I suspect the history of the Wren Chapel is contained, at least in part, in the recent history of the College of William and Mary. Ed Bond > > Numerous people have written about this building, suggesting > that we need to be careful to preserve and respect its > history. To evaluate that claim, it would be useful to know > just what its history *is*. > > Absent that information, the best we can do is to make > assumptions. But when we argue from unfounded assumptions, we > enter into a rather detached realm of conjecture. Its an easy > move, and one made by various participants in this > conversation, to begin with assumptions, and then to wind up > treating those assumptions as gospel truth later in the > discussion. > > Does anyone know the history of Wren Chapel? Can anyone > summarize it for the rest of us? > > Until we have an answer to this fundamental question, we > simply are in no position to evaluate the suggestion that we > should honor the building's history. > > All best, > Kevin > Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D. > Department of History > James Madison University > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html