Calling on WA Gov. Jay Inslee, Seattle City Mayor Jenny Durkan, our Seattle City Council, and Lakeview Cemetery for the removal of the United Confederate Veterans Memorial in Volunteer Park (Seattle).

The United Confederate Veterans Memorial is a granite Confederate monument in Seattle's privately-owned Lake View Cemetery, in the U.S. state of Washington. The memorial was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1926. It is constructed of granite from Stone Mountain, the Georgia landmark and birthplace of the modern Ku Klux Klan. ~The Stranger, 2018

• In 2017, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray called for the removal of this memorial. A petition gathered nearly 6,000 signatures, but was eventually closed. ~The Seattle Times, 2017
  https://www.change.org/p/mayor-ed-murray-removal-of-the-united-confederate-veterans-memorial-volunteer-park-s-lake-view-cemetery

Over the past two weeks the people of our city have demonstrated their alignment with the Black Lives Matter movement.

We must hold our city accountable. Not only do these kinds of symbols represent historic injustices, their existence causes pain among those who themselves or whose family members have been impacted by these atrocities.

Sign this petition, e-mail our city representatives, contact Lakeview Cemetery:

Contacts:

• Jay Inslee - 
  (360) 902-4111
  Governor.JayInslee@governor.wa.gov
  @Jayinslee
• Jenny Durkan -
  (206) 684-4000
  jenny.durkan@seattle.gov
  @MayorJenny
• Seattle City Council -
  COUNCIL@seattle.gov
• Lakview Cemetery -
  Office:
  office@lakeviewseattle.com
  Julie Lundquist:
  julie@lakeviewseattle.com
  Jeffrey Detroit:
  jeff@lakeviewseattle.com
  Craig Lohr:
  craig@lakeviewseattle.com
  George Nemeth, Jr.:
  george@lakeviewseattle.com