Our American Heritage Is Greater Than Any

Even The Most Painstaking History Is A Bridge Across An Eternal Mystery.

What Began As A Bitter Dispute Over Union And States' Rights, Ended As A Struggle Over The Meaning Of Freedom In America. At Gettysburg In 1863, Abraham Lincoln Said Perhaps More Than He Knew. The War Was About A New Birth Of Freedom.

Men See Things Late, And It May Be That At Times An Evil Fate Drives Them On.

A Singular Fact About Modern War Is That It Takes Charge. Once Begun It Has To Be Carried To Its Conclusion, And Carrying It There Sets In Motion Events That May Be Beyond Men's Control. Doing What Has To Be Done To Win, Men Perform Acts That Alter The Very Soil In Which Society's Roots Are Nourished.

To Learn To Get Along Without, To Realize That What The World Is Going To Demand Of Us May Be A Good Deal More Important Than What We Are Entitled To Demand Of It - This Is A Hard Lesson.