In a message dated 7/28/03 10:26:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mocsa@earthlink.net writes: I can defend against censorship of the Confederate story, its exclusion from textbooks. It is an important perspective. But I will also fight to make sure the Northern perspective is told. Scott: You are preaching to the choir. U. S. Grant, whose memoirs are considered by many the best to come out of the war, wanted, as I've said before, history presented truthfully. As long as there is a "Lost Cause," this will not be the case re: the Civil War. But their are many other cases of our history not being presented truthfully. Even though there is evidence discounting such, they still tell our children that a "magic bullet" from Oswald's gun killed JFK & that Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com