To the editor: Thanks, visitor contributor Jason Schlosberg, for articulating so clearly the exasperating dichotomy that’s U.S. historical past (“Why we’ll keep arguing about the meaning of Columbus Day,” Oct. 11).
Sure, American historical past consists of disgraceful acts of criminality, dedicated by historic heroes and official authorities from the very starting of European discovery and conquest to the current day. Nonetheless, our historical past and legacy additionally embrace a number of the most important advances in know-how and democracy, the navy defeat of World Warfare II fascism and the Chilly Warfare defeat of the Soviet Union.
Maybe probably the most helpful and enlightened use of this angle is to induce that each American remembers, and applies, the entire classes of this historical past to right now’s information and tomorrow’s votes.
Steve Leyton, Palmdale
