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684 Hill pine Drive, Atlant a , Geor gi a 30306 Februa r y 23 , 1967 l~onorab le Ivan llen , Mayor Cit y of ~ tlant a t lant a , C-eor gi a ear Iia yor All en : a s you know a tlanta was saddene d by t he r e cent deat h of i:._r . ' il bur urtz, Sr . , who had been so outsta nding in ou r ity ' s 1istory and i t occurred t o me what a wonderful tri bute t o his memory if t he i t y coul d o bt a in t he littl e stri p of woods on -,=onro e Dr i ve , whi ch i s up f or re- zon ing now, eti tion ' - 66- 260 - B, and conver t t hi s i nto a "Confederat e Lemorial Fa rk . 11 Our a l derman , on. icha rd G. ~ eema n, ha s fou ght s o hard t o try and keep t hi s proper t y from bei ng re - zoned for apartment s and before i t bocome s a l o s i ng ba t tle .,_ humbl y a sk t ha t you to s s t h is i dea a r ound and I ' m sure there ar e hundreds of peopl e wil l i ng and ready t o contri bu te t o a memori al to I-.Ir . Ku r tz . Unf or t unat el y , t he City re f used t o a ccept t hi s pro pe rt y y ears ago wh en i t was off er ed a s a par k area , and I am under t he i mpressio n t ha t t here is v ery l ittle money t i ed up i n it now. It wo ul d be mo st f itti ng as a "Confeder ate !1:emor i a l " a s l under stand t he Civi l 1,/a r was fou ght har d in t hi s vic ini t y a nd even t oday t renches can be f ound testifying to the bat t le . I f t here is a ny s pa r k of i ntere st on your par t , I ho pe you will a ct pr ompt l y , a s t bi s ma t t er will be de cided by the Loni ng Commi tt ee v er-1 soon. He s pe ctfull y , Mrs . Cha s . E. Cl ark cc: Hon . rlic hard • Freeman 1650 .::,u s sex Road , N. E. Atlan ta , Geor gi a r -"' • �