Very well said. I can't imagine the horror of being freed from slavery, having a brief 10 year period of peace, and spending the next 100 years in terror of being lynched. As well as the horror of the Trail of Tears. Being uprooted from your ancestral home to be force marched 2,000 miles to Oklahoma. Seeing land so flat you can see the horizon in all directions. And seeing a tornado the first time and not knowing what it was.
Larry, thanks for your comment. I can't imagine any of those horrors either. It does make me feel immensely grateful for the sacrifices they made and the hardships they endured. We must never forget.
Very well said. I can't imagine the horror of being freed from slavery, having a brief 10 year period of peace, and spending the next 100 years in terror of being lynched. As well as the horror of the Trail of Tears. Being uprooted from your ancestral home to be force marched 2,000 miles to Oklahoma. Seeing land so flat you can see the horizon in all directions. And seeing a tornado the first time and not knowing what it was.
Larry, thanks for your comment. I can't imagine any of those horrors either. It does make me feel immensely grateful for the sacrifices they made and the hardships they endured. We must never forget.