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I was born and raised in NC, spent most of my military career in NC.
I have spent a lot of time in Wilmington, have a lot of friends there.
The only time I hear this story is when someone feels that it supports some agenda they have, and dredge it up. I too am surprised that the CSM would publish this screed.
There are many events in our past by people of all races and creeds that are lamentable. That cannot continually be the basis for all future decisions. We need to accept the past, move on and embrace personal responsibility for our own actions and accept the consequences.
As far as education and opportunity goes, there is no one born in this country today who is prohibited from success by anyone other than themselves. THe current occupant of the White House clearly demonstrates that.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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