[PatrickHenry]

I think I'm gonna be sick.

[Vigilanteman]

I wonder if their revisionist view of history will include the thousands of black soldiers who fought on the side of the Confedracy at Gettysburg and elsewhere.

[Cagey]

I see you, or someone, added "Trent Lott" to the keyword section. Sadly, it will only get worse now.

[Sparta]

Heads up!!! This is more your area than mine.

[Abcdefg]

A war of northern agression: to the victor belong the spoils.(puke)

[DWSUWF]

"...Around 1.8 million people visit Gettysburg every year. Latschar said a disproportionate number were men and the park attracts very few black visitors..."

If this foray into revisionist history isn't sufficient to attract more Blacks to Gettysburg there may be a need to bus them in from other National Parks...

[widowithfoursons]

Since it has now been decided by the powers that be that slavery was the only issue for the Civil War, I suggest that we plow over all the sites, and let Habitat for Humanity build affordable housing. They could only allow descendants of slaves to live there, and we could call this "The Reparations Act".

[hgro]

I'm no southerner but this is horse hockey. Thousands and thousands died on both sides. The victory was for maintaining the union without slavery.

[Consort]

Will the South lose again? Will the Southern Heritage become a weapon against the South?

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the Ping Sparta


The Government is rewriting our History. PC is more important than the truth.

[F.J. Mitchell]

"History" -one more word falls victim to the bastardization of the language, by those who seek to use confusion as a weapon of mass destruction against us.

Those who learn only the faux version of history are doomed to repeat the genuine version of history.

[IronJack]

"For the past 100 years, we've been presenting this battlefield as the high watermark of the Confederacy and focusing on the personal valor of the soldiers who fought here,"

Yeah, heaven forefend! That may imply some nobility of action on BOTH sides, and abdicate the right of the victor to write the history.

[nathanbedford]

Around 1.8 million people visit Gettysburg every year. Latschar said a disproportionate number were men and the park attracts very few black visitors.

So are we going to have an affirmative action program for female and black battlefield visitors?

Government supported PBS and National Public Radio have disproportionate fewer conservative viewers and listeners, is the government planning a revision of these institutions?

Damn their revisionist eyes.

[Uncle George]

Is it true that Sen. Byrd's movie about the civil war will be titled; "White Roots"?

[cgbg]

Around 1.8 million people visit Gettysburg every year. Latschar said a disproportionate number were men and the park attracts very few black visitors.

No problem. Just declare that the battle of Gettysburgh was actually fought in downtown Philadelphia and Antietam was really fought in downtown Baltimore. Then explain that most of the Union generals were blacks and that President Lincoln had three black cabinet members who convinced him to oppose slavery.

This little fairy tale will enhance the self-esteem of black children and will make it easier for them to visit historical sites. ;-)

[southern rock]

Around 1.8 million people visit Gettysburg every year. Latschar said a disproportionate number were men and the park attracts very few black visitors.

And that there is the reason for all of this. Maybe a nice Kwanza display at Gettysburg would be more apropriate.

Big time BARF alert!

[FourPeas]

We want to get away from the traditional descriptions of who shot whom, where and into discussions of why they were shooting one another

I think that says it all. Why engage in discussions about why the war took place? Why encourage people to think, discuss or contemplate? These are dangerous, afterall. Just accept the dumbed-down publik school version we're all spoonfed ad nauseum. (Need I close my tags?)

[FourPeas]

Around 1.8 million people visit Gettysburg every year. Latschar said a disproportionate number were men

My guess is you'll find this true for most war memorials/museums or whatever. Generally speaking, it's more of an interest for men than women.

In 1998, he invited three prominent historians to examine the site. Their conclusion: that Gettysburg's interpretive programs had a "pervasive southern sympathy."

Hmmmm, any guesses as to how many of these "prominent historians" are 1) northerners or 2) liberal academic-weenies or 3) northern, liberal academic-weenies??

[vetvetdoug]

This is going to be a loser. What brings the people to Gettysburg is the study of military tactics and the bravery of the men on both sides. No matter how much the idiots try to appease the blacks, they still won't come because most don't give a damn.

During the 70's there was a push for the military commissaries to get more "soul food" into the commissaries to appease the blacks and make them more happy. The truth? There was a whole aisle dedicated to "Soul food" and the only ones that bought the food there were us white folks that were reared on the staple of poor people. The black military families after all of their griping went and bought the other food. After about of year of the "soul food" aisle, the commissary decided that it was a loser and much of the frozen food there had to be condemned and the idea was scrapped. I think this is what is going to happen to Gettysburg, after all of the poor visitation because of a wayward emphasis, the park will be diminished and everything significant will be either sold off or trashed.

[lodwick]

Gag me with a spoon. Revisionist 'rat bastards.