Fort Johnston, near Southport, NC, is in danger of become a homeless shelter.
This Fort has a long and colorful history and should be preserved for the people of North Carolina and, indeed, the people of the US.
But today, we must wonder if the Fort Johnston will long survive.
For the full story go to the "Star News Online" at:
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/NEWS/606250378
"History Challenged" could so easily be used to describe the citizens of the US, today. To lose this Historic site is simply another symptom of a people, with no anchor, drifting in the currents of time and bound to wind up on the rocks. How can one know where one is going, if one doesn't know where one has been?
Preservation of "Historic Sites", in the US, should be a priority of the American people. Instead, historic sites are being bulldozed with shopping malls, apartment building, motels and hotels, and now, the possibility of a homeless shelter, defacing their sacred history.
(Now, before I am deluged with hateful comments about my "insensitivity to the homeless", let me say that homeless shelters, unfortunately, are necessary. But, I fail to see how destroying a genuine Historic Site, to provide one, is necessary.)
America is adrift. Is it any wonder?Longstreet
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