LJ writes: "So Sharon, Those out west have the same heritage as those in the south? Those native americans have the same heritage as newly immigrated americans? I don't quite understand?" Yes, we all have the same heritage - history. America has one history, one way things happened over the centuries, one "truth" - however close we can come to that. Whether we were here to greet the influx of Europeans in Massachusetts and Virginia, or arrived in an immigrant ship in 1846, or flew in during modern times, if we are citizens of America and love our Country, we have the same heritage, the same history, the same America. Maybe we also have a heritage of ancestors in Ireland, Poland, China, Mexico, and other places, as well. All that does is enrich our Country, our America. I had ancestors in antebellum Virginia. That is MY southern heritage. Note the lower case. I had ancestors of the Lenni Lenape tribe of Indians; that's my Indian heritage. I had ancestors from Germany, Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, France, Wales, and probably many other places. Does any of that trump my American heritage? Nope, not for me. Sharon