Basil, Virginians are reluctant to celebrate the birthday of a Great American. They are also reluctant to apologize for slavery. What truth is deduced from these facts? Who is speaking for the African-Virginians whose freedom was made possible (directly or indirectly) by Abraham Lincoln? Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Basil Forest" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Long memories > Virginians have long memories, and also some knowledge of the law. > Please > reference > Ex Parte Merryman, Federal Cases No. 9487 (1861); and Ex parte Milligan. > 71 > U.S. 2 (1866) before you criticize a failure of Virginians to relegate > Lincoln to sainthood. > > 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