Save Libertyland's co-founders stand IN TOTAL OPPOSITION to Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy's plan to dismantle the Zippin Pippin in accordance with directives issued by the City of Memphis.
We at http://savethepippin.com hereby DISCLAIM any actions undertaken at the Mid-South Fairgrounds by Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy and those in his employment.
The original co-founders of Save Libertyland, along with our core group as represented on the website
http://savethepippin.com, urge Memphians to oppose any dismantling of the Zippin Pippin. To dismantle this National Historic Register Property is a violation of Federal Law via the National Historic Preservation Act.
Sincerely,
Misty White, Tom Foster, Denise Parkinson, Kristi Witt
Save Libertyland
PROTECT THE
PIPPIN! DON'T DESTROY HISTORY
THE ZIPPIN PIPPIN ROLLER
COASTER IS OWNED BY SAVE LIBERTYLAND, YET MEMPHIS LEADERS STARTED TAKING APART
THE RIDE ON NOVEMBER 16TH. FORMER PRO-INTERIM MAYOR MYRON LOWER PROMISED NOTHING WOULD BE DONE TO
THE PIPPIN OR THE CAROUSEL WITHOUT NOTIFYING SAVE LIBERTYLAND. NOT ONLY
ARE OFFICIALS BREAKING THEIR PROMISE, THEY ARE DESTROYING HISTORY. BOTH
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTRY.
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Libertyland Co-Founder Misty White on Fox 13's Good Morning Memphis
Misty White
shows WMC-TV's Konji Anthony the bill of sale
for Elvis's favorite ride
A
piece of the historic Zippin Pippin was removed without permission on Monday,
November 16, 2009
CALL THE MAYOR TO KEEP THE RIDE ALIVE!
IF YOU CARE ABOUT
MEMPHIS HISTORY, MAKE THE CALL TO CITY HALL NOW! 901.576.6500
CHECK
OUT SAVE LIBERTYLAND'S GREEN REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
WE
CAN SAVE OUR PARK!
Underground Memphis is
also fighting to
Save Libertyland!
Bill Bannister and Jonas Stoltz got
inside the amusement park recently so fans could see just how dilapidated it has
gotten since Memphis City Leaders closed it in 2005. It's an up close look at what Libertyland
was, how it is now, and what it could be in the future!
Click
here to see WRVR's Bill Bannister piece.
Coaster John was also able
to get inside the gates of Libertyland.
Here
is what he found.
Latest on the Grand Carousel
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Libertyland is not giving up on its fight to restore and reopen the Zipping Pippin and the
Grand Carousel, even though the historic carousel is now being dismantled.
After promising to preserve and
protect the historic rides and buildings at Libertyland, Memphis City Leaders
began taking the Grand Carousel apart on October 7th, piece by piece!
Advocates
need to contact the City Council to keep Memphis history intact.
Please email Maria.Fuhrmann@memphistn.gov
with the following message, and request that she forward it to all Council
members:
"If we're going to spend $100 million on Fairgrounds Redevelopment, we
should spend $4 to $6 million to restore the historic Zippin
Pippin rollercoaster and Grand Carousel to working order for the families
and children of Memphis. These are historic Memphis treasures, part of our
history, and we shouldn't throw them away. Please support funding to save the Pippin
and Carousel."
We cannot do this without you,
Memphians!
Click
here to see Save Libertyland's plan for the Fairgrounds!