{"id":29382,"date":"2013-07-25T17:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T17:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=29382"},"modified":"2020-12-30T11:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T19:35:33","slug":"lettersmithjackson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=29382","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Karen A. Smith-Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal2>         Hi Ron,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Karen A. Smith-Jackson. My paternal grandmother, Bertha Charles Smith was a victim of the Jonestown tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t quite understand how\/why someone would NOT want to memorialize the innocent victims of one the most horrific events that has occurred in our lifetime. I have heard that some people were ashamed of their family members or friends that became involved with The Temple. But, does that justify NOT having a lasting tribute to them? I should think not! Regardless as to how and why they participated with The Temple, they still were an unsuspecting victim and as such, they deserve dignity.<\/p>\n<p>I am unable to attend the services as I live on the other side of the country, however, I support the memorial 100%. I think it would be lovely to have something permanent as recognition for the suffering they have endured and bring some closure to those of us who lost loved ones!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Karen A. Smith-Jackson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Ron, My name is Karen A. Smith-Jackson. My paternal grandmother, Bertha Charles Smith was a victim of the Jonestown tragedy. I don&#8217;t quite understand how\/why someone would NOT want to memorialize the innocent victims of one the most horrific events that has occurred in our lifetime. I have heard that some people were ashamed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":29400,"menu_order":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29382","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=29382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107969,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29382\/revisions\/107969"}],"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=29382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}