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Apology sent for billboard
Wed Sep 5, 2007 8:33 pm (PST)
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:15:02 +0000
From: lvfdhayride@ comcast.net A
Subject: AN APOLOGY FROM THE LINEBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
To all we have offended,
This evening our membership voted unanimously to extend to all Native Americans our sincere apology.
Attached is our official letter that will hopefully address everyone concerns regarding the Billboard.
As a side note, please be aware that we discovered only two Billboards that contained the offensive image. Four years ago we were contacted by several Native Americans who expressed many of the same views that we have received in the last 24 hours. At that time, we removed all likenesses of this image and retired the "Chief Twenty Bones" Character from our Hayride permanently.
The Billboards that we display each year for our hayride are reused each year until they are no longer fit for display. (The vinyl posters are stored by the Billboard companies for reuse.) It was our oversight that these billboards (which are displayed a significant distance away from Lineboro) were still in use. We are not trying to make excuses, only shedding some history on why these images were still in circulation.
The story of Chief Twenty Bones is documented in a book Titled "The Ghosts and Legends of Carroll County" by Jessie Glass. Our intentions were simply to chronicle a local ghost story.
This image may continue to exist on web sites that we are not aware of . If you discover any please contact us so that we may request they be removed.
Again, please accept our apology.
Respectfully,
The Members and Officers of the Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department.
From: lvfdhayride@ comcast.net A
Subject: AN APOLOGY FROM THE LINEBORO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
To all we have offended,
This evening our membership voted unanimously to extend to all Native Americans our sincere apology.
Attached is our official letter that will hopefully address everyone concerns regarding the Billboard.
As a side note, please be aware that we discovered only two Billboards that contained the offensive image. Four years ago we were contacted by several Native Americans who expressed many of the same views that we have received in the last 24 hours. At that time, we removed all likenesses of this image and retired the "Chief Twenty Bones" Character from our Hayride permanently.
The Billboards that we display each year for our hayride are reused each year until they are no longer fit for display. (The vinyl posters are stored by the Billboard companies for reuse.) It was our oversight that these billboards (which are displayed a significant distance away from Lineboro) were still in use. We are not trying to make excuses, only shedding some history on why these images were still in circulation.
The story of Chief Twenty Bones is documented in a book Titled "The Ghosts and Legends of Carroll County" by Jessie Glass. Our intentions were simply to chronicle a local ghost story.
This image may continue to exist on web sites that we are not aware of . If you discover any please contact us so that we may request they be removed.
Again, please accept our apology.
Respectfully,
The Members and Officers of the Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department.
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