In the event that the slaves did a gracious thing in burying the Union dead who were not buried properly, that is wonderful. But it's getting a bit weird that as we continue to discredit the founders of this country (i.e. dead white European males) , we find that women and minorities were being documented every day doing so many things. History is history. I appreciate things being discovered but there is an odd proliferation of "new history" while historical realities are forgotten or viewed with disdain. It's a sad thing when a nation has to erase, re-word , eliminate, raise new heroes in order to placate identity politics. When I grew up, I learned about all sorts of good people, of all backgrounds. Quotas were not required.
In the event that the slaves did a gracious thing in burying the Union dead who were not buried properly, that is wonderful. But it's getting a bit weird that as we continue to discredit the founders of this country (i.e. dead white European males) , we find that women and minorities were being documented every day doing so many things. History is history. I appreciate things being discovered but there is an odd proliferation of "new history" while historical realities are forgotten or viewed with disdain. It's a sad thing when a nation has to erase, re-word , eliminate, raise new heroes in order to placate identity politics. When I grew up, I learned about all sorts of good people, of all backgrounds. Quotas were not required.