I'll be sending e-mails to the President to see if he really cares
about anyone but the blacks. And I'll be  sending e-mails to my
congressman and senators. I guess I'll be really busy for a while.

On Aug 25, 11:50 pm, SgtUSMC <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you want to do something, I am appending the end of the e-mail
> which has contacts you can write. I'll be composing a letter which
> will be sent to President O'bama, my congressman, my senators, and
> sent to all the local news stations. Any help from patritotic
> Americans will be apprecaited.
>
> Links given in the e-mail:
>
> [email protected]                    Atlanta Journal and Constitution
> Newspaper
>
> [email protected]            White County Newspaper
>
> [email protected]      Lumpkin County Newspaper
>
> www.dahlonega.org                       Dahlonega Chamber of
> Commerce, must visit site to
> send mail, paste letter
>
> www.georgiawine.com     Ga Wine Growers Assn, Must visit site to e-
> mail, paste letter
>
> www.lumpkincounty.govAddress to Lumpkin County Commissioners and then
> to Lumpkin County Sheriff. Sheriff is required to get involved in and
> grave desecration
> [email protected]   Georgia Veterans of Foreign Wars
>   [email protected]                  Ga President, Sons of the
> Revolution
> [email protected]         Ga President, Daughters of Rev.
> [email protected]       Charles Turner, Commander of local “Military
> Order of the Purple Heart” Alpharetta , GA. All members must have a
> Purple Heart from combat
> [email protected]      James Goff, Athens Chapter, Military
> Order of the Purple Heart
> [email protected]                   Georgia Council=2 0on
> American Indian Affairs
> [email protected]      Channel 2 in Atlanta , GAwww.myfoxatlanta.com         
> Channel 5, Contact us, then paste letterwww.11alive.com         Channel 11, 
> contact us, then paste letter
> [email protected]                 20Channel 46, Atlanta ,
> GA
> Vietnam Veterans of America           [email protected] John Rowan
> Lumpkin County American Legion   [email protected]
>
> Wineryswww.wolfmountainvineyards.comwww.threesistersvineyard.com
> Blackstock Vineyard      [email protected]
> [email protected]
> [email protected]
>
> Others to notify would be the VA, the Marine Corps League and the
> Marine Corps Association.
>
> I'm so pissed about this.
>
> On Aug 25, 11:42 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 -
>
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>
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