October 29, 2007

Sign of the times

UNBELIEVABLE

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 Iw o 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. If not,

May God Bless YOU!

IN GOD WE STILL TRUST

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