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Got this from a friend of mine out East, thought I would pass it along, don't know if it's true or not, sure hope it isn't!!

> > >
> > >I don't care if you are an unbeliever, one should not change the
> > >words of history.
> > >Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial inWashington,
> > >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 in
> > >infamy-- 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. He still wants to be.