[billybudd]

"Founding father" replaced with "slave owner". Beautiful.

[mhking]

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[Ohioan]

I addressed this ridiculous posture in the essay that I posted yesterday, The Big Truth.

In my opinion, the idea that suddenly, 137 years after slavery ended in America, it has become an issue where our justly beloved First President housed his household servants, while he was in Philadelphia, is nothing but a contrived attempt at creating a controversy, designed to undermine American images with the historically illiterate. This sort of thing has become all too common since Bill Clinton was elected President. I realize that we are supposed to be done with Clinton's policies, but this sure reeks of them. I would hope that the new Administration would reverse this decision of the Park Service.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[jackliberty]

"It is clear this is a compelling story that visitors are interested in," Reidenbach said.

Unless you've just been beamed from Planet X, you've already heard this "compelling" story ad nausea!

They should add a postscript to this "compelling" story on how, a hundred years after slavery ended, the liberals covertly began to enslave the heirs of former slaves through their myriad of social programs.

[Arkinsaw]

Slavery is an important thing to remember and there are many places where it is appropriate to address it in context. But now every National Park, every museum, every historic site, every battlefield MUST re-interpret to have a slavery focus.

If this continues, those places that actually have an appropriate slavery focus will just be another noise. The best way to make the public ignore something is stick it in their face everywhere where its not really historically meaningful.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Wasn't Washington also a Meat-Eater. I want his meat eating brought to the forefront. He was also a sock wearer, hand washer, wig wearing founding father and this needs to be exposed!

[Sloth]

I got no problem with this. He did have slaves, after all.

[weegee]

Another "let's teach all sides" issue:

In Texas: remembering the Alamo differently

When kids can actually remember the basics (names, dates, places) then maybe add layers to the discussion. The communists wanted American school children to be taught such aspects to diminish their national pride. If the founding fathers weren't good people, then maybe the government they established isn't good for all people.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Don't you people know anything. There were never any slaves in the North at all, slavery was 100% isolated to the South so the premise of this story is flawed. The North is blameless.