This is a very small thing the people of America are asking in comparison to what these brave men and women gave for us to continue living in a free world. Opponents of the World War II Memorial who filed a lawsuit to prevent construction have seized on this procedural technicality as a way to re-open and force a reconsideration of the NCPC approval of the memorial design last September. Bibb residents in dark I certainly agree with the letters about public awareness in our community. We know more about the surrounding little towns and areas than we do Macon. Macon does not even have a whole local page.
People like to be informed for awareness' sake.
People outside of the city limits pay taxes and pay the very same for the Macon Telegraph as do people inside of the city limits, yet you never hear of any crimes or happenings except in town. Under the Stars and Stripes, slavery was legal for nearly a century. Our 29th President, Warren G. Harding, was inducted into the Ku Klux Klan in the Green Room of the White House, but I suppose you think that was only his patriotic duty. It's no wonder that the great Cherokee Stand Watie went on to become a Confederate general. The reason why Georgia has a new and illegitimate flag is that demagogues took full advantage of most Americans' ignorance of this country's history.