Cemetery & Battlefield in danger of WalMart paving > This came from a friend in the Brown County, Indiana Genealogical Society. When I signed the petition there were 3385 signatures. Sounds like a good cause to me. Shared by Ivan of Trafalgar > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > PETITION TO SAVE THE BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY > > Since many of our pre-Indiana pioneers have roots in VA and parts that > later became WV, you may be interested in the following: > > Paramount Development Corp. has approached the City of Fayetteville, WV and > asked that they re-zone a 60-acre farm on the edge of town for commercial > use. Paramount Development intends to build 2 large buildings that Wal-Mart > and Lowes will occupy as well as several smaller out parcels. The 60-acre > tract of land however is what is known as the Fleshman/Clark farm, it was > the site of the Sept 10, 1862 Battle of Fayetteville. The site also contains > a battlefield cemetery, which contains the graves of at least 24 American > soldiers. > > This property is in imminent danger of being developed, which would mean > this hallowed ground would be lost forever. We are asking that the City of > Fayetteville deny the request by Paramount Development Corp. to rezone the > property and help to preserve Americas ever shrinking battlefield land, as > well as preserve and protect the hallowed ground. We owe it to ourselves and > to our ancestors to protect this land that they fought and died for, this > honored field where the dead from the battle rest in their graves. > The above petition can be signed at: > http://www.PetitionOnline.com/faybat04/petition.html > > > Please sign and pass this on. I cannot locate anything in the Code of WV to > legally prevent this action. > > > > > >