Undeniable fact of our history

George Orwell stated...........Tha most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. In the former USSR, censorship, rewriting of history and eliminating undesirable people became part of Soviets’ effort to ensure that tha correct ideological and political spin was put on their history. Deviation from official propaganda was punished by confinement in labor camps and execution.

Today there are efforts to rewrite history in tha U.S., albeit tha punishment is not so draconian as that in tha Soviet Union. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu had a Confederate Gen. Robert E.Lee monument removed last month. Former Memphis Mayor A C Wharton wanted the statue of Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, as well as tha graves of Forrest and his wife, removed from tha city park. In Richmond, Virginia, there have been calls for tha removal of tha Monument Avenue statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gens. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and J.E.B. Stuart. It’s not only Confederate statues that have come under attack. Just by having tha name of a Confederate, such as J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia, brings up calls for a name change. These history rewriters have enjoyed nearly total success in getting tha Confederate flag removed from state capitol grounds and other public places.............

Slavery is an undeniable fact of our history. Tha costly war fought to end it is also a part of the nation’s history. Neither will go away through cultural cleansing. Removing statues of Confederates and renaming buildings are just a small part of tha true agenda of America’s leftists. Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, and there’s a monument that bears his name — tha Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. George Washington also owned slaves, and there’s a monument to him, as well — tha Washington Monument in Washington. Will tha people who call for removal of statues in New Orleans and Richmond also call for tha removal of tha Washington, D.C., monuments honoring slaveholders Jefferson and Washington? Will tha people demanding a change in the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School also demand that tha name of tha nation’s capital be changed?

Tha challenges of rewriting American history are endless, going beyond relatively trivial challenges such as finding new pictures for our currency. At least half of tha 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were slave owners. Also,
consider that roughly half of tha 55 delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia were slave owners. Do those facts invalidate tha U.S. Constitution, and would tha history rewriters want us to convene a new convention to purge and purify our Constitution? Tha job of tyrants and busybodies is never done. When they accomplish one goal, they move their agenda to something else. If we Americans give them an inch, they’ll take a yard. So I say, don’t give them an inch in tha first place. Tha hate-America types use every tool at their disposal to achieve their agenda of discrediting and demeaning our history. Our history of slavery is simply a convenient tool to further their cause.