Marilyn:  You are to be commended for your honesty concerning the unfortunate situation with the Pequot Nation during that time.  The Foxwoods Casino and other good things that the Pequots struggled for and created for themselves is proof that by allowing and fighting for the truth helps us all in the end.  I admire them(and you) for the positive progress that has been made.  Jane Steele,MA.

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>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America-Pequots
>
>I've been following the debate about "Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed
>America" and after digging for the article in USA Weekend April 7-9 2006 have
>this to add from the article.
>And I quote:
>
>"We weren't trying to pick the 10 most important days," executive producer
>Susan Werbe says. "We challenged people to  come up with days that weren't
>obvious and that caused significant change,  whether long lasting or symbolic." To
>choose the days, the network conducted a  series of polls and then
>brainstormed with top historians.
>
>Thirteen award-winning documentary filmmakers were tapped to work on the
>series......
>
>
>So there you have the History Channel's thinking on the series.  Being  a
>descendant of one of the Puritans (Benjamin Munn) who participated in the  Pequot
>"War" (quotes mine) I found that particular episode quite  interesting.  Ben
>received land for his part in the massacre.   And I really am not a
>bloodthirsty person and know of no other descendants who  are!  It is not a shining
>moment in our family history but one must try to  understand the times these folks
>lived in and their thought processes, whatever  those might have been. We
>visited the Mystic area 8 years ago and spent some  time and money at the
>Foxwoods Casino which is beautifully situated near Mystic.  But that's another story!
> I don't believe one can call that awful time a  true "war" since the Pequots
>were totally taken by surprise and  unmercifully
> killed but that's how the history books write it.
>
>Just had to add my two cents and fill in some of the blanks on this History
>Channel series.
>Whether politics entered in to their decisions, I have no idea.
>
>Marilynn Munn Strand
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