You won’t care North Carolina stole my land but will you care when they come for yours?
Most Americans take pride in America being the land of the free. If we lost our land in a war against the USA, we all would agree the United States of America had lost its freedom.
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I have the sense this writer has a valid case to make, and I'm glad The Mountaineer gave her a place to air it. Might you have thrown in ten minutes of free copy-editing advice?
Why does the NC Cemetary Commission want the surrounding land? I'm thinking it has to do with the suitability of the existing cemeteries to be operated in perpetuity?
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