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Re: Governors Island Needs Our Help
Hello,
March 18 at 11:59 is the deadline to post comments regarding the GMP at Governors Island. If you have not yet been able to post a comment please help out and leave one if you can. Below is the links to leave comments and a form letter to use if you wish. Feel free to change the form letter any way you wish. There was a hearing the other day for the GMP and the New Globe Theater had many people there and had High School kids reading statements for them for people that could not attend so we need to get as many people from the LH community involved in sending comments. Thanks in advance for helping and thanks to everyone that wrote in already.
To whom it may concern,
After reading and reviewing the Proposed General Management Plan for the Governors Island National Monument, I would like to take a moment to comment on the proposal. It is my belief as Taxpayer and citizen of the United States of America that it would be a great injustice to utilize the Governors Island National Monument as anything but a source for the education of the visiting public. I understand there is a proposal to develop Castle Williams into a theater to be used by the New Globe Theater. In my opinion as a taxpayer this would be tantamount to stealing from the American public. Castle Williams has stood as a beacon of freedom in New York harbor just as it is and converting the Castle into a theater will do nothing but serve to destroy America’s history and the ability for the National Park Service to use the building as an educational tool.
Many men and women that served our Country proudly in many different branches of the Armed Forces served on the Island and its structures protecting our Country from invasion by sea and later to assure that people would remain safe in New York area waterways. To make Castle Williams anything but a monument to those that served would be a slap in the faces of every person that wore the uniform of the United States of America. Not only did people serve on the island, people perished there as well making the island and the structures upon it Hallowed Ground. Do the members of our Country’s Armed Forces that died in and around Castle Williams deserve a Shakespearean theater as a monument to their sacrifice? Of course the answer is No.
There are other issues that are of concern within the proposal as well. It is my belief that Castle Williams, Fort Jay, the Glacis, Colonels Row and the South Battery should all be under the protection of the National Park Service. I understand that the protected area that currently exists does not encompass some of these areas but that should be changed. These additional areas deserve the protection of the Park Service for the same reasons I explained previously in the Case of Castle Williams.
The National Park Service has the ability to utilize the Governors Island National Monument for what it should be, a source in New York Harbor to educate visitors from around the world about the history of the United States of America. This opportunity may never present itself again elsewhere in the Country. Where else can you find in one area two or three different types of fortifications used throughout the history of the country? The Park Service would be able to almost tell the entire history of the Country on one island. Another point is that the New York area although rich in history is lacking in the ability for visitation to historic sites mostly due to the modernization to historic areas. The modernization and the destruction of structures on the Island, mainly Castle Williams would repeat the cycle of the removal of New York’s historical footprint. The Park Service has been given the opportunity to begin to reverse the process of destruction by turning Castle Williams and the other structures of the Island into a destination of historical education. Currently the children of New York City and the surrounding area have a limited area in which to learn via visitation, the history of the City they live in. Governors Island can fill that void.
The island needs provisions for visitation like facilities for educational programs and museums in order to enhance what is already available to the Park Service on the island.
To sum up my comments as a Taxpayer, I would request that the National Park Service do everything possible to ensure the preservation of the Governors Island National Monument so that it can serve as a monument to those that served and as an educational tool for those in the future. To do anything less would be a disgrace.
Best Regards,
Hello,
March 18 at 11:59 is the deadline to post comments regarding the GMP at Governors Island. If you have not yet been able to post a comment please help out and leave one if you can. Below is the links to leave comments and a form letter to use if you wish. Feel free to change the form letter any way you wish. There was a hearing the other day for the GMP and the New Globe Theater had many people there and had High School kids reading statements for them for people that could not attend so we need to get as many people from the LH community involved in sending comments. Thanks in advance for helping and thanks to everyone that wrote in already.
To whom it may concern,
After reading and reviewing the Proposed General Management Plan for the Governors Island National Monument, I would like to take a moment to comment on the proposal. It is my belief as Taxpayer and citizen of the United States of America that it would be a great injustice to utilize the Governors Island National Monument as anything but a source for the education of the visiting public. I understand there is a proposal to develop Castle Williams into a theater to be used by the New Globe Theater. In my opinion as a taxpayer this would be tantamount to stealing from the American public. Castle Williams has stood as a beacon of freedom in New York harbor just as it is and converting the Castle into a theater will do nothing but serve to destroy America’s history and the ability for the National Park Service to use the building as an educational tool.
Many men and women that served our Country proudly in many different branches of the Armed Forces served on the Island and its structures protecting our Country from invasion by sea and later to assure that people would remain safe in New York area waterways. To make Castle Williams anything but a monument to those that served would be a slap in the faces of every person that wore the uniform of the United States of America. Not only did people serve on the island, people perished there as well making the island and the structures upon it Hallowed Ground. Do the members of our Country’s Armed Forces that died in and around Castle Williams deserve a Shakespearean theater as a monument to their sacrifice? Of course the answer is No.
There are other issues that are of concern within the proposal as well. It is my belief that Castle Williams, Fort Jay, the Glacis, Colonels Row and the South Battery should all be under the protection of the National Park Service. I understand that the protected area that currently exists does not encompass some of these areas but that should be changed. These additional areas deserve the protection of the Park Service for the same reasons I explained previously in the Case of Castle Williams.
The National Park Service has the ability to utilize the Governors Island National Monument for what it should be, a source in New York Harbor to educate visitors from around the world about the history of the United States of America. This opportunity may never present itself again elsewhere in the Country. Where else can you find in one area two or three different types of fortifications used throughout the history of the country? The Park Service would be able to almost tell the entire history of the Country on one island. Another point is that the New York area although rich in history is lacking in the ability for visitation to historic sites mostly due to the modernization to historic areas. The modernization and the destruction of structures on the Island, mainly Castle Williams would repeat the cycle of the removal of New York’s historical footprint. The Park Service has been given the opportunity to begin to reverse the process of destruction by turning Castle Williams and the other structures of the Island into a destination of historical education. Currently the children of New York City and the surrounding area have a limited area in which to learn via visitation, the history of the City they live in. Governors Island can fill that void.
The island needs provisions for visitation like facilities for educational programs and museums in order to enhance what is already available to the Park Service on the island.
To sum up my comments as a Taxpayer, I would request that the National Park Service do everything possible to ensure the preservation of the Governors Island National Monument so that it can serve as a monument to those that served and as an educational tool for those in the future. To do anything less would be a disgrace.
Best Regards,
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