Quote Originally Posted by jsrnephdoc View Post

What's happening here in the US demonstrates just how easily such bias can be spliced or bludgeoned into remembering our past. One of our greatest historical monuments (The Smithsonian Institute) is in the process of submitting to a forced and fictitious retelling the history of our (previously) darkest time, expunging memories of what our Civil War was really about (people entitled to OWN other people),and resurrecting fame for Confederate Generals. Truth is a precious commodity whose value is too often under-rated.
I just completed a long plane trip and watched the movie of the musical "Wicked", in which one character complains: ""Why can't you teach us history instead of harping on the past?"