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A sad, sad situation.....
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Posted by: JeriRose12
(From my emails)
>~~Missing Words~~
>
>SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL
>CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?
>
>A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:
>
>Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington, DC !
>I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one
>of the youngest in the crowd Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of
>"the greatest war," with their families. It was a beautiful day, and
>people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around
>the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are
>engraved there.
>
>On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read the
>Words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor:
>
>" Yesterday, December 7, 1941-- a date which will live in infamy--the
>United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked. ...."
>
>One elderly woman read the words aloud:
>
>" With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination of
>our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph...."
>
>But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry "Wait a minute," she said,
>"they left out the end of the quote. They left out the most important part
>!! Roosevelt ended the message with "so help us God.'"
>
>Her husband said, "You are probably right. We're not supposed to say
>Things like that now.."
>
>"I know I'm right," she insisted. "I remember the speech." The two looked
>dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.
>
>Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself,Well, it has been over
>50 years she's probably forgotten."
>
>But she had not forgotten. She was right.
>
>I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading --- "Flags of
>Our Fathers" by James Bradley. It's all about the battle at Iwo Jima.
>I haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to read because it's a
>graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific.
>
>But right there it was on pa ge 58. Roosevelt's speech to the nation ends
>In "so help us God "
>
>The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on
>the memorial could have fooled me, I was born after the war ! But they
>couldn't fool the people who were there. Roosevelt's words are engraved
>on their hearts.
>
>Now I ask: "WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF
>HISTORY?????????"
>IN GOD WE STILL TRUST
Submitted by ~JeriRose~ 
Posted by: akabezalel
Once again... PLEASE check these things with either truth or fiction or scopes BEFORE you put them on the site!
The WW II Memorial in Washington DC Edits God out of Roosevelt Quote-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor
A inscription on the new WW II memorial in Washington DC cites President Franklin Roosevelt's famous "Day of infamy" quote about the attack of the Japanese on Pearl Harbor in 1941, but leaves the phrase "So help us God" out.
The Truth
The eRumor is simply wrong.
There is a list of all the inscriptions on the World War II Memorial on the official website at www.wwiimemorial.com.
One of them is from Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech, but is not the portion quoted in the eRumor.
According to the website, this is the inscription:
"DECEMBER 7, 1941, A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY…NO
MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE US TO OVERCOME THIS
PREMEDITATED INVASION, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN THEIR
RIGHTEOUS MIGHT, WILL WIN THROUGH TO ABSOLUTE VICTORY."
The inscription uses the first phrase from Roosevelt's speech then jumps down several paragraphs and draws a sentence from a portion of the speech that does not have any connection to the expression "So help us God."
That phrase is near the end of the speech in a paragraph that says, "With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God."