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REMEMBERING JOE GRATES DISTRICT 46 SCREAMING EAGLES
REMEMBERING JOSEPH FRANCIS GRATES JOE AND MY HUSBAND SERVED TOGETHER IN VIETNAM 101 SCREAMING EAGLES HE WAS ACTUALLY A MAYOR AT ANYRATE HE WAS A BIG PART OF OUR MARRIAGE ACTUALLY WE WOULD SIT FOR HOURS AT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS THE OLD BUILDING BINGO SOCIAL GATHERINGS I AM TOTALLY REMINDED OF THE KINDNESS JOE GRATES SHOWED TO ME AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I FIRST MET 2014 FINALLY WE MARRIED 2016 WE CELEBRATED WITH JOE GRATES HIS FIANCE MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THE PLAQUES FOR JOE GRATES CELEBRATION JOE GAVE HIS SPEECH THEN MADE US ALL SMILE STORIES OF BEING THE MAYOR IN FRANKFORT NY EVEN WHEN JOE WAS ILL HE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SPECIAL AT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DISTRICT 46 THE OLD BUILDING ALL ARE WELCOME IN THIS PLACE I REMEMBER WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS INSTALLED FOURTH DEGREE PAST GRAND KNIGHT WE SUPPORTED MANY CHARITIES BACK THEN MY HUSBAND WAS ON THE LOCAL CITY BUS SUPPORTING VETERANS MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART BUS I HAVEN'T SEEN IT LATELY BUT IT WOULD ALWAYS BE PRESENT DURING CHARITY EVENTS MY HEART WAS TOTALLY BROKEN EXPERIENCING GARGANO KKK WISCONSIN CRIME FAMILY RACISM FROM PETER GARGANO HE WAS A TREASUER FROM THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SAN CARLOS BEACH KKK OF BLACK TOWN FORT MYERS BLEW MY FACE UP WITH A BOMB BREAK INS OUR NAME TAGS WERE TAKEN FROM THE 115 CONVENTION 2019 WE ALSO ATTENDED 113 CONVENTION IN ORLANDO WITH JOE GRATES 2017 HE WAS SUCH A CAMPASSIONATE SOUL ANYTIME THERE WAS EVEN A SMIDGEN OF PREJUDICE DISCRIMINATION JOE WOULD HOLD MY HAND TIGHT AND KISS MY CHEEK HE WAS HAPPY MY HUSBAND AND I FOUND EACHOTHER THATS THE KIND OF GUY HE WAS I FELT WELCOME BEING BROWN MY HUSBAND WHITE WE WERE MARRIED 7-8-2016 JOE GRATES HONORED OUR MARRIAGE INCLUDING THE PRIEST AS WE DANCED HE SAID YOU GUYS LOOK SO HAPPY NEVER LET ANYTHING STOP YOU GUYS FROM SHOWING YOUR LOVE THAT STAYS WITH ME STILL TODAY I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK TO FIND OUR NAME TAGS FROM DISTRICT 46 COUNCIL 2505 TAKEN DURING ANOTHER HOME INVASION I NEVER FELT RACISM IN SUCH A MANNER I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE GRACED BRAVE MEN LIKE JOE GRATES AND MY HUSBAND AND SO MANY OTHER GREAT VETERANS JOE GRATES AND MY HUSBAND WERE VERY VERY CLOSE THEY SHARE A BOND FROM 101 AIRBORNE SCREAMING EAGLES JOE DIED 2018 A YEAR AFTER THAT 2017 CONVENTION HE MADE SURE I WAS PROTECTED FROM DISCRIMINATION AMAZING CHAMPION HE WAS INDEED MY HUSBAND AND I WE PROMISED TO ATTEND THE 2019 IN HIS MEMORY THE OLD BUILDING FINALLY SOLD NOTHING WAS THE SAME AFTERWARDS RACISM SNARLS DISCRIMINATION WHISPERS HUSHES DEEP SADNESS FOR MY HUSBAND AND I AFTER THE BREAK INS TAKING OUR NAME TAGS LEAVING FALSIFIED BADGE FROM 4731 NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF KKK GARGANO KLANS GATHERED WITH MY JAN 6TH NEIGHBORS A REAL SPIVEY EVENT THEY REALLY WASN'T HAPPY WITH ME BEING BROWN BEING MARRIED TO A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BEING A SPOUSE OF A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SINCE 2016 THEY ARRIVED STORMING OUR HOME WHENEVER WE WENT TO HOSPITAL DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS EVEN GROCERY SHOPPING WE RETURN TO BREAKINS KKK CRUSHING OUR FLAGS SHOOTING MY PLANTS WITH AR14 ASSUALT PELLET GUNS REKEYING OUR LOCKS BREAKING INTO OUR HOME INTIMIDATING BUT I CAN'T FEAR I THINK OF JOE GRATES A REAL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NOT A KKK LIKE GARGANO CRIME FAMILY OF DRAGONS REALIZING WHY THEY TOOK OUR BADGES TO LEAVE A KKK THREAT THE NATIONAL KKK 4731 KKK ON A NATIONAL LEVEL BY GRAND DRAGON PETER GARGANO HIDING OUT ON SPIVEY ROAD IMPERSONATING ME WITH IMPOSTER JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY CATRINA BELL IMPERSONATING MY HUSBAND WITH PETER GARGANO IDENTITY FRAUD FUNDING THE NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF KKK 4731 SHEER AMERICAN TERRORISTS COMPLETE IDENTITY FRAUD AGAINST MY HUSBAND AND I AFTER IGNITING A CAR BOMB IN MY FACE PETER GARGANO BEGAN ATTEMPTS TO EXTORT MY AMERICAN POETRY PASSPORTS SHOT RECORDS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS EMBEZZLED FINDS ON BEHALF OF MY TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FALSIFYING HELL ON EARTHBTHEE FINAL CALL WAS SENDING ME THE THREATS THE MESSAGE FROM KKK 4731 I AM BLESSED MY GRANDFATHER WAS A POST OFFICE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE CHICAGO IT SADDENS ME TO SEE HIS MEMORY PETER GARGANO RACIST THREATS ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER STANDING SIDE BY SIDE SAINT JOHN XXIII 1944 CHRISTMAS ROME SECRETS UNFOLDS BECAUSE THEY WERE MASONIC BROTHERS PROTECTING CATHOLIC TROOPS PRIEST IN SAINT SEBASTIAN CHURCH I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER GARGANO BLEW MY BRAINS OUT PETER WAS ENRAGED BY MY BLACK GRANDFATHER SERVING IN ROME HE DECIDED TO HIRE HITMEN TO IMPERSONATE MY FATHER MEANWHILE HIS JAMAICAN LOVER COULD IMPERSONATE ME WHILE HE HIMSELF IMPERSONATE MY HUSBAND AT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN ORDER TO FUNNEL FUNDS INTO THE LEGACY FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL KNIGHTS OF THE KKK 4731 EAST CHICAGO REMINDING ME THAT EVEN IF I AM THE SPOUSE OF A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS I DON'T BELONG MY HUSBAND AND I LEFT THAT COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER CHURCH BEGINING OF THE NEW YEAR 2022 WE NEVER LOOKED BACK AT THAT CHURCH NEVERTHELESS I CAN FEEL JOES PRESENCE EVEN MORE SAYING DON'T LET ANYTHING DESTROY YOUR BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE DON'T LET ANYONE STEAL YOUR JOY A CARDINAL LANDED IN MY GARDEN I AM REMINDED OF JOE WEARING HIS RED ROBE GRABBING MY HAND AND KISSING MY CHEEK DURING THE INSTALLATION OF KNIGHTS GOD BLESS AMERICA
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOSEPH FRANCIS GRATES
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EAGLES REST IN PEACE JOE
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Yolanda Nicholsen
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