As you now know, tomorrow is the ceremony at the
Monroeville Mall where they will turn over the bridge to the
Heinz History Center. It happens 24 hours from now, but before the page gets swamped with pictures and stories from the news tomorrow, I just wanted to take a moment to let you all know who was responsible for this whole movement to
Save The DAWN OF THE DEAD Bridge. It was a total team effort, but a few people need to mentioned individually and thanked.
I have to give credit where credit is due.
FIRST, I have to thank all of you. You the fans have spoken up about saving this last part of the mall that you can see in the movie by signing the petition we made. Thank you for sharing links to the posts here and sharing links to the page, and sharing your pictures of the bridge on this page. It has been saved and preserved due to the efforts of this team of fans and friends.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE DID IT!
The
first person I have to thank is
Daz Spooky, Facebook friend to many. He came up with the idea to start the page and the petition. He is a dedicated life long George Romero fan who lives in the UK and he visits Pittsburgh once a year for the
Living Dead Festival and other events. Without him and his friendship, this would not have happened. Thank you Daz.
YEAH MAN!
The
second person I have to thank is
Kate Davis, she is a writer for HorrorHound Magazine and fantastic artist. She wrote the petition for me since I was busy getting the page set up on Facebook and writing back to a ton of people as it started. With a bit of info from me, she whipped it together in no time flat. Thank you Kate for all your support and efforts.
YOU ROCK!
The
third person I have to thank and credit is
Kevin Kriess, who is the curator of the
Living Dead Museum in Evans City, PA. He accepted to be host of the bridge and take care of it if it was decided that it would go to him. He has been a great help in taking pictures of the bridge during it's demolition and by creating the museum which fans love to visit from all over the world. He also was interviewed in all the news stories and press surrounding this effort to save the bridge with the intent to help save it at any cost. Although it has now been decided that the bridge will be given to the
Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA. instead of the
Living Dead Museum, we owe Kevin a huge debt in speaking for the fans and helping to make this seem like a legitimate thing and something that should be preserved. Thank you Kevin.
THANKS FOR KEEPING THE DEAD ALIVE!
P.S. He is also running the LIVING DEAD WEEKEND Convention this coming October 9-11 in Evans City, PA featuring all your favorite zombies and characters from the best of George Romero's movies.
Check it out!
http://www.thelivingdeadweekend.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/384821728385334/
I'm
Lawrence DeVincentz. I run the Save the DAWN OF THE DEAD Bridge page, created the page, pass along messages sent to the page, and I post everything on the main part of the page. I am responsible for promoting it where needed. But, I am only a small part of this wonderful team though, this really was a team effort.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING ME ON THIS QUEST TO SAVE THE DAWN BRIDGE. WE REALLY DID IT!
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
Stay Scared,
Lawrence DeVincentz
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