Denying access to Appalachian people to their cemeteries

Maria calls this denying access to her people's culture.

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• maria gunnoe
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• massey
• cook family

[speck444]

let these people visit their kin

[boggs985]

Maria is one of our people. She must have American Indian blood, because she speaks so well of the graves of our people. This is part of our Appalachian culture, graves from past genereations are still very respected. I went to Wise Co Va and visted my great great grandparents graves, a very spritual visit of my past.

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[jshel37]

She speaks truth, they pointed and laughed at our MT. ppl , then they shut down the mines, after keeping our parents and grandparents tird to the company......Now the take every bit of our heritage...

[carnut476]

@needparalegal No good workin at the bank - no good at slappin on paint - or makin an engine crank and at 64 i'm no good at diggin coal anymore ...lol

[carnut476]

@needparalegal Yes so true ! The only Republican candidate that doesn't wanna start dropping bombs on apartments, schools and Hospitals again murdering tens of thousands of innocent people is RON Paul .

[needparalegal]

@carnut476 Elitist snobs who go to Harvard and Yale and think they are somehow gods over lesser men because their daddies had connections? Liberals actually want to get rid of elite schools because they create a privileged class based solely on school pedigree rather than merit. Racism against "hillbillies" is the same kind of garbage as the elitism of Harvard.

[needparalegal]

Our country has been stolen by moneyed interests. We live under Neo Feudalism, where bribery and propaganda have replaced feudal men at arms. The only thing that is the same is a return of serfdom.

[carnut476]

In east Kentucky you will find some beautiful small towns nice commities ... people who have made a good life for themselves and their families... its not all bad !

I can know because i'm from there .

[carnut476]

I get pissed off when people go to Appalachia and only follow the losers around with a camera -- Why not follow the winners around for a change -- the kid that's soon to be enrolled at MIT or Yale ??

[MrCantstandliberals]

@Sirpeterjames1 right on brother, I am from Massachusetts amd we love New Hampshire, but people do stereotype people living in rural area, i would rather be where you are