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SHALL
WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL
CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS?
THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:
Today I went to visit the new World
War II Memorial in Washington , DC . I got an unexpected
history lesson. Because I’m a baby boomer, I was one of the
youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans
of ‘the greatest
war,’ with their families. It was
a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be
there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the
inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved
there.
On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to
read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack
on Pearl Harbor :
‘Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United
States of America was suddenly and deliberately
attacked.’
One elderly woman read the words aloud:
‘With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination
of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph.’
But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry. ‘Wait a minute,’
she said, ‘they left out the end of the quote. They left out
the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message
with
‘so help us God.’
Her husband said, ‘You are probably right. We’re not supposed to
say things like that now.’
‘I know I’m right,’ she insisted. ‘I remember the speech.’ The
two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.
Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, ‘Well, it has been over 50 years; she’s probably
forgotten.’
But she had not forgotten. She
was right..
I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading —
‘Flags of Our Fathers’ by James Bradley. It’s all about the
battle at Iwo Jima .
I haven’t gotten too far in the book. It’s tough to read because
it’s a graphic description of the WWII battles in the
Pacific.
But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt ‘s speech to the
nation ends in ‘ so help us God.’
The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved
it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war! But they couldn’t fool the people who were there. Roosevelt ‘s words are engraved on their hearts.
Now I ask: ‘WHO
GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF
HISTORY?????????’
Send this around to your friends. People need to know before
everyone forgets.
People today are trying to change the history of America by leaving God
out of it, but the truth is, God has been a part of this nation,
since the beginning. He still wants to be…and He always will be!
If you agree, pass this on and God Bless YOU!