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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (39367)	9/23/2000 10:58:52 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Chuck: My son (also named Charlie/Chuck) and I spent a spring break a few years ago visiting Gettyburg, Antietam, Harper's Ferry and Lexington, Va. We stood atop Little Round Top and looked left toward the elephant rocks of Devil's Den and far right to the hallowed ground of Pickett's Charge. Behind us, to the left, was where Chamberlain and the 20th Maine saved the line in 1863. We were the only Antietam park visitors on an early April day when sleet filled the air. We walked across Burnside Bridge at Antietam with only the wind breaking the silence. Almost a "Twilight Zone" experience. I have urged other fathers to do same with their sons. The George Marshall museum at VMI also is a nice place to spend two hours. Your description of the gallant Southern knight is right on the money. You are a student of history. My beef with those who worship at the altar of Robert E. Lee and defend the right of states to still fly the Stars and Bars is that doing so dishonors those descendants of men who wore blue and died for their country, as well as descendants of those who were shackled. I think it is important for school children to know of Robert E. Lee, but in the big scheme of things it's just as important for them to know of Margaret Sanger.