If the Emancipation Proclamation wasn't a legal or moral action, why are we teaching our children that it was pivotal? Anne Anne, Simply because we are now teaching something and teaching it as being "pivotal" does not necessarily mean that it IS or WAS ever pivotal.......all it means is that is how we are now instructing our children to perceive that action. It's all relative! It all depends on who it is that is creating the spin. Deane Mills Miz Gardens To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html