Battle of Bannockburn

[macwilkin]

The trouble is that we SHOULD all learn from it,but if history is learnt from the back of a biscuit tin and perhaps well meant misinformation then you history teachers might as well talk to yourselves.I really don't mean to be rude,I do apologise, but a battle won does not mean that the war is won and lessons have been learned by the majority. I wish it were so, as you undoubtedly do. As you can see rose tinted history does not impress me one bit! Bannockburn was a Scots victory over the English,of that there is no doubt.There is also no doubt that it was no victory for Scotland in the short,medium and long term and the Scots were,largely betrayed by their own countrymen.I see little to celibrate today.

Sorry, Jock, but I have to disagree wi' you; the bravery of the Scottish soldiers engaged on the field should always be celebrated -- and for that matter, the English as well.

Remember, I worked for a number of years at an American Civil War Battlefield -- if you want to talk about "rose-coloured glasses", I dealt with it on a daily basis.

But, the reason I went to work every day was the memory of 537 Americans who gave their lives on 10 August 1861. There was no blue or grey, but blood red that day. Now, only the prairie grass blows where armies stood.

The Lakota have a saying, "A people without history are like the wind in the buffalo grass."

Todd