There are those who cherish western civilization and those who want to destroy it.
And I am in the camp that loves Western Civilization and wants to preserve it.
What I would love to see for our 250th Anniversary of American Independence is to have our heroes in history restored to prominence. A few years ago, I was able to visit the Coventry Connecticut home of Patriot Nathan Hale. I had wanted very much to visit since I was a girl and it was with no little excitement that I pulled the car up to the lovely house. I had expected at least a few families visiting, after all this was the home of Nathan Hale , hero and martyr of the American Revolution. I was the only visitor. The docents were an elderly woman and a high school student. The student did the talking and when during her speech she called Hale a “loser”, I stopped her and asked if that was what she told school groups who undoubtedly made class trips there. She looked at me like the proverbial deer in the headlights and nodded. I was so unhappy and told her so . I also recounted what Hale had done and the legacy he gave Americans. I am not sure she understood. I realized that this revisionist and deconstructionist take on history is what young people are being fed everywhere. I just hope we can recover our dignity and love for the past.