aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Fwd: shevchenko statue in washington, d.c.

[Robert De Lossa <rdelossa@fas.harvard.edu>]

There should be lots of letters on this. E-mail or otherwise. I hope 
everyone will write at least a few lines. In the original article 
note the wonderful "opponents of the monument said..." relieving the 
op-ed writer of responsibility for actually knowing what he's 
talking about...

Rob

>From: Ihor_W_Slabicky@res.raytheon.com
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>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:04:47 -0500
>Subject: shevcheko statue in washington, d.c.
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>   > The Washington Post published an article on Sunday about removing
>   > old statues from the Washington, D.C. parks.  One of the statues
>   > listed was of Taras Shevchenko.   They called Shevchenko an
>   > anti-Semitic poet, and an idol of soviet communists.   This is an
>   > outrage that someone would desecrate one of our Ukrainian national
>   > heroes like this.  Someone who so boldly stood up to the communists.
>   > I urge everyone to write email and call the Washington Post asking
>   > for a formal apology.
>   >
>   > Here is a link to the article:
>   >
>   > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64811-2000Nov11.html
>   >
>   > Editors email:
>   >
>   > letters@washpost.com
>   >
>   > Address:
>   >
>   > Letters to the Editor
>   > The Washington Post
>   > 1150 15th Street Northwest
>   > Washington, DC 20071
>   >
>   > or
>   >
>   > Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive's offices
>   > 1560 Wilson Blvd.
>   > Suite 800
>   > Arlington, Va. 22209
>   >
>   > The main phone is:   703-469-2500
>   >
>   > The fax number is:  703-469-2995.
>   >