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James W. Loewen

“When you see a roadside marker, take in what it tells but also ask, how might this be wrong? One giveaway is the use of qualifying phrases introducing statements of fact, as in: “According to tradition...” or “According to the legislature...” Visitors can count on the rest of such sentences to be unsubstantiated.”

James W. Loewen, Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong
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Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong by James W. Loewen
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