>Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 05:09:11 -0700 >Subject: MO-CW-D Digest V03 #47 > > >I am 70 yrs old and have saved my high school world history and American >History books and many others of the same and much older times. I suggest >you all do the same so your grandchildren can read the REAL history before >they are forced to read revisionist propaganda. Preserve these old >books! RFS >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:40:01 -0600 >From: "Fred Bultman" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Missouri - THE TRUTH > >Behind The Smoke Screen - THE TRUTH > >(True documented historical facts are extremely important in genealogical >research!) > >I've received many e-mails just like everyone else has in this group over >the past several months on the Civil War matters from the outrage of the >removal of southern Civil War era flags, to which side was on the >appropriate side to maybe even that the South still has a chance to win the >war; dream on, what's done is done, the South lost. > >Even though the reasons for the war, total elimination of slavery, flag >symbolism and unity under one country/flag and the Northern win, were and >are extremely-extremely important, there is an underlying and prevalent >issue that everyone is overlooking - THE TRUTH. > >We as a nation of people are about to re-write history (Civil War history) >in order to satisfy a group of people, which doesn't matter whether the >group is right or wrong or is a minority or majority of the population. >HISTORY IS NOT A DEMOCRACY, history can't be changed because a group of >individuals today didn't like what happened several hundred years ago or any >time period in the past. > >We as a country need to be extremely careful regarding what we are about to >do in altering what actually happened in the past. If we do make changes in >our history books, which we are on the verge of doing so, are we as a >people, a nation, THE USA, any better than any of the other Dictatorships or >Socialistic societies, past or present, who have changed their countries >history just to satisfy the desires of the ruling few, at the detriment of >their entire society, their history, their genealogy. > >It appears through all what is happening that the people who are making the >most noise, want things to change, whatever those changes are, but one thing >for sure is to change written history, these same people are pointing >fingers and accusing people of today and from a several hundred years ago >for what happened back then. > >One of the fundamental rights of a USA citizen is reflective in the judicial >system of our government is that in a criminal case the defendant has a >right to face his or her accuser. Well, from my perspective neither the >defendant nor his or accuser is available or alive, so there should not be a >trial. We should leave those things as they were and work on making today's >issues right and changing today's wrongs. We have the power and hopefully >the strength to do so; let's focus on today's issues and fight for the >rights of individuals in them. > >How much better to read a book from the Civil War era, written by someone of >that day whether from the north or the south, rather than by someone of >today who doesn't have ALL the facts because they were not there. Most >people in this group are involved in genealogy and accurate history and >preservation of the actual facts are extremely important, let's not lose >sight of that. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRUTH. > >Let us focus on preservation of what actually happened rather than making >history what we want it to be. We need to remember the real history, SO WE >DON'T REPEAT IT. > >As a people, if we are secure in who we are, we can accept (not agree with >and even detest, but certainly not re-write history) what happen hundreds of >years ago while our focus should be to make sure it doesn't happen today, >while preserving THE TRUTH. > >Fred Bultman >02/22/03 ><snip> > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > "It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped." - Col. William Tecumseh Sherman >==============================================================