WTC Flag Raising & Memorial Petition Status - Surpasses 150,000 Signatures

PetitioOnline WTC Flag Raising Petition ^ | February 5, 2002 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

As I type this, the:

DEPICT THE WTC FLAG RAISING AS IT ACTUALLY OCCURRED

petition has surpassed 150,000 signatures. It was three weeks ago today that this petition was started in response to plans by the city of New York and the Fire Department officials there in New York to create a memorial to the fallen fire fighters of 9-11 that included an altered depiction of the flag raising that occurred at ground zero on that fateful day. The alteration attempted to change the ethnicity and physical appearance of those that did the flag raising to a "culturally diverse", "politically correct" version of events. It was a blatant attempt to project what some thought "should" have happened and what the event "should" have represented over what actually took place.

This attempt has struck a raw nerve in many tens of thousands and now hundreds of thousands of citizens across this nation and the world (,hundreds have signed from Canada, England, Australia, Germany and many other places). I am sure of it were more widely known, it would do the same in tens of millions.

Revisionism of this nature occurred in totalitarian nations such as Stalin's Russia, or Hitler's Germany or Mao's China .... not in America. The liberty we enjoy in America is based on virtue and the truth. In order to make the responsible free will decisions that we make in this nation every day, we must have access to the truth and then act as moral agents on it.

Those politicians and planners and ideologs who proposed such an alteration are completely out of touch with the liberty and principles that make us all Americans. There attempts subvert the very foundational principles our Republic rests upon. Those three men who raised that flag did not do so as "whites" or "males" or any other descriptive term other than this one ... AMERICANS. The flag they raised represents us all, of all creeds, of all parties, of all ethnicities and races, of all genders. They raised it as a message to all, a message about our liberty and determination to maintain it in the face of the most appalling horror and dastardly attacks.

We have made progreee in this effort. The city announced over ten days ago that they would not raise the altered statue. They have indicated that they now have other plans. There is no official word on what those other plans are as of yet.

According to the second point of the petition, the petition will continue until plans are announced that portray a memorial with no political agenda and that is historically accurate.

I am moving forward with plans to deliver the first 100,000 signatures to New York in the next week or so. I have formatted 40,000 names for print and will complete the formatting on the next 60,000 in the next day or two and then have them printed, bound and shipped to firefighters there in NYC who will present them to the mayors office. I will follow this up with the second 100,000 as they are completed, and so forth ... as long as I can and as long as needed.

I want to thank everyone involved. Those who have signed, those who have spread the word, those who have unrelentingly kept the threads and the reoprts up here on FR and elsewhere on the internet, those who have prayed, and all of those who have donated any time or sent funds to help get these signatures to the City of New York.

If you want some heart warming, hope inspiring experiences .... spend a few moments browsing the comments on the petition.

I will close with my favortie comments to date, from signature 11497:

"WHAT A PATHETIC NATION WE HAVE BECOME when we have to alter history, and the TRUTH, to accomodate bleeding heart liberal, blood sucking interest groups. I am of hispanic origin, my parents were born in Puerto Rico, but i was born here, in the land God himself chose to be America. So what if the firemen who raised our glorious flag were white, they were AMERICANS, showing cowards we cant be pushed around. If you poor unloved, misunderstood crybabies want to be represented in the monument, take a close look and see that you are, in the flag itself. The glorious flag that will wave long after we're all eaten by worms. Political correctness has become morally and politically incorrect. Wake up and smell the coffee before we destroy ourselves. signed, an AMERICAN."

Would that we all had such conviction and willingness to state and share it.

FRegards

[d14truth]

174,993

[d14truth]

175,000

[d14truth]

"175K in an hour or so."

Good call, 1 hour and 6 minutes. {;~)

[Jeff Head]

175,000+

BUMP

[Jeff Head]

I've been watching it so much and reading the entries ... I guess I've gotten a "feel" for it.

Will ship the 1st 120K signatures on Tuesday.

Will then have to gear up for the next group. I will try and ship thse at the 250K mark if it is necessary.

[Dubya]

Fast Facts: Terrorism

Pentagon Attack

September 11, 2001 Washinton D.C. Group Responsible: The main suspect is Osama Bin Laden, the head of a network of terrorists.

Synopsis:

On the morning of September 11th terrorists hijacked four commercial jet planes and attempted to fly them into several U.S. targets. They used American Airlines Flight 77 like a missile and crashed it into the Pentagon at 9:38 AM. The Pentagon caught fire and part of the building collapsed. In this tragic event 189 civilians and military personel lost their lives. This attack was done in concert with the attack on the World Trade Center.

America's Response:

The people of America have banded together like few other times in American history. People have responded with donations of blood, effort and money. The terrorists hoped to break the will of America but they have only inflamed the will of Americans to insure that freedom, liberty, and the American way of life continue.

The President of the United States has called for all civilized nations to band together and fight terrorism. The military of the United States has been mobilized for war. This operation has been code named Enduring Freedom. The government has declared Osama Bin Laden to be the main suspect and is currently seeking him in the country of Afganistan. Unfortunately, the Taliban, or ruling party of the country is not cooperating with the U.S. Government.

[Dubya]

The President of the United States has called for all civilized nations to band together and fight terrorism.

Jeff, I beleive we are seeing this come true right here on Free Republic.

Good Job my Man.

[Dubya]

Flower for all who signed.

[firewalk]

Bumps & Hello

[firewalk]

BTTT

[Dubya]

Hello to you

[Dubya]

Signing up

[d14truth]

176,032

[kayak]

176,043

I've tried to help out as much as I could the last few days but I've got company here for the weekend and then will be keeping my 3 1/2 year old grandson all week. I'll try to stop by from time to time and give this baby a bump but that's all I'll have time for this coming week.

[Jeff Head]

You've done great ... and thank your for the effort and time.

Every sincere effort, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, helps in the overall fight for our liberty and continued strength of or Republic .... EVERY sincere effort.

I thank you for yours on this particular front ... one of many fronts in that fight.

Have a GREAT time with that grand baby! Being a new grand dad myself in the last few months ... I can say that with real feeling and emotion!

[kayak]

176,196

We intend to have a ball with the grandson ..... :-)

Everyone have a great weekend!

God bless America!

[d14truth]

You have a great weekend too, kayak. Looks like something happened to the 'view signature' feature-showing 0. 'Hack' job???

[d14truth]

Looks like the total is still going up, but nothing is showing. I submitted a 'test' and it came up as 176,291. The listing and 'viewing' function are not coming up like they used to???

[Jeff Head]

Saw this, this morning. Sent an email.

I believe they are having a general, server related problem.

Couldn;t get their main page to come up either. Timed out with a Server not available message.

Gotta run now, but will check in later today.

[d14truth]

No signs of anything happening @ petitions yet. 11 AM