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Launching Maura's #BlueRibbon Campaign to Erect Historical Marker

7/22/2020

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On the evening of February 9, 2004, my sister Maura disappeared after her car crashed on Rt. 112 in Haverhill, NH. For sixteen years, a blue ribbon has been placed around a tree near the location Maura was last seen before she vanished without a trace. With no grave to visit or ashes to scatter, Maura’s blue ribbon serves as a symbol to remember and honor her. 


In June 2020, the New Hampshire State House passed a bill, HB1255, that would have compelled the state to tear down Maura’s blue ribbon. My family reached out to key leaders in the New Hampshire State Senate to voice our strong opposition to the bill.  Ultimately the measure was defeated, ensuring that Maura’s ribbon, and other roadside memorials across the state, remain temporarily protected.

I’ve recently been contacted by the local landowners and informed of their plan to cut down the tree with Maura’s blue ribbon. My family is in discussion with the landowners in hopes of striking a deal that will allow us to protect the blue ribbon. However, what these recent events have made clear is that we must be pro-active to preserve the sacred place that my family and thousands of people visit each and every year.

In order to formally recognize and protect this location for the foreseeable future, we are in the process of applying for a New Hampshire Historical Marker to memorialize Maura near the place she was last seen alive and we need your help.

Please join Maura's #BlueRibbon Campaign by visiting www.mauramurraymissing.org/blueribbon to sign our petition and complete a survey to help determine the write-up language for Maura's historical marker application. We ask that you share the campaign website with your family and friends to help preserve the only sacred place our family and dedicated community have to remember and honor Maura.

Thank you!
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Karen Gebhard
9/6/2020 08:07:08 pm

I just wanted you to know, I've signed the petition, completed the survey, shared all of this on my Facebook page for others to see... and recently joined your Maura Murray Missing Facebook group page. Anything more I can do, I will. You only need to ask.
God bless her whole family...❤❤❤❤
Karen Gebhard and my son, Donovan, in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

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JAMES J DONOHUE
9/21/2020 07:50:08 am

Why do the neighbors want to cut the tree down? Just too much attention to the area??? Seems pretty callous.

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Andrew M Reed
12/8/2022 08:53:31 am

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  • Home
  • About
  • Campaigns
    • #EngageWithEmpathy
    • #BlueRibbon Campaign
  • Media
    • In The News
    • Blog
    • Official Statements >
      • Press Release: NHSP Conduct Search in Landaff, N.H.
      • Press Release: Bone Fragments Discovered at Loon Mountain are not Maura Murray
      • Press Release: N.H. State Police Investigate Bone Fragments
      • Press Release: N.H. Denies Historical Marker Based on Arbitrary Requirement
      • Press Release: Family Urges N.H. Div of Historical Resources to Approve Marker after Destruction of Blue Ribbon Tree
      • Statement: Family ask True Crime Community to Refocus on Maura
      • Press Release: N.H. State Rep Requests Historical Marker for Maura Murray
      • Statement: Info Withheld from Murrrays Distorts Case
      • Statement: James Renner Website
      • Press Release: Official Website Launch
  • Contact