Dear List,
The following was sent to another list, but I thought it might be of
interest to everyone who would like our government to help protect our
cemeteries.
Please read the enclosed letter and then click on the link and sign the
petition.
Thanks!
Georgia A. McEllhiney
----- Original Message -----
From: "jadyer" <jadyer(a)swbell.net>
To: <CEMETERY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:27 AM
Subject: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Petition-national laws to protect
cemeteries
A wonderful announcement for members of the CEMETERY-L
In the spring and again early this summer we had a discussion on the
Cemetery-L about needing federal protection for our pioneer
cemeteries.
With the willingness and expertise of Bill Spurlock
<w.spurlock(a)worldnet.att.net> that discussion has made a giant leap
into
becoming a reality. If this project is to be successful we will
need
the help of each member of the Cemetery-L in getting the word out to
appropriate places.
An on-line petition is available at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/sg0001/petition.html
While the petition is set to go active on July 4th and run until
October
1st, I have already signed it and it's working now.
Very soon there will be a petition available to print off and carry
with
you to get hard copy signatures. Genealogy Society meetings &
parents
of Boy Scouts who work on cemeteries for badges are just a couple of
groups that would be good places to start. We are hoping to have it
available very soon. When the necessary work is completed, that
petition will be available at:
http://www.savinggraves.com/petition/index.htm
The following message is available from the on-line petition to help
spread the word about the petition. You will receive the
cut-and-paste
message in a confirmation letter after you sign the on-line
petition.
Remember, don't sign the on-line petition AND the hard copy petition.
The less duplicate signatures, the better our chances of getting a
legitimate petition to the law making bodies.
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