I am not sure I said I would not own up to being related to Lee. I just said I was surprised that the family had been divided in its loyalties. I have no interest in my American Revolution or Civil War connections, DAR, or DOC or DOU organizations. I think that so much has been made of these periods of our history that we have lost site of many other important things in our growing culture. I see people who use that "heritage" as a crutch, never learn to think beyond that period of our history. I sure got tired of listening to the South about their southern heritage. Golf was taking over there to help the economy and the southerners just wanted to cling to the past, cling to life that kept the vast majority who live there in poverty. I hope we are made up of more than that. Guess that is N talking. This is one of the reasons that I want to help with the violent children's program at Erin's old school. Most of the violence is generated within the kids homes by disgruntled parents who have been displaced from their "important" little lives on the local scene by all of the more highly educated people who are moving here from the suburbs. I am glad Erin will be at Holy Cross with kids who come from families that are similar to hers....and I don't just mean affluent. I mean more cosmopolitan and educated. I have given the Principal of Erin's old school all of the NMH materials that I have, video, etc., with the hope that they will help really deserving kids to break out of where they are and take advantage of an education. Today we were at a picnic and I was telling one of the mother's about N. She has a straight A student, a lovely girl, who I would like to see at NMH. Jean

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean C. Glidden" <jeancg50@comcast.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: RE: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: CIVIL-WAR-D Digest V03 #185 > I have no interest in my American Revolution or Civil War connections, DAR, > or DOC or DOU organizations. I think that so much has been made of these > periods of our history that we have lost site of many other important things > in our growing culture. I see people who use that "heritage" as a crutch, > never learn to think beyond that period of our history. I sure got tired of > listening to the South about their southern heritage. Golf was taking over > there to help the economy and the southerners just wanted to cling to the > past, cling to life that kept the vast majority who live there in poverty. I > hope we are made up of more than that. Guess that is N talking. > I am a proud Southerner. Your remarks are offensive! If you have no interest in your heritage, why are you subscribed to this list? AJ Stewart

Sorry if I offended people with recent remarks because....... My interest in this list is to try to locate family who fought in the Civil War. My remarks were intended to say that I do not hang my hat on the importance of an organization, but what individuals do for their country, what they do to help others, how they treat others people. I have known too many people whose greatest joy in life is their membership in an organization and not how they function as individuals. Jean