I got this in an Email, is this true?
The Omission From the New W.W.II Memorial
Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington,
DC. I got an unexpected history lesson. Since 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 Ike and Truman that are
engraved there.
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: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-- a date which will live
ininfamy--the
United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked."
One woman read the words aloud:
" With confidence in our armed forces, with the un bounding
determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph."
But as she read, she was suddenly angry. "Wait a minute," she said.
"They left out the end of the quote. They left out the most
important part. Roosevelt said: "so help us God."
You're probably right," her husband said. "We're not supposed to
say things like that now."
"I know I'm right," she insisted. "I remember the speech" The two
shook their heads sadly and walked away.
Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, "Well, it has
been 50 years. She's probably forgotten."
But she was right.
I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading. It's
"Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley. It's all about Iwo Jima. I
haven't
gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a graphic
description of the battles in the Pacific.
But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt's speech to the nation
It ends "so help us God."
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.
WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY?????????
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.
