An email of possible relevance

[Steven Jamar]

Agreed, Ed.  Indeed, that is why I didn't even check as I usually would!

On Dec 17, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Ed Brayton wrote:

> One of the seemingly infinite number of circulated emails full of  
> feigned outrage and false claims on this issue that litter our  
> inboxes. This list is the last place I would have thought I’d see  
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> Ed Brayton
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> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- 
> bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:26 PM
> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
> Subject: RE: An email of possible relevance
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>     This is apparently a myth.  See http://www.snopes.com/politics/ 
> military/memorial.asp; among other things, it includes what appears  
> to be a photo of the inscription, which actually quotes a different  
> line from the speech -- a line that's not followed by "so help us  
> God."
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>     Eugene
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> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- 
> bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Gibbens, Daniel G.
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 9:49 AM
> To: Religionlaw at lists. ucla. edu
> Subject: An email of possible relevance
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> SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL  
> CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?
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> A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:
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> 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.
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> 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 :
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> Yesterday, December 7,
> 1941-- a date which will live in infamy--the United States of  
> America was suddenly and deliberately attacked.
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> One elderly woman read the words aloud:
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> "With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding  
> determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph."
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> 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."
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> "I know I'm right," she insisted. "I remember the speech." The two  
> looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.
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> Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself,Well, it has  
> been over 50 years she's probably forgotten."
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> But she had not forgotten. She was right.
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> 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.
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> But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt 's speech to the  
> nation ends in "so help us God."
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> 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.
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> Now I ask: "WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF  
> HISTORY?????????"
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> 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!
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> If you agree, pass this on. If not,
> May God Bless YOU!
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> 11/30/2007 12:12 PM
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-- 
Prof. Steven D. Jamar                               vox:  202-806-8017
Howard University School of Law                     fax:  202-806-8567
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to pause and reflect."

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