The very thoughtful e-mails about American History have been very interesting to read. What happened in the past always needs to be evaluated according to the times. It is fascinating to try to picture our ancestors in their time period and wonder how it was to live in those days. My objection is the effort to make history politically correct. On TV the other night someone was talking about a young boy who could not read a portion of a speech by Martin Luther King in school because in it MLK mentioned God. Are we to deny that he was a minister? Do we have to change what was said because someone might be offended? Some years ago there was a flap about Thanksgiving. We weren't supposed to celebrate that day because the Pilgrims took advantage of the Indians or some such nonsense. Well, that's my two cents. Barbara