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We get contacted by a lot of non-profit organizations requesting dog tags for a variety of reasons.  We work with them just as anyone else but today we were contacted by an organization that really moved us.  www.donttearmedown.com – is the web site of the Liberty Legal Institute and they are currently working against the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) to save one of our war memorials. 

Given the nature of this web site, most people can assume we are PRO Vet 100% and that includes any and all memorials honoring our Vets!

In 1934, WWI Veterans erected a monument in the Mojave Desert to honor their comrades who had died in battle.  The ACLU now wants to tear it down as well as all other war memorials that stand on public lands if they contain religious imagery in any form or fashion.

Personally I have no real use for the ACLU but in this case I am going to take an actual stand.  Many in my family are veterans and this is beyond comprehension to attack our veterans and the memorials dedicated to them and their sacrifice to our nation.

Photo courtesy of http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=10878

Currently the momument is boarded up to prevent it’s public view until the matter is resolved in the courts.  The ACLU found that the monument being a cross (a symbol of religion) would offend and divide Americans and veterans.

“People of every faith fought and died for this country, “says Peter Eliasberg, counsel for the ACLU.  “Yet we will have veterans divided about the idea of how you reflect the sacrifice of American veterans.”

The very fact that the ACLU is involved is all I need to know.  This issue is not about religion, it is about an assault on our veterans.  Our veterans laid down their lives in many of the assaults they conducted during their service to our country only to have their memory assaulted by lawyers that have the right to practice because of their original sacrifice.

The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of a former National Parks Service employee who was offended by the cross.  The offended employee lives in Oregon and he is not a veteran.  My solution is simple – to the offended – don’t look at it.

I feel it would be far cheaper to put signs up 1/4 mile on either side of the monument warning of the monument so that those offended could be prepared to avert their eyes while passing the monument.  How many dollars and hours of precious life will be consumed by this needless and senseless lawsuit?

Photo from http://lonestarminutemen.com/pictures_of_real_america

There is a VIDEO on the www.donttearmedown.com web site and I encourage everyone to review this video it is only a couple of minutes long but the contents are moving.  www.graphotype.net, www.dogtagsrus.com, and www.thearmystore.com are all going to do their part by helping the Liberty Legal Institute combat the ACLU to preserve our heritage.

Current care takers of the memorial are Henry and Wanda Sandoz, their story can be read HERE.

Another web site we would like to recommend to all is www.saveourmemorials.com– this web site addresses not only the Mojave Desert Veterans Memorial but many other memorials that might be affected by the ACLU’s court case.

Please take an active interest in saving our war memorials, don’t let these photos here on this blog be the only thing left after the ACLU gets done.

 And now we return you to the world of Dog Tags.