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HistoryMystery
The theme for this
column is " Famous
People Born in
Virginia. " You are
invited to submit your
guess as to the
identity of the person
pictured at right and
submit it in writing,
along with your
name, address and
phone number, via mail to History Mystery, c/o
Cooperative Living, P.O. Box 2340, Glen Allen, VA
23058-2340 or guess online at co-opliving.com under
" Contests. " The deadline for this month's entries is
Jan. 18, 2019. Correct entries will be placed in a
drawing and the winner announced in the March-April
2019 issue. The winner will receive a check for $25. 
4) It's free speech;
5) Listen to the players to have more
tolerance for others' views.
The First Amendment doesn't guarantee
free speech at work. You can lose your job
for speech or actions on or off the job.
The NFL players have a job. The NFL is
a business. It has frequently quashed " free
speech " at work in various forms by players,
including expression of Christian beliefs,
raising awareness of domestic violence,
mental health disorders and disease. The
anti-police expression has been supported
Our October History Mystery subject was
Mary Jeffery Galt (1844-1922), who led the
creation of our nation's first statewide historicpreservation
group. Galt's family moved to
Botetourt County in the early 1850s. In the late
1880s, her mother showed her an article in the
Southern Churchman describing the poor
condition of Powhatan's Chimney, a 17th-century
ruin in Gloucester County. Concerned about
saving this and other neglected historic sites,
Galt met with Norfolk Mayor Barton Myers. On
Jan. 4, 1889, she and close friend Cynthia Tucker
Coleman founded the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA).
APVA's Norfolk chapter initially focused its
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efforts on preserving Jamestown Island, site of
the first permanent English settlement in North America. Beginning in
1894, Galt oversaw archaeological work at the Jamestown church, of
which only the tower survived. When early excavations revealed
several graves as well as foundations, she took a progressive approach
that emphasized the need for extensive research and minimal
interference with the historic site, other than stabilizing the tower.
In 1902, Galt moved to New York City to live with the children of
her brother, a naval officer, but remained an honorary vice president
of the APVA until her death on June 30, 1922, in Newport News.
Reader Kathryn Baker of Lovettsville City was our $25 winner.
Congratulations, Kathryn! 
while Back the Blue-type expression
was sacked.
The NFL's double-standard has been noted
in these two excellent articles: NFL's Free
Speech History by Jeanine Martin and, NFL
Hypocrisy: They Refuse to Ban Kneeling, But
Banned All These Other Things by Cillian Zeal.
Don't kid yourself that the NFL is allowing
free speech. They are allowing PC speech,
which the liberal media will applaud. That
is more important to the NFL than the
patriotic fans who find kneeling during our
national anthem to be insulting and offensive.
The person who wrote to oppose kneeling
by NFL players during the national anthem
was dissenting against the use of a sporting
event to purposefully disrespect our
country's national anthem for fuzzy political
purposes. These millionaire athletes have
many other venues at their disposal, outside
of their jobs, for their political activism.
- Martha Dudley
Madison
DISMISSING ANOTHER'S VIEWPOINT
IS DISRESPECTFUL
My heart was touched by the reader who
wrote in the Mailbag that kneeling during
the national anthem is disrespectful to
our veterans.
I would like to point out, though, that
most of the freedoms and privileges we
enjoy today came from everyday American
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veterans and civilians who rose up against
injustice and wrongs wherever they found
them. I consider it a great disrespect to try
to dismiss another's viewpoint without
introspection upon the issue. " Want for your
brother/sister what you want for yourself. "
- Deborah Thomas
Meherrin
KNEELING DURING THE ANTHEM IS
DISRESPECTFUL, PERIOD
" Ladies and gentlemen, please rise,
remove your hat, and join us in singing our
national anthem. "
Anyone who has ever attended a
sporting event recognizes those words.
They reinforce the respectful treatment of
our national anthem and the American flag
that we salute when we sing it. Rise and
remove your hat ― to do otherwise is to be
disrespectful. This is an American social
norm and represents the expectation
against which respect must be measured.
As so often happens, the debate has
meandered and lost focus. Respect is a
function of action, time and venue. Note
that the words " right " and " purpose " aren't
in there. Is it disrespectful to belch loudly
in church before people arrive for Sunday
service? Probably not. How about while
a priest delivers your late grandmother's
eulogy? Most reasonable people agree
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