Letter to the Editor: Forgiving atrocities of the Civil War

It was with sorrow that I heard the RIC commemoration planned for January 17 was deferred. Surely we are mature and Christian enough to forgive the past.

Letter to the Editor: Forgiving atrocities of the Civil War
Mon, 13 Jan, 2020 - 00:00

It was with sorrow that I heard the RIC commemoration planned for January 17 was deferred. Surely we are mature and Christian enough to forgive the past.

We cannot reverse the atrocities of the past and for those members who did not commit them, it is right that we should commemorate the whole.

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