Oxford, AL Mound

[GhostBear]

If this is in the wrong place please put in the correct forum.

A mound site in Oxford, AL is threatened by construction of a Sam's Club.  The Anniston Star has an article about the mound and construction: http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-State+laws+offer+few+protections+for+mound%20&id=2901863-State+laws+offer+few+protections+for+mound&instance=home_news

[BlackWolf]

Thanks for the info GhostBear.  I wonder if the Creeks in Alabama are getting involved in trying to preserve it?

[GhostBear]

I'm sure they are....it's all over the state now.  I've posted it to all my blogs and there was a Twitter protest along with a real protest on site over the weekend.  The WalMart "empire" can be defeated.  They stopped a proposed WalMart here where I am when it would have destroyed a very small cemetery that contained the remains of a Revolutionary War soldier.....they don't care what they destroy in their quest for more $$$.

[E.P. Grondine]

This may sound off topic to some, but right on topic to others here. My favorite is when I was at an interstate visitor's center in Kentucky on my way to Big Bone Lick, and I heard the desk attendant tell a tourist that there hadn't been any Indians in Kentucky.

The last thing they steal is your history.