Army veteran based out of the sandhills of North Carolina and the DMV area.

Protecting Black history from being erased: Black history is everyone's history. Through the gritty details of the past, everyone benefits from learning historical events through the lens of oppressed people.

Adding additional context to historical accounts is not "erasing" the past for certain races in society or trying to paint historical figures in only a bad light; it enhances what we can learn about the past and improves our odds of creating a better future for our children.

I will not gatekeep cemetery locations. I think it is imperative that we add as much information to our digital recordbooks so that it can be passed on indefinitely to future generations. Hoarding cemetery information out of some twisted sense of power only places sensitive small graveyards at high risk for demolition and harms descendents from learning about their past. What happens to all the information you hide away from the world when you die? Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

I also will not hoard digital memorials. I think memorials should be in the hands of family members, no matter how distant the relation. Even if I create a memorial for your 6x grandpa, please request a memorial transfer and I will gladly do it!