Dear Mr. Haulman,<\/p>\n
When I visited the cemetery last year and saw the stone (which will remain as part of the memorial) one of my first thoughts was, “the number of people isn’t listed; what does that ~mean~ to someone who doesn’t understand Jonestown? More importantly, what does it say to those who do?” I do not profess possession of great insight into the Jonestown events, but I am painfully aware of the misperceptions and stigma attached to the group. Putting names to those people who died in Guyana–the bulk of the proposed memorial–will, I would believe, not only serve as a testament to those who passed away, but also potentially serve as a place of solace for those who lost loved ones there. Moreover, for those who are perhaps unaware of the event’s significance, this memorial will put a more tangible face (and perspective) on the events that transpired in 1978.<\/p>\n
I am elated the Evergreen will be home to this memorial, and deeply regret that due to previous commitments I will not be present at the dedication. I do look forward to visiting the memorial when I am in CA later this summer.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Blake Edwards <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Mr. Haulman, When I visited the cemetery last year and saw the stone (which will remain as part of the memorial) one of my first thoughts was, “the number of people isn’t listed; what does that ~mean~ to someone who doesn’t understand Jonestown? More importantly, what does it say to those who do?” I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":29400,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51531,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29345\/revisions\/51531"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}