Bravo to Doug Greenberg's display of what a good historian can do with a few assertions. Wright and Weatherford have made good popular books that can give new insights to the way history is made from myriad threads but Doug Greenberg shows clearly why getting to source material is always more fun. The sense that America is a composite history and culture is a popular view that certainly is empowering to all of our present-day communities and museums are directing themselves to the community with team-approach efforts, interactivity, etc. The need, however, for continued accurate scholarship that comes from specialists, historians, curators, etc. and the need for that to be the center of museum programming is amply demonstrated by Mr. Greenberg's comments and demonstration. Paul Apodaca Bowers Museum Santa Ana, CA [log in to unmask]