American youth and their nation's history; a dialog between bloggers; Update: Betraying Our History

From the Tunnel Wall: "This was an exchange of comments between fellow blogger/ mentor Ron Barbour and the Tunnel Dweller regarding recent TW posts on D-Day . I found Ron's account to be of great interest and wanted you all to see what he wrote about his father."

Bill Hayden, the Tunnel Dweller , blogging at the Tunnel Wall

Related: Betraying Our History by Alan Caruba at Warning Signs: "A nation has to have a collective memory of the events that shaped it and a collective knowledge of its most important, essential documents. If the statistics about more recent generations passing through our schools are any indication, they do not.

"That is an act of betrayal. I can’t prove that it is deliberate, but it surely does not bode well for a nation so poorly led by its elected representatives since June 6, 1944 that it constitutes an insult to the sacrifices and acts of valor that day represents."

American schools do often turn out great products and these former students are a prime example.