Dear editor:
Everywhere in this nation the Confederate flag is under attack, and in most cases those protesting are entirely ignorant of our history.
When people control the history books, they determine how yet-unborn generations will reflect on our past.
I submit every person who is in favor of removing all Confederate flags, symbols and songs be required to read every speech and debate of Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Grant in a public forum and commit them to memory.
If this were compulsory in our schools there would be no question as to why those of us with Confederate ancestors are proud of their attempt at independence.
Racism did not originate in the South and was not limited to the South; just ask any descendant of the Plains Indians. If the war was fought for equality for all, how come the U.S. government made it their policy to exterminate Native Americans AFTER April 9, 1865?
You will not find any general order or speech from any Confederate, president or general officer who ever called for the extermination of any race. Yet we put the Stars and Stripes on every school and public building, and nobody cares what genocide was carried out under that banner. What hypocrisy.
Charles Byrd, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Dear editor:
Dakotah Durham was an amazing person. I loved him dearly. He always helped me with anything and everything.
Dakotah didn’t just hang with the athletes, he hung out with everybody. I am not an athlete, and me and D were so tight. I love that kid.
Dakotah was an amazing person. Dakotah Ray had expectations; he was going places. I love you, Dakotah Ray. I’ll never forget you.
Kimberly Newsom, Tunnel Hill
Naïve voters
Dear editor:
Fort Oglethorpe voters who voted “no” to liquor by the drink were very naive. People who want to go out to get a drink will go elsewhere and spend their money.
Wake up “no” voters — if a person wants to drink the hard stuff no one is going to stop them. Let’s face it; people will do what they want to and usually when they want to.
Mary Baker-Clark, Rossville
Get facts about organ donation
Dear editor:
How do you feel about organ and tissue donation? Chances are you think it’s a natural, appropriate and giving thing to do and have no real objections to the idea.
If so, you’re one of the nine out of 10 Americans who supports organ and tissue donation. But are you also part of the 66 percent who don’t know how to commit to organ, eye or tissue donation.
This spring is the perfect time to learn those steps. That’s because April is National Donate Life Month, four weeks when donation and transplantation professionals increase their yearlong efforts to educate the public and fellow professionals about the critical shortage of donated organs and tissues.
The steps are simple. Obtain the facts about donation, make a decision, and tell your family members that decision. One could also choose to designate organ donor on a driver’s license, or carry a donor card. Remarkably, one donor can save or enhance the lives of as many as 50 people.
Organs like lungs, hearts and livers save lives; donated kidneys mean freedom from dialysis treatments; and donated pancreases can free diabetics from daily insulin injections. Bone and tissue transplants can restore movement to crippled or injured limbs, prevent amputation, or literally bring sight to the blind.
Today close to 88,000 people wait for an organ that will save their lives — more than 1,500 of whom are Georgians — and hundreds of thousands more could benefit from tissue or cornea donation. You can help. LifeLink can provide you the information to make an informed decision. Call us at (800) 544-6667 to learn how you might donate a life.
Dennis F. Heinrichs, president, Lifelink of Georgia
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