Readers Write: Fort Snelling s history, the homeownership gap Contradictions are inherent to history. July 2, 2021 5:30pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Katherine Kersten objects to a new narrative about Fort Snelling in her June 25 counterpoint Activists commandeer historical society : The fort is being reframed as a concentration camp, a place of genocide and a site of conscience. In the process, its rich, 200-year military legacy is becoming a footnote, a source not of pride but of shame to present-day citizens.
But history is replete with differing perspectives and contradictions.
Thomas Jefferson wrote perhaps the most revered words our history teaches: all men are created equal.