tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post112924737872730812..comments2023-05-26T07:27:01.560-07:00Comments on Inexpugnable: Their Graves were Marked with Stonesvoixd'angehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03999151450694973251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post-1129862491978926132005-10-20T19:41:00.000-07:002005-10-20T19:41:00.000-07:00Yes indeed it can be.Yes indeed it can be.voixd'angehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999151450694973251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post-1129817625632644152005-10-20T07:13:00.000-07:002005-10-20T07:13:00.000-07:00I've a last name that is fairly uncommon and fairl...I've a last name that is fairly uncommon and fairly easy to trace. There was another fellow named Daniel Trabue who was a young contemporary of Dan'l Boone who grew up and wrote a memoir (that has been re-published recently) that included a history of the Huguenot Trabues leaving France and living in Virginia and Kentucky. As far as I can tell, nearly all US Trabues are descended from this same family.<BR/><BR/>All this is pretty cool knowledge to have at hand.<BR/><BR/>And yet, reading the book and seeing his matter-of-fact depiction of "having to" kill savages (native americans) and of holding slaves is an unsettling reminder of our - MY - not-too-distant past.<BR/><BR/>In my hometown, there are black Trabues and white Trabues and we cross paths occasionally and graciously. It is quite humbling, on my part though, to meet people who are so kind to me when we both know our common history.<BR/><BR/>Grace and forgiveness can be overwhelming.Dan Trabuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303597141397042669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post-1129781894012112322005-10-19T21:18:00.000-07:002005-10-19T21:18:00.000-07:00This is an amazing opportunity for you gain knowle...This is an amazing opportunity for you gain knowledge and more importantly, insight into yourself and humanity.Sarah Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165906925703092225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post-1129396176357672712005-10-15T10:09:00.000-07:002005-10-15T10:09:00.000-07:00History itself is an eternal force, with a strong ...History itself is an eternal force, with a strong element of autre temps autre mores. That's not an excuse, but it is worth bearing in mind.soaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790321557588574136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post-1129344081210224262005-10-14T19:41:00.000-07:002005-10-14T19:41:00.000-07:00It has been an emotional and spiritual one. I have...It has been an emotional and spiritual one. I have been praying for this for quite a while, but to me it was like a fantasy,I don't think I ever really beleived it could actually happen. So I'm thinking that it was God giving me the desires of my heart rather than a response to faith. There have been several moments while I have researched my family's involement in slavery that have been very difficult. For example when I discovered my family's envolvement in passing legislation to enslave Native Americans ... as if one race wasn't bad enough, I became physically ill. <BR/><BR/>I feel strangely as if some eternal force is moving me on this, almost as if my ancestors are calling from the grave.voixd'angehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999151450694973251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12672109.post-1129343423300220592005-10-14T19:30:00.000-07:002005-10-14T19:30:00.000-07:00If I may ask, has this been a difficult discovery ...If I may ask, has this been a difficult discovery for you?Constantine https://www.blogger.com/profile/02399573462513951395noreply@blogger.com