GDG- Disgusted

[Basecat1 at aol.com]

Am not one to complain much, but after seeing an ad for the Gettysburg Arts  
Festival, which will take place from June 19th to the 29th, in the Arts and  
Leisure section of the NY Times today, I had to say something.
 
The photo that accompanies the announcement of the festival is so wrong for  
so many reasons.  It is a photo of Warren's Monument on LRT.  With an  added 
addition to the monument. Someone got the "bright" idea to draw folks  to the 
festival, by placing a sax on his statue dangling behind his back.   No 
monument or statue at the park should be exploited in this way, and I am  hoping the 
NPS had no clue that a photo such as this would be taken.  It's  a disgrace 
and really bothered me today.  Have your arts festival, but have  some taste as 
well, as those who found themselves fighting for their lives on  LRT 145 years 
ago were doing so to save this nation.  If the NPS  did know that a photo 
like this would be included in a print ad campaign,  well they should be ashamed 
of themselves.  
 
Am sure some will say lighten up Steve, but in a case like this I will  not.  
Many other ways to entice folks to come to Gettysburg for their  festival, 
and this ad just shows poor taste and bad judgment.  The  battlefield at 
Gettysburg is sacred ground, and to see it exploited this way for  a freaking 
festival makes me ill.
 
Regards from the Garden State,
 
Steve Basic
 
   



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