U.S. Corrects 'Southern Bias' at Civil War Sites

Reuters via Lycos.com ^ | 12/22/2002 | Alan Elsner

[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...

[GeneD]

I did, and it was only because Trent Lott's name popped up in the story. It seems to pop up in every story nowadays.

[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".

[Non-Sequitur]

The civil war was not fought over slavery.Most people in the north didnt care about freeing the slaves.Sad fact but a fact just the same.

Partly correct. It's true that the overwhelming majority of the folks up North didn't give a damn about blacks or slavery. But defense of the institution of slavery was by far the single most important reason why the southern states began their rebellion.

[Bluntpoint]

I am going to say it again. Silk.

If only the south went silk not cotton, we would not still be having this disussion.

Silk worms have no constituency.

[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.

[Non-Sequitur]

Silk worms have no constituency.

And when they reach the end of their economic usefulness then all you have to do is squish 'em and nobody will care. On the other hand I hear that silk worm uprisings can be really bloody.

[Consort]

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

[Bluntpoint]

And long lasting. Nothing gets blood out of silk.

[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.

[Servant of the Nine]

I thought the day of looseleaf history books for the ever changing "truths" of history were over with the end of the Soviet Union. It seems we must also finish defeating Marxism in our colleges history departments and in our burocrats.

This is entirely within the control of George Bush, without the need for congressional aproval. He is going to bear all the blame, deservedly.

So9

[gitmo]

Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address and returned to a White House maintained by slaves.