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A Veterans Cemetery has gone to the dogs. The 3,000 or so folks have who are buried there, are still there. Many of their gravestones have been taken away. But some grave markers remain.
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“Many dog owners say it’s a bum rap, but veterans are upset that the grave site in Ventura, Calif., for an 1860s Army hero awarded the Medal of Honor is now a popular Ventura dog park…….
Talk to any veteran, he will tell you it is a terrible thing. It’s disrespectful,” said retired Marine Sgt. Craig “Gunny” Donor, who served two tours in Vietnam and is bent on getting the soldier’s remains moved.
Pvt. James Sumner, who was awarded the nation’s highest military honor for gallant actions after a band of Apache Indians kidnapped a settler’s child, died in 1912 and he was buried in what was then St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Most of the flat grave markers have been hauled away, but a few dozen markers still pepper the 7-acre Cemetery Memorial Park that was home to about 3,000 permanent residents. Most were never relocated.”-via content.usatoday.com
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