What can one do to join ? The Goverment are cold hearted people to let people do this, Jan. Jean Dalrymple wrote: > > The following letter was sent to me by one of my a list members, if any one > wants to join in this effort that is up to you. > Jeannie <>< > > The letter I am forwarding to you speaks for it's self... Mr Muncrief has an > attorney working 'pro bono' drafting the necessary paperwork to try and > change the antiquated laws that do little to protect our old cemeteries. > Emailing Mr Muncrief at mudman@brightok.net that you are FOR changing the > vague antiquated laws will show lawmakers that there is BACKING for this > cause.........OUR CAUSE! > Thanks for your time > Carolyn Mackey Byrum > > Subject: Grave desecration > > Carolyn, > My name is Dennis Muncrief. I live in Sulphur, Oklahoma. I just read your > cemetary registration of Dripping Springs and the part about the farmer > wanting to graze cows. He must be desperate for grass if he needs the 4' x > 6' spot where your grandmother is buried. Recently a farmer decided to > build a barn in Marshall County, OK. Unfortunate a small cemetary was where > he needed to build it. This "man" simply scrapped away the stones to make > room for the new barn. Unfortunately for me, the cemetary was where my > relatives were buried in the mid 1800's when they came to Indian Territory. > The family was livid to say the least. The barn is very nice. > This cemetary was on private land that was donated 100 years ago by the, > then owner, for a cemetary. Generations of families were buried there with > the understanding it would always be a cemetary. The current law says that > the owner of private land where there are cemeteries can do anything he > wants with it. > Now if you are an Indian, there are federal laws against this 'grave > robbing'. Isn't stealing the land where ancestors are located grave > robbing? A friend of mine in California told the story of a cousin that > went to a cemetary in Grady County, Oklahoma to visit the dead relatives. > When she arrived, the farmer was bulldozing the grave stones into a ditch. > When she protested, he pulled a gun on her and threatened to shoot her. She > went to the Sheriff and he told her there was no law against this practice. > The point of this letter is to tell you that there are many who feel as you > do. We need to organize. I have a friend in Washington State who is > drafting a letter that I plan to send to legislators in every state making > it a felony to destroy graves or grave markers that were placed in antiquity > or of recent pioneers such as Oklahoma pioneers. There were no cemeteries > back then. There were no towns. I plan to organize people like yourself in > every state to hound their state legislators until a law is passed in all 50 > states to protect these pioneer cemeteries. > It is up to people like us to do something. We can be mad separately or we > can be mad collectively. We will be a little more powerful if we organize. > This has me mad as hell. I have talked to about a half dozen people in > different states and they are upset as well with similar occurrences in > their States. > Want to join the bandwagon? > Dennis