when he was young. I have been refused entry onto > > > their property to replace the removed stones from Abraham and Katie’s > > > graves with a small flat stone that is furnished to veterans by the > > > Veterans Administration. Abraham died in 1843 and his wife Katie in > > > 1840. > > > > As a veteran of Viet Nam< /st1:place> with two Purple Hearts I find > > > it > > > very offensive that anyone would desecrate a grave of any veteran. > > > Abraham Helton did not only fight for his country but for its > > > independence. In years past any Indian grave was open game for > > > souvenir hunters. The graves were violated just to look for some > > > trinkets that they could sell for profit. > > > > I am asking for help to place one single flat headstone, containing > > > both of their names, on the graves of Abraham Helton and Katie Owl > > > Helton and have reasonable descendants visitation rights. > > > > If this was your Mother’s grave, how would you feel if someone > > > discarded her headstone because it was inconvenient to them? All I > > > am > > > asking is for the grave of another human being be treated with > > > respect > > > with dignity. > > > > <end of e-mail> > > > > I'm so pissed I could spit. Why the hell does this country allow > > > graves of Revolutionary soldiers to be desecrated?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
