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Sgt. Stewart's plaque with Pentacle is up at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, Nevada!
Installation of the plaque on the Wall of Heroes was done over the weekend and was completed this morning.
This is the first time in history that the Pentacle has appeared on a government-issued memorial plaque for a deceased Wiccan veteran at an American government-run veterans cemetery.
Upon first seeing her husband's plaque with Pentacle at the cemetery today, Roberta told Selena by phone: "The Pentacle on the plaque is beautiful!"
Although Roberta is continuing to grieve the loss of her husband who was killed in action in Operation Enduring Freedom last year, Roberta is glad that the plaque was installed in time for her commemoration of their wedding anniversary this year. They were married on November 22 in the Virginia Highlands of Nevada.
Roberta and Selena have already expressed their thanks to the Nevada Governor and his staff for manifesting Sgt. Stewart's plaque with Pentacle, despite the US Department of Veterans Affairs failure to add the Pentacle to its list of emblems of belief that can be included on the headstones, markers, and plaques it issues to honor deceased veterans.
More than one hundred Wiccan and Pagan veterans who have the Pentacle as their emblem of belief have joined the Order of the Pentacle since it formed earlier this month on Veterans Day. More info:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/veteranpentacle/11Nov06Update.htm
Please continue to support the Veteran Pentacle Quest. For more info:
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty/veteranpentacle
Circle Times: Monday, November 20, 2006