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Via an email-History doesn't gibe with the history books of the 30's,40's,50's.
SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON
>> NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?
>>
>> 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!
>>
SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON
>> NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?
>>
>> 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!
>>