I absolutely agree 100%! Imagine a counter-monument of Scott, looking every bit as important and heroic as Taney sitting right next to him on a pedestal several feet taller and with a plaque with the full and true history. Using those monuments to teach history. I just read a quote this morning by famed anthropologist Margaret Mead: "Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." Applies to adults too, apparently.
I did not know of another way to contact you so here is a sort of non-comment. I see you are up near my place in Scott Bar CA on the Boise fire. I have been watching this fire because another one that started 15 years ago near Happy Camp burned 250 K acres in about a month and finally burned most of our place. But we were lucky as the fire fighters saved our little cabin. Thanks for being there. Climate change is real which is why I am in 3rd Act and learned about you.
Nice to hear from you and I'm glad your cabin was saved. I lost a house to a wildland fire in 2003 near Aspen. I didn't own the place. It was my caretaker cabin. But I did lose everything I'd collected and owned for fifty three years or so. Kinda knocked me off balance for a while, but I got over it.
Thanks for being a part of The Third Act. https://thirdact.org in case anybody is reading this and interested.
I think that rather than simply taking these monuments down we should be using them to teach history. This could be done by mounting a plaque that explains why the monument never should have been placed with some relevant information about the individual. Or perhaps the monument could be replaced with another to the real meaning of the person’s life in the history of our country. Let’s make teaching moments of these abominations.
I absolutely agree 100%! Imagine a counter-monument of Scott, looking every bit as important and heroic as Taney sitting right next to him on a pedestal several feet taller and with a plaque with the full and true history. Using those monuments to teach history. I just read a quote this morning by famed anthropologist Margaret Mead: "Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." Applies to adults too, apparently.
Hi Wayne,
I did not know of another way to contact you so here is a sort of non-comment. I see you are up near my place in Scott Bar CA on the Boise fire. I have been watching this fire because another one that started 15 years ago near Happy Camp burned 250 K acres in about a month and finally burned most of our place. But we were lucky as the fire fighters saved our little cabin. Thanks for being there. Climate change is real which is why I am in 3rd Act and learned about you.
Peace, Luke
Hi Luke,
Nice to hear from you and I'm glad your cabin was saved. I lost a house to a wildland fire in 2003 near Aspen. I didn't own the place. It was my caretaker cabin. But I did lose everything I'd collected and owned for fifty three years or so. Kinda knocked me off balance for a while, but I got over it.
Thanks for being a part of The Third Act. https://thirdact.org in case anybody is reading this and interested.
And I can be reached at wayne@thecivilconversationsproject.org. Thanks for getting in touch. That was nice.
I think that rather than simply taking these monuments down we should be using them to teach history. This could be done by mounting a plaque that explains why the monument never should have been placed with some relevant information about the individual. Or perhaps the monument could be replaced with another to the real meaning of the person’s life in the history of our country. Let’s make teaching moments of these abominations.
Oops..should have been in the 'reply' section.