Work at Buffington Has Begun
Worksite at Buffington Island Battlefield; February 2000
© Copyright 2000, BIBG, Inc.
Despite our efforts and urgent request to the State of Ohio, namely Governor Taft, as well as other state representatives and agencies, to protect Ohio's only Civil War battlefield from destruction, work at Buffington Island Battlefield has begun.
The picture above was taken on February 25, 2000 and shows the gravel company's worksite along the Ohio River. It is located on the southern edge of what has been termed "The Bloody Ground". Despite a pending appeal with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the company has begun construction of the loading dock facility.
Again,we request that work will be HALTED IMMEDIATELY and that an in-depth study of the site will be conducted, utilizing more advanced technologies than the suggested metal
detector surveys, such as ground penetrating radar and thermal imaging, to positively exclude the possibility that any human remains will be mined along with the gravel.
We can stand and argue about the validity of preserving battlefields...but has it come to the point that pleas have to be made to preserve cemeteries and burial sites as well?
Have we lost so much of our dignity, have our morals, values and our sense of right and wrong become so corrupted, that we will go so far as to allow the desecration of graves for the sake of mere dollars?
We have a moral obligation to prevent the bones of America's dead and the sacred ground in which they are buried from being mined and shipped down the Ohio River to become yet another parking lot or part of a highway. These are principles that govern a civilized nation!
Show the same respect to the brave soldiers who rest in the hallowed ground at Buffington Island that we accord to all Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice and fell in battle. It can not be any other way - we will not accept any less!
We further request that the State of Ohio to preserve OUR History and OUR Heritage for future generations and take active steps to support our efforts in this respect and preserve Buffington Island Battlefield. Many voices, Ohio citizens and people from all around the United States, repeatedly have made their wishes known to officials in Ohio. "Please PRESERVE Buffington Island Battlefield - do NOT destroy it. Do not sell out our nation's heritage!
What You Can Do
Let your voices be hear loud and clear and make your thoughts and wishes be known! E-mail is great [and be sure to include a regular mailing address in your message if you wish to receive a response] but following your e-mail up with a hand written letter is even better! And sign the petition at the bottom of this page! For Our Heritage!!
CONTACT:
Governor Bob Taft
*E-mail:Governor.Taft@das.state.oh.us
Phone: 614-466-3555 or 614-644-HELP
Address:
30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215-6117
* For a written response to your concerns, include your mailing address in
your e-mail. Responses are sent via U.S. mail.
US Senator Mike DeWine [R-OH]
E-mail:senator_dewine@dewine.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-2315
Fax: (202) 224-6519
Address:
140 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
District Office: Columbus
District Phone: (614) 469-5186
US Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH)
E-mail:senator_voinovich@voinovich.senate.gov
Phone: (202) 224-3353
Fax: (202) 228-1382
Address:
317 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
District Office: Columbus
District Phone: (614) 469-6697
US Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH-6th)
*Web: www.house.gov/strickland/
Phone: (202) 225-5705
Fax: (202) 225-5907
Address:
336 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
District Office: Portsmouth
District Phone: (740) 353-5171
*Note: No e-mail address is available for Congressman Strickland but messages can be sent from his website.
Ohio Historic Preservation Office
Amos J. Loveday - Preservation Officer
E-mail: ajloveday@aol.com
Address:
Ohio Historic Preservation Office
567 E. Hudson St.
Columbus, OH 43211
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