Posts Tagged ‘Heritage’
My Heritage (with a little history thrown in)
I was raised in Virginia, in the city where the confederate battle flag was created, a city steeped in the Civil War, where as a young teenager, I found a cannonball in my front yard with a metal detector. I grew up familiar with the N-word and N-jokes, with very few African-American families and no…
Read MoreStories and Fiction and Truth
I’ve already said that history contains the word “story,” and most people think stories are “made up,” as opposed to the truth, which is, well, the truth. Let’s try to clear this up a little. Story is what we think is a uniquely human (I say think because I swear I’ve seen animals, including my…
Read MoreHistory and Heritage: Facts and Stories
History and heritage are all over the news these days, magnified by the recent tragic events in Charlottesville. These words are closely linked, and both are composed largely of stories, rather than facts. While history is often thought of as facts and events, we rarely confine ourselves to these elements, because, as humans, we seek…
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