"Southern terrorists"? It's bigoted name calling like that which causes the war to never end. Once people- any people- start rewriting history- any history- for political ends, you're in trouble. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Feb 14, 2007, at 4:50 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote: > Henry, > > Apparently, some people do not perceive the need to "get over it", > they just inflict that flippancy to those they disrespect. > > Never mind that Virginians "laid waste " to the lives, homes, and > lands of the Native Americans. That was OK. But for Lincoln to > respond to the attack of the southern terrorists, was certainly > indecent of him. He should have just let those terrorists have > their way, as they did in the countryside of Pennsylvania. > > Anne > > Anne Pemberton > [log in to unmask] > http://www.erols.com/stevepem > http://www.erols.com/apembert > http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 4:02 PM > Subject: Long memories > > > This just in on the AP wire: > > RICHMOND, Va. > > Virginia lawmakers killed legislation today that would have made > Virginia > part of the national commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's 200th > birthday. > > . . . Robert Lamb of Richmond, a member of the Sons of Confederate > Veterans, told the committee that Lincoln ... quote ... "sent > armies into > Virginia to lay waste to our land." > > *** > > I guess "with malice toward none" doesn't cut it any longer. Do I > hear > anyone saying "Get over it"? > > Henry Wiencek > Charlottesville > > 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html