JJ_BPK
08-16-2010, 11:19
Anyone in Kalifornicate need some excursive,, I have an ass-Ho or 2 that needs kicking...
What are the odds that they are getting Federal and/or VA money to maintain these graves??
http://www.cem.va.gov/
I am sending these guys a note..
Jim
Veterans Outraged After Army Hero's Grave Site Turned Into Dog Park
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/16/veterans-outraged-army-heros-grave-site-turned-dog-park/?test=latestnews
VENTURA, Calif. – The grave site for an 1860s Army hero awarded the Medal of Honor is now a popular Ventura dog park with poop soiling what veterans say should be sacred ground.
"Talk to any veteran, he will tell you it is a terrible thing. It's disrespectful," said retired Marine Sgt. Craig "Gunny" Donor, who served two tours in Vietnam and is bent on getting the soldier's remains moved.
Pvt. James Sumner, who was awarded the nation's highest military honor for gallant actions after a band of Apache Indians kidnapped a settler's child, died in 1912 and he was buried in what was then St. Mary's Cemetery.
Most of the flat grave markers have been hauled away, but a few dozen markers still pepper the 7-acre Cemetery Memorial Park that was home to about 3,000 permanent residents. Most were never relocated.
The lush, well-manicured hillside patch of green on Main Street just a few blocks east of downtown Ventura has pine, thickets of overgrown junipers and a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean and Ventura Pier.
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Sumner died in 1912 at age 72. He never married and there are no heirs, Donor said. "I'm trying to get him moved to Bakersfield National Cemetery. He needs to be moved to a place of respect. Cemeteries are solemn places," said Donor.
But Ventura leaders have so far balked at moving Sumner.
"We are treating him pretty darn well, except for the poop," parks and recreation commissioner Sharon Troll told the Ventura County Star. <<<<< ass-Ho to be kicked...
The commission voted July 21 to postpone for two months Donor's request to unearth Sumner. Park commissioners have told Donor they're committed to a long-delayed effort to commemorate the area pioneers and military dead in the park. <<<<< more ass-Ho's to be kicked...
But Donor, who lives in Fontana and is a state captain for the Patriot Guard Riders, a motorcycle club that honors fallen veterans, isn't convinced. He expects the fight to wind up in court.
"He has no family, no one else to stand up for him, except for his brothers and sister in arms," Donor said.
What are the odds that they are getting Federal and/or VA money to maintain these graves??
http://www.cem.va.gov/
I am sending these guys a note..
Jim
Veterans Outraged After Army Hero's Grave Site Turned Into Dog Park
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/16/veterans-outraged-army-heros-grave-site-turned-dog-park/?test=latestnews
VENTURA, Calif. – The grave site for an 1860s Army hero awarded the Medal of Honor is now a popular Ventura dog park with poop soiling what veterans say should be sacred ground.
"Talk to any veteran, he will tell you it is a terrible thing. It's disrespectful," said retired Marine Sgt. Craig "Gunny" Donor, who served two tours in Vietnam and is bent on getting the soldier's remains moved.
Pvt. James Sumner, who was awarded the nation's highest military honor for gallant actions after a band of Apache Indians kidnapped a settler's child, died in 1912 and he was buried in what was then St. Mary's Cemetery.
Most of the flat grave markers have been hauled away, but a few dozen markers still pepper the 7-acre Cemetery Memorial Park that was home to about 3,000 permanent residents. Most were never relocated.
The lush, well-manicured hillside patch of green on Main Street just a few blocks east of downtown Ventura has pine, thickets of overgrown junipers and a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean and Ventura Pier.
................
Sumner died in 1912 at age 72. He never married and there are no heirs, Donor said. "I'm trying to get him moved to Bakersfield National Cemetery. He needs to be moved to a place of respect. Cemeteries are solemn places," said Donor.
But Ventura leaders have so far balked at moving Sumner.
"We are treating him pretty darn well, except for the poop," parks and recreation commissioner Sharon Troll told the Ventura County Star. <<<<< ass-Ho to be kicked...
The commission voted July 21 to postpone for two months Donor's request to unearth Sumner. Park commissioners have told Donor they're committed to a long-delayed effort to commemorate the area pioneers and military dead in the park. <<<<< more ass-Ho's to be kicked...
But Donor, who lives in Fontana and is a state captain for the Patriot Guard Riders, a motorcycle club that honors fallen veterans, isn't convinced. He expects the fight to wind up in court.
"He has no family, no one else to stand up for him, except for his brothers and sister in arms," Donor said.