An important reframe of who traditionally has received the word 'founder' in regards to American history. It's not enough, but it's a start for sure. What a beautiful piece and place! Thanks for sharing this with us.
This is really beautiful and not what I expected when I first started reading, although I like the dual meaning of "a spot in the woods" since it refers to both VCCA and this sacred place. I hadn't considered the way calling them "founders" is an attempt at whitewashing, but you're so right since it suggests voluntary work. And yet there's also this way that it acts as an asterisk on the term when the school (and others like it) talks about founders. In the same way it should for our country's founders, too.
An important reframe of who traditionally has received the word 'founder' in regards to American history. It's not enough, but it's a start for sure. What a beautiful piece and place! Thanks for sharing this with us.
This is really beautiful and not what I expected when I first started reading, although I like the dual meaning of "a spot in the woods" since it refers to both VCCA and this sacred place. I hadn't considered the way calling them "founders" is an attempt at whitewashing, but you're so right since it suggests voluntary work. And yet there's also this way that it acts as an asterisk on the term when the school (and others like it) talks about founders. In the same way it should for our country's founders, too.