Not happening soon

Regarding Mr. DuVall’s well-written letter, “We’ll come together”: I only wish it were so, but it’s not going to happen anytime soon. There are too many that profit from keeping us apart. We did come together on that day that lives in infamy. But today, factions such as the socalled elite in their quest for power; Wall Street taking advantage of our Ponzi economic system; the racial divide kept alive by those that profit from it; the forward march of the hammer-and-sickle type with their quest for a power grab which, once established, can never be dislodged; and I won’t address the immigration crisis which lets in those that hate us. Many forces are working against us.

We did come together on that day that still lives in my memory. I recall Native American chiefs met to decide if they should participate in the white man’s war, and they did. They gave us their warrior attitude with skills such as Code Talk messaging that messed up the enemy’s head and, of course, there were our elite bigots who were skeptical if Blacks could measure up. They served magnificently on land, sea and in the air and returned to be welcomed by what? Jim Crow. That really helped bring us together. I wonder which party was behind this.

Our Constitution, up to now, has served us well with protection from an obtrusive government, freedom of and from religion and equal rights for all. It is being chipped away by all sorts of special interests and the more it gets chipped away, the less freedom you are going to have. If you want to be reminded of how precious freedom is, do as I do, let YouTube take you back to Fort McHenry, which inspired our national anthem. Contemplate that. Then, maybe we can all come together.

DONAL B. WRIGHT Cabot