To celebrate the one-year anniversary of SPI’s official blog, ‘People Not Stones,’ we held a contest, asking all of you to answer the question “Why does the preservation of cultural heritage matter to YOU?” in 140 characters or less.

After tweeting out our favorites over the past week, we have chosen three winners, who will receive an official SPI hat!

SPI One-Year Anniversary Contest Winners

Matt Wakeham

To Take the Past Forward.

Claude Gaudin

Doing so we continue the long and slow path to the ultimate quest of harmony between human beings, nature, this planet and the universe

Leila Amineddoleh

Preservation of cultural heritage is essential for all of humanity because it tells the story of our shared past and accomplishments.

Thank you to all who submitted entries!