Comments on: Remembering the Alamo http://julieclawson.com/2009/01/24/remembering-the-alamo/ incantations at the edge of uncertainty Mon, 21 May 2012 01:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: David http://julieclawson.com/2009/01/24/remembering-the-alamo/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 David Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:17:23 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2009/01/24/remembering-the-alamo/#comment-3972 Nice post, and I laud your efforts to cut through the muck of Americanized History. I'm busy right now wondering how I'll be able to shield and/or explain to my son why his grandparents/greatgrandparents keep referring to his dad as a "stay-at-home mom." Ever read the first Curious George book? Depressingly colonial. I change the words to make George sad to leave his family and culture. My wife thinks I'm a little sick. :) Nice post, and I laud your efforts to cut through the muck of Americanized History.

I'm busy right now wondering how I'll be able to shield and/or explain to my son why his grandparents/greatgrandparents keep referring to his dad as a "stay-at-home mom."

Ever read the first Curious George book? Depressingly colonial. I change the words to make George sad to leave his family and culture. My wife thinks I'm a little sick. :)

]]> By: Steve Hayes http://julieclawson.com/2009/01/24/remembering-the-alamo/comment-page-1/#comment-3970 Steve Hayes Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:29:47 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2009/01/24/remembering-the-alamo/#comment-3970 I don't know much about the Alamo (I suppose i could find out on Wikipedia) by we have the Battle of Isandlwana that perhaps performs a similar function. We took our kids along to the centenary when they were quite young. And sat with friends, and our ancestors had fought on opposite sides. And we can look back on it today and see that neither side were angelic. It was messy, and with no clear moral right on either side -- just like today's wars. I don't know much about the Alamo (I suppose i could find out on Wikipedia) by we have the Battle of Isandlwana that perhaps performs a similar function. We took our kids along to the centenary when they were quite young. And sat with friends, and our ancestors had fought on opposite sides. And we can look back on it today and see that neither side were angelic. It was messy, and with no clear moral right on either side — just like today's wars.

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