Stop the Destruction of Historic Burial Sites in Alabama

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Alabama does not have strict laws protecting historic burial grounds Native American, Revolutionary War Veterans, early pioneers it simply does not matter. Developers who choose to plow under these sites have little or nothing to fear from the law.



Developers do not have to share the cost of moving graves. Developers are not even required to look for living defendants. There are no requirements for archeological inspections.



Preservation groups believe there are as many as 20 graves of Revolutionary War soldiers in just Montgomery County, Alabama. Six Revolutionary War soldiers' burial sites have been confirmed in Montgomery County, according to the Alabama Society for the Sons of the American Revolution. These graves and other historic sites are being threatened by development.

195 Signatures

  • Rick Greathouse
  • William Wetmore
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    • The Marked Grrave of a Revolutionary Soldier deserves to be put on the National Registry and should be protected at all costs
  • Joan Clemons
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    • Our ancestors should be allowed their final resting place without the threat of destruction or removal of their remains. Money seems to be more important to developers than preserving our hertiage. Please help us preserve our cemeteries.
  • Linda J. Birgel
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    • Please help protect our Revoluntary War heros. We are losing so much of the history and foundation of this great country. Let's not lose the site of the burials of our heros.
  • Gladys Horn
  • Johnnie Stewart
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  • Kenneth A. McDade
  • Earl Greathouse
    • Comments
    • Preserve our heritage.
  • Lavern Cameron
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    • The law needs to pass a bill about desecrating cemeteries of our Veterans, be it by known or unknown persons. Included also should protect the graves on private property. Our veterans honored us with their lives so let us do the same. Protect their graves, and this includes, no movement of the grave site.
  • Eileen Sullivan Tormey
  • David Alloen Neighbors
    • Comments
    • Allowing these heros' graves to be desecrated or moved is nothing short of a shame. There sould be laws in every state designed to protect and preserve the graves of all veterans of all wars. This is especially important now that our country relies strictly on volunteers to defend it.
  • Betty Knapp
  • Sandra Whittington
    • Comments
    • These cemeteries must be preserved!
  • Caroline Horton
  • Thelma Dorsey
    • Comments
    • Honor our veterans of all wars.
  • Charlene Sampson-Ramel
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    • These men fought to preserve our freedom from oppression. It's our turn to preserve what's left of them. Please do the right thing and protect their graves.
  • Amy Lynn McDade Medley
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  • Larry R. Burfield
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    • Alabama can do better than wipe out our family gravesite
  • Carolyn Christian Martin
    • Comments
    • please stop destroying our history
  • Col. Gerald J. Hickman, USAF-Ret.
  • Karen (Brooks) Cotten
  • George and Nancy Reeves
    • Comments
    • Help preserve our heritage
  • Brenda Ezell
    • Comments
    • Please keep this cemetery. Let the dead rest in peace.
  • Scott Jackson
  • Betty S. Zeigler
    • Comments
    • These sites are very important in the preservation of history and genealogy.
  • Constance McDaniel Hall
    • Comments
    • The graves of Revolutionary Soldiers deserve to be put on the National Registry and should be protected by all means.
  • Darrell Bible
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    • All we need to do to Save the Cemetaries is to get an American Indian tribe to declare their ancesters are buried.
  • Charlie Lott
  • Al Medcalf
  • David Anderson
  • Janice R. Ramsey
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    • I'm a veteran & a genealogist and wish everyone understood the importance of this effort.
  • A. Jack Bridwell
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    • The lack of respect for our ancestors will is something we can not continue.. It's time for Alabama and all states to enact bills to protect the final resting places of ehrm.
  • Fred A Stavely
  • Hansford Summers
    • Comments
    • Please let the dead rest!
  • Nancy Acord-Greathouse
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    • Wonder if the Trust for Historial Preservation has any advice?
  • Richard Parker Beecroft
  • Brenda Marquez
  • Harold A Ellerbee, Jr.
  • Cindy Kalencik
  • Julie Koberstein
  • Sparks Ramey
    • Comments
    • Destroying history dooms us to repeat bad history and to forget what made us great.
  • Jim Pierce
    • Comments
    • Preservation of Burial Sites is a Duty -Now Do It!
  • Naomi Chadwick
  • pat mirra
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  • Ray Sorensen
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    • Please protect the remains of the men and women who fight for our freedom
  • Milo Wimberly
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    • All destruction of Historic Burial Sites in Alabama should stop.
  • Dave Tomko
  • Sherry Calloway Howard
  • Martha S. Smith
    • Comments
    • Every grave of our honored dead is sacrosanct & should never be dishonorably treated, but preserved intact & with dignity. NO developers or others should ever have the right to dishonor their memories.
  • Paul E Johnson
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    • I.m a desendent of a Revolutiony soldier