From Fox News: A cemetery in the San Francisco Bay Area has removed a banner draped across a 9/11 memorial that advertised a new Islamic section after backlash from the community.
NBC Bay Area reported that the owner of Memorial Gardens Cemetery said that he recently sold part of the property to a Muslim family, and that “he gave them permission to put up signage but did not authorize them to drape it over the 9/11 installation.”
The owner reportedly had the signage removed, but community residents said that the sign should not have been erected to begin with.
According to the report by NBC Bay Area, Danny Kimmel said the banner advertising an Islamic memorial garden was draped over the 9/11 memorial, placed in front of the cemetery.
“I felt a punch to the gut type of thing,” he told the outlet. “To see that sign on that memorial is kind of nutty, is my thoughts.”
Kimmel said his mother, who is buried at the cemetery, would not approve of the placement of the banner.
“She wouldn’t just roll over — she’d get up and walk,” he claimed.
Danny’s sister-in-law, Violet, said, “There’s room for everybody, but just have a little respect where you’re going to put your things.”
The family is a blue star family as Danny’s brother was killed in Vietnam.
NBC Bay Area reports that they “spoke to another man whose grandfather is buried at Memorial Gardens. He says it was especially hurtful as we prepare to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. He said taking the banner down was the right thing to do.”
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