WTC Flag Raising Petition - First 120,000 signatures shipped to NYC

Attack on America Memorial Site ^ | February 15, 2002 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

WTC Flag Raising & Memorial Petition
First 120,000 Signatures Bound and Shipped to New York City

February 15, 2002, Emmett, Idaho

The first 120,000 signatures from a petition protesting the originally proposed memorial to firefighters that was an altered depiction of the WTC flag raising on 9-11, and also petitioning the City of New York to only erect a memorial that is not politically motivated and is historically accurate, have been extracted from the petition, printed, bound and sent off to the City of New York.

The petition has progressed far beyond those initial 120,000 signatures and is now approaching 250,000 signatures. All signatures have been gathered in the last four weeks at the petition's PetitionOnline site at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/flgraise

Another set of signatures, this one amounting to 130,000 signatures, will be shipped to New York City as soon as they are prepared. Thereafter, signatures will continue to ship in 125,000 increments as long as necessary..

Addressing this, Mr. Jeff Head, the author of the petition, was quoted as saying,

"Look, many people are wondering why we are continuing the petition when the City of New York has apparently already conceded and indicated that they will not erect the altered statue which changed the physical appearance of the firefighters as well as their ethnicity in an attempt to make a "politically correct" and "ethnically diverse" statement. To this I simply say two things:

1. First, these politicians, administrators and planners needed look no further than the flag itself that those three firefighters raised to understand that their "diverse" statement had already been made. That flag represents every single one of us Americans, regardless of what ethnicity, regardless of what gender and regardless of what creed. That they failed to see and understand this is very disturbing and clearly struck a raw nerve with most Americans.
2. Second, the second point in the petition itself makes it clear that NO politically correct or revisionist memorial is acceptable. The City has indicated that it has "other" plans for a memorial. Well, until those plans are announced and it is clear that there is no political or revisionist agenda associated with it, the petition will continue and gather ten million signatures if necessary to bury this idea of political correctness and revisionism once and for all.

I am not against a memorial that pays tribute to all of those who died, suffered, helped, sacrificed and were heroes that day. Just let it be accurate and not politically motivated. To do so desecrates the hallowed ground that "ground zero" represents to all Americans ... and it should not ever be allowed to happen."

Signatures have come in from all over the United States and from many foreign nations. Most of their comments are very articulate and impashioned in their demand to not alter the historical record for any political or revisionist purpose. Some are frustrated, and this is understandable given the nature of the events.

The signatures are going to local New York City firefighters who will arrange for them to be delivered directly to City Hall and the Mayor's office.

Pictures of the Petition Signatures


The cover Sheet, under clear mylar and the signature cover pages.


A pge of signatures and the six volumes of 20,000 signatures in each volume of 450 pages each.


The Six Volumes stacked in one stack, and the same in two stacks.

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[M Kehoe]

Thanks for all the hard work you do.

5.56mm

[nicmarlo]

237,000 bump

[nicmarlo]

237,054 BTTT.

[Grampa Dave]

Jeff very impressive! Thank you!

To the rest of the petition supporters on Free Republic:

There is no free lunch or free copies and free binding.

These costs are being paid by Jeff.

Please contact Jeff to find out help with in the cost of this important living history and documentation of history!

Freep Mail Jeff today to find out how you can help.

[Grampa Dave]

Just some interesting and good news to share.

One of my younger female relatives sent out to her Email list, Jeff's Petition, and plea for the other young people on that list to go to the site and sign the petition.

She did not realize where this petition came from and how it got started. She copies me in on her new political conservatism (post 9/11) emails. So I got an email from her as one of the people on her list.

I was proud to tell her that I was one of the first to sign and one of the first to contribute to the cost of the copies and binding. Also, I let her know that a very good internet friend, Jeff Head, was the driving force behind all of this. Hopefully her group will be sending some checks to help with the copies and binding to:

WTC Flag Raising Petition

Jeff Head

530 W. Idaho Blvd.

Emmett, ID 83617

[blackie]

Bump !!

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're doing an outstanding job, Jeff. Thank you!

[joanie-f]

Sent the press release to the media outlets early this afternoon, as requested. This response is unprecedented, Jeff. Congratulations for lighting a fire under so many, for so great a cause.

[JohnHuang2]

You're doing an outstanding job, Jeff. Thank you!

Amen to that!

[JohnHuang2]

You're doing an outstanding job, Jeff. Thank you!

Amen to that!

[JohnHuang2]

You're doing an outstanding job, Jeff. Thank you!

Amen to that!

[Jeff Head]

Thanks ... sorry for the belated reply. I was up in the mountains with my son, Jared's, scout troop on a winter camp.

Will post a separate thread on that this morning.

BUMP!

[Jeff Head]

Thanks for the BUMPS!

I have been up in the mountains with my son, Jared's, scout troop on a winter camp so have not been able to get back to this thread.

BUMP back!

[Jeff Head]

Thanks George and a BUMP back at you!

[Jeff Head]

Thank you and please spread the word. We need to insure that we bury any notion of this PC-BS and revisionism now, before it can raise its ugly head any further with respect to this issue.

[Jeff Head]

Thank you, I have had to explain this literally hundreds of times by emails to those asking. Until they announce what their ultimate plans are there in NYC, we need to keep up the pressure.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks Chris, and sorry for the belated reply. I was up in the mountains with my son, Jared's, scout troop on a winter camp and it was GREAT.

I will be posting a separate thread on that this morning and will bump you to it.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks for the BUMPS!

The effort continues and is now approaching 250,000 or 1/4 million. Hope we reach that mark today.

Now at 246,784

BUMP

[Jeff Head]

Hard to say if they will skim the comments or not ... but they will not be able to ignore the volume, if only in passing.

I hope, until this thing is settled, and as names keep coming in, to be able to send a similar package with the next 125K names every couple of weeks. Sooner or later they will have to take note and hopefully that will be reflected in their final decision.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks for the mega-Ping/BUMP

Looking for 250,000 today.