Warmest thanks to StargazerNC for starting and continuing the fight to make the Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC, a National Monument.
Read the story of this astounding forgotten American below the orange squiggle.
Then please add your name to the Change.org petition
Sign the Petition from Change.org. Petitioning President of the United States
This petition will be delivered to:
President of the United States Barack Obama
Secretary Jewell, Department of Interior
Issue Proclamation creating National Monument to honor Dorothea Dix
The imminent sale of the 608 acres that remain of the former Dorothea Dix Hospital campus endangers historic buildings and a patients' cemetery. Pleas to preserve part of the site to benefit those in NC with mental illness go ignored by the Governor and the Mayor of Raleigh.
By signing this petition, I agree that President Obama should issue a proclamation under the Antiquities Act creating a monument in Raleigh to honor Dorothea Dix and her legacy.