<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you Leslie! Perfectly said and I so appreciate your weighing in so eloquently. Mia <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Leslie Tentler <<a href="mailto:tentler@cua.edu" class="">tentler@cua.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: [Lincolnparkdc] Ken Burns on monuments</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 25, 2020 at 11:19:19 AM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info" class="">lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info" class="">lincolnparkdc@lincolnparkdc.info</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">No, Lincoln didn't "give" anyone freedom but he was still essential to the ending of slavery. The slaves did indeed force his hand, what with large numbers flocking behind Union lines in the early days of the war, and they did indeed fight for their freedom as members of the Union Army. But sentiment in the North was strong in the grim winter of 1862-63 for a negotiated end to the war which would restore the Union, leaving slavery in place in the states where it already existed. It was Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation that made the war a war to end slavery--something voters in the North effectively ratified by re-electing him in 1864. Politics do play a role in all great moments of social change.<div class="">Leslie Tentler</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:21 PM Bill Sweeney <<a href="mailto:bill.sweeney@me.com" class="">bill.sweeney@me.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">I’d love to see us honor the donations of freed people while also honoring the realities of history. Lincoln didn’t “give” anyone emancipation; African-Americans fought and died for freedom. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’d contribute to an effort to reforge this frankly offensive statue into something more historically accurate. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cities are for people, not for statues. Things change and civilization marches forward. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jun 24, 2020, at 1:43 PM, Martha Huizenga <<a href="mailto:martha@mhuizenga.com" target="_blank" class="">martha@mhuizenga.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">As we move through this time when we are questioning the monuments in every city. This video was sent to me and I really liked it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="https://youtu.be/W08bTFhuwKs" target="_blank" class="">https://youtu.be/W08bTFhuwKs</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martha<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">---</div><div class="">Martha Huizenga<br class=""></div><div class="">cell 703-626-4026</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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