Dear Elaine, I very much admire you and I respect your perspective and insight. May I simply add that all war is an atrocity. I believe members of the D.A.R.; etc., (for which I qualify but have not joined) are honoring their ancestors, not the war they fought in. I would qualify for any such a society as Banjofan asked about (but I probably wouldn't have joined it either.) On the other hand, I am a member of the Mayflower Descendants. Your comments have caused me to look deeper into my choices. I'm still pondering. Thanks, Sally Bailey > [Original Message] > From: elainedecker <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/24/2007 10:09:36 AM > Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] King Philips War > > The Indians still grieve and honor their ancestors that were massacred > there. There are ceremonies honoring the dead. Indians also know which war > in United States history shed the most blood. > If there were societies honoring the atrocities it would not be good. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 2:48 PM > Subject: [RIGENWEB] King Philips War > > > >I just finished reading the book "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick. It > >was > > very informative and besides the wonderful story of the Pilgrims it goes > > into > > a lot of detail about King Philips War. I didn't realize that in terms of > > population that was America's bloodiest war. WW II had 1% of its soldiers > > killed, Civil War 4-5%, and during the fourteen months of King Philip's > > war 8% of > > its men were lost. Of the total 20,000 Native population 6000 were killed > > in > > battle, died of sickness, or sent into slavery. Southern New England had > > 60 to > > 80% loss. This tragedy, some say, setback the development of New England > > by > > 100 years. I wonder why there is no society of Daughters of King Philips > > War? > > (Either Colonist or Native daughters.) I have an ancestor who fought in > > the > > war. It was as much a part of our history as the Revolution. Dave in > > East > > Greenwich > > > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > > at > > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message