Interesting and most welcome. I appreciate the thoughtful discussion and
references you all are sharing.

Susan Deeks, Executive Director
Historical Society of Rockland County

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:53 AM William Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Interesting thread.
>
> William Garcia-Medina M.A.
> Doctoral Candidate
> Department of American Studies
> The University of Kansas
>
> “Historical consciousness therefore leaves you, as does maturity itself,
> with a simultaneous sense of your own significance and insignificance." ― John
> Lewis Gaddis
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:22 PM Michelle Zupan <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> This load of garbage was posted in a historic archaeology social media
>> group.  As professionals in the museum field, we need to keep an eye out
>> for bad apples causing problems like this and nip them in the bud. We are
>> long past the point where we can "just ignore it and it will go away."
>>
>> *" I live in Williamsburg VA. Known as the Historic Triangle set between
>> Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg, and Jamestown.*
>>
>> *They are vandalizing the Yorktown Battlefields (Revolutionary War) and
>> trying to defund and get rid of Colonial Williamsburg.*
>>
>> *They are destroying all the historic sites for Christopher Newport which
>> predates American Slavery.They are destroying everything from historical
>> houses, markers, graveyards, and even earthworks.Luckily, Jamestown is too
>> far out to really mess with but they have also had graffiti spray painted
>> all over.Don’t pretend its just about statues and the confederacy. The
>> idiots doing it have no concept of history and cant tell the difference
>> between the different time stages, wars, or people.In the media all you see
>> is the removal of a statue. Its much different when you live in the area
>> they are completely trampling just because they want to destroy anything
>> they can."*
>>
>> --
>> *Michelle Zupan*
>> Curator
>> Hickory Hill & the Tom Watson Birthplace
>> 502 Hickory Hill Drive
>> Thomson, GA  30824
>> 706-595-7777
>> FAX: 706-595-7177
>>
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>>
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>> <http://www.watson-brown.org>.
>>
>>
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