Today I went to   visit the new   World  War  II Memorial in    Washington , DC . I got an   unexpected history lesson. Because 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  Eisenhower 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 elderly woman  read  the words aloud:

'With confidence in  our  armed forces, with the abounding  determination of our people,  we will gain the  inevitable triumph.'

But as she read,  she  was suddenly turned angry. 'Wait a minute,' she   said, 'they left out the end of the quote. They  left out  the most important part.    Roosevelt  ended the  message  with 'so   help us God.'

Her  husband  said, 'You are probably right. We're not   supposed to say things like that  now.'

'I know  I'm right,' she  insisted. 'I remember the speech.' The two   looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and  walked  away.

Listening to their  conversation, I thought to  myself, 'Well, it has  been over 50 years; she's probably   forgotten.'

But she had not   forgotten. She  was  right..

I  went home  and pulled out the book my book club is reading   --- 'Flags of Our Fathers' by James Bradley.  It's all  about the battle at    Iwo  Jima  .

I  haven't gotten too far in the book.  It's tough  to read because it's a graphic description of   the WWII battles in the  Pacific.

But right there  it was on  page 58. Roosevelt 's speech to the  nation  ends in '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.

Now I  ask: '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...and He always will  be!

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