So our (un)elected betters at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) have declared that we can’t have those pesky white (and Black) reenactors pretend to be Indians for the Battle of Bushy Run event. Even though a large contingent of our voting citizens attended the battle reenactment annually.
Not to worry — who needs Indians at the battle anyway? We can have these white (and Black) folks, mainly men, pretend that they are women. Just for a day. Who could object to that? Many liberals, woefully deficient in knowledge of science, have taken that idea to heart in other areas — why not here? Women can fight.
The article “Pa. agency explains why it enacted new ‘no force-on-force rule’ for Bushy Run, other sites” (Feb. 6, TribLIVE) stated that PHMC external affairs director Howard Pollman “said that PHMC informed Bushy Run leaders that it intended to provide the funding to include Native American interpreters in the planning and implementation of Bushy Run’s 260th anniversary event.”
The Trib writer, no offense, unfortunately left out a secondary statement. The PHMC also declared that they are canceling World War I and II observances at cemeteries throughout the commonwealth, unless proper consultation with German and Italian authorities are held. After all, they were part of those battles in Europe. You know, that goose-gander thing.
Don Carrera Penn Township, Westmoreland County