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We visited this battleground and went through a field hospital. In horror the picnickers quickly retreated to the safety of their homes.
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The picnickers could hear the guns and cannons firing but did not need the opera glasses to see the blood, death and carnage. It was First Battle of Bull Run in the North and Battle of First Manassas in the South. “War-time” President Trump could learn something about the Covid-19 pandemic from America’s war history.Ĭompletely unaware (as today’s COVID-19 has been to us) of what they we're about to witness, Washingtonians dressed for a picnic with picnic baskets and opera glasses, gathered to observe the first battle of the Civil War. Almost 230 years later there are those who still believe we are not all created equal.
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When the Native Americans achieved full citizenship in 1924, they were somewhat more equal. When women got the right to vote in 1920, they were more equal than they had been. When ratified, those with said Rights were land-owning white men. It was only in 1868 when blacks became equal but only on paper. The Bill of Rights originally did not apply to all Americans – and wouldn’t for 130 years. Our Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” I was born between the Great Depression and WWII, part of the Silent Generation, when “children were to be seen and not heard.” I want to thank the San Angelo Standard-Times for the opportunity to be heard. Watch Video: Masks explained by an actual expert