In dealing with some attorneys, the question is not of inaccuracies; it is
of lies. Attorneys are trained to represent a side of an issue, whether or
not they agree with the side they represent. Who is better equipped to lie
than an attorney? Attorneys can be your best friends or your worst enemies.
They get no right-of-way of the "truth" by me - they often get the opposite
(and often have earned it).
-----Original Message-----
From: Herbert Barger
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 8:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] (VA-HIST] "The Monster of Monticello"
The Madison Hemings, Samuel Wetmore Pike Co. article fits the last line
exactly, "constructed their memories in a particular way at a particular
time."
Herb
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Heinegg
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 5:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] (VA-HIST] "The Monster of Monticello"
David Thelen discusses the issue of memory and U.S. history in his article
"Memory and American History" [Journal of American History, Vol. 75 (March
1989): 1117-1129].
"..the memory of past experiences is so profoundly intertwined with the
basic identities of individuals, groups, and cultures..."
"...the important question is not how accurately a recollection fitted some
piece of past reality, but why historical actors constructed their memories
in a particular way at a particular time."
Paul
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