"Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance."
Richard von Weizsaecker, President of Federal Republic of Germany
Let us not forget our ancestors, else we will forget what it means to be who we are. And if we forget who we are, we have no hope in the future for our posterity.
2LT Joseph Guild Lewis
My 3rd Great Grandfather
Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1836
My 3rd Great Grandfather
Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1836
After all, let it be known that the men (and the families that supported them) who fought for the Confederate States of America were ever bit of an American as those men (and likewise their families) who fought in the Federal armies of the United States. Without either of their collective efforts, who knows what the United States of America would look like today?
Let us remember that redemption may come for all who valiantly served. Redemption to take up arms against fellow countrymen, friends and family. It is not right in any sense to vilify those who served in the armies of the CS, just as it is not correct to say that those who fought in the armies of the US fought to eradicate slavery. Both ideas are wrong, and it is time we redeem the memory of those who fought and died to make this Nation the greatest place of freedom the world has ever known!