Congress ignores history

Liberals are awfully good at rewriting history where they please and completely ignoring history when it suits them. Since the Left presently dominates the United States Congress, it should not be seen as the least bit surprising that they are doing nothing whatsoever to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States:
 

In a time when Congress needs all the help it can get with the America public, you would think that honoring the men and women who lived, fought and died during the worst war in which the nation has been involved, would be of high order on the Congressional agenda.

More people died in that war than all of America's wars before or since, combined! The U.S. Civil War affected this nation in ways that continue to affect the populace. We continue to reap the winds of that war.

Is it just me, or have others in our part of the country who have readied themselves to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Late Unpleasantness sensed a kind of clandestine effort on the part of Washington to ignore the subject of the war during the anniversary period? Perhaps the President would not care to have Americans be reminded what some States did in 1860-61 when they felt that the federal government took an overly-involved interest in their internal affairs...

Thankfully, at least the Tennessee General Assembly is trying to do something. Led by the Deputy Speaker of the House Steve McDaniel (R-Parkers Crossroads) members from all political persuasions and both sides of the aisle have been participating in reading about events leading up to the outbreak of the war both last year and this year aloud on the House floor when time allows in the run-up to the 150th anniversary. It isn't much, but perhaps the readings may spur wider commemorations of the Late War throughout the Volunteer State.