Auction Of Gettysburg Soldier’s Skull Canceled – Should You Be Able To Sell Human Remains? (POLL)

by Austin Petersen

An auction house canceled plans to sell a skull that was found near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The head of a former Confederate soldier was projected to bring in between $50,000 and $250,000. But is it wrong to sell body parts if you find them on your private property?

Estate Auction Company cancelled the auction after pressure from the National Parks Service caused them to decide against selling the skull of a Civil War soldier. Auctioneer Thomas Taylor stated his intentions to hand over the skill to the National Park Service to be buried alongside other soldiers at the Soldiers National Cemetery.

The skull was found in 1949 along with 13 other artifacts in an area that was used as a Confederate field hospital near the battle that was considered a turning point in the War between the States.

Bodies have been sold at auction before. In 2012 an auction house in Lehigh County sold two human skeletons still in their caskets which were obtained from a morticians museum.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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