Nancy, Very well said! David in Alabama ddorsey@mindspring.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <SimplimeCo@aol.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Civil War Grave Marker & eBay > My great grandfather was the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic > representing the Union Army to die in Colorado. I'm proud of my heritage and > proud of his efforts to support his beliefs. I am equally proud of my > confederate great grandfather who fought for the Southern causes. Both take my > Colorado heritage back to Civil War times. However, when the bronze GAR marker from > my Union soldier was stolen from his grave I was crushed. I guess it > wouldn't be particularly important to you, but to me it was priceless. Oh I can > replace it, but today it'd be with plastic not bronze and it wouldn't be the > original. As I recall, it had a teeny flag holder on the back as well... Nope, it > wasn't a tomb stone. But it was indeed a marker on his grave and it now > rests in the hands of a collector who values it not for what it stands for or for > who lies beneath the soil where it once stood, but for the everloving dollar > that he or she believes its worth. Something about the snide remark regarding > Save the Whales struck a cord in me. I'm not against whales, but these markers > are done originally in near reverence to someone who gave themselves for a > cause dear to their hearts. I understand that your motives are merely monitary > and perhaps you feel no pride for your ancestors as I do. Just don't tell me > how to feel unless you've walked in my shoes and had my emotions. I'm sorry > to ramble, but I'm a patriotic flag waving American citizen who's proud of > her heritage and the history that made me what and who I am today and offended > by the continuing abuses of cemetaries and other national treasures. I'm > signing my email, you didn't. > Nancy in Denver