snowbear37 Loc: MA.

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 ---
'F**gs of Our Fathers' by James Bradley.
It's all about the battle at IwoJima.


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 OUR HISTORY???'



People today are trying to change the history of America by leaving God out of it, but the t***h is, God has been a part of this nation, since the beginning.
He still wants to be...and He always will be!

reconreb Loc: America / Inglis Fla.

Yes very sad to see.. We all know who is responceable for this , The P.C. crowd , democrat lefty socalist obomites .. in otherwords SCUMBBAG MAGGOTS !!

JimMe

snowbear37...

I believe you're correct... No one should have left off the religious significance by President Roosevelt...

But this said, I have a concern about Our "Pledge of Allegiance" changing history, as it were, by ADDING "under God" to it in 1954, some 62 years after it was written by a socialist minister Francis Bellamy (1855-1931)...

When a "man of God" did not include ANY Religious reference in writing it, "WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF OUR HISTORY???"

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

They took it upon themselves to distort and lie about what Roosevelt said because it suited their socialist dictator mindset. Horrifying isn't it?

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

That is one of the unfathomable and inexplicable foibles of human nature - attempting to avoid offending one group, causing offence to another as a consequence.

Who decides which groups to offend, which to avoid offending and why? It seems rather arbitrary to me - which is a violation of American ideals all by itself.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Why don't we just stop worrying about who we are offending, say what should be said, and tell the overly sensitive whiners to JUST COPE WITH IT?

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

We could ask Congress to amend the Constitution, barring the rewriting of our history, but they won't support such a thing - because they rewrite history whenever they desire.

Someone chose to delete that portion of FDR's speech and some more people concurred. Again, a very small group of people are deciding issues for everybody - and we've grown used to it and THAT is the real danger.

alfy Loc: amarillo,texas

MAKES ME WONDER WHO IS OBAMA,AS ALL THIS CRAP REALLY GOT OUT OF CONTROL WHEN HE FOOLED AMERICA INTO V****G FOR HIM.SHADES OF THE MOVIE<THE OMEN>

TadhgMcLir Loc: USA

That is not all they left out... "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." it is a 7 minute speech so they had to leave out the majority of it. -skip most of it- "With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph. So help us God." and it ends with Roosevelt asking Congress for a Declaration of War.

It is a great speech, read it all here: http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/fdr-infamy.htm

Louie27 Loc: Peoria, AZ

Who really cares who was offended by his proclamation made when Japan attacked the United States. I see no reason to delete the words except for those that do not believe in God. It seems to me that at this present time the few matter more than the many. That is not what our country was based upon.

Louie27 Loc: Peoria, AZ

That is something that I can agree with you. :thumbup: :thumbup:

badbobby Loc: texas

ever read the book,1984???
fiction?
yes
but lots of it happening today

badbobby Loc: texas

oorah :!: :!: :!: