11-22-2006, 10:06 PM
As instructed, I'll post my new recruit blurb here...
Thanks to Paul Allen, I have been introduced to this site. I'm a big believer in preserving history and not destroying it in the name of progress and economic development. I'd like to see an organized movement to petition the government to preserve historic battlefields in Greece specifically, but generally elsewhere as well. Re-enactment clubs or other enthusiast societies are certainly good candidates to start this petition, but not much will be done unless ministers and parliament get on our side as well. I don't want to see smokestacks and factories on historic land, but I don't believe anyone is really thinking about this danger today, and I don't believe all battlefields have been designated as "archaeological sites" to date. Let's make some noise about preserving thousands of years of history before it's too late.
Giannis
Thanks to Paul Allen, I have been introduced to this site. I'm a big believer in preserving history and not destroying it in the name of progress and economic development. I'd like to see an organized movement to petition the government to preserve historic battlefields in Greece specifically, but generally elsewhere as well. Re-enactment clubs or other enthusiast societies are certainly good candidates to start this petition, but not much will be done unless ministers and parliament get on our side as well. I don't want to see smokestacks and factories on historic land, but I don't believe anyone is really thinking about this danger today, and I don't believe all battlefields have been designated as "archaeological sites" to date. Let's make some noise about preserving thousands of years of history before it's too late.
Giannis