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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see the issue. It's history.

[b]Do you also not tour houses like Mount Vernon? [/quote][/b]

Mount Vernon is a museum. And they talk a lot about slavery there. Similarly, former concentration camps are now essentially museums.

Not all museums are appropriate for weddings.[/quote]
Barely, they barely mention slavery at Mt. Vernon. In fact, they don't want to talk about it at all, if they had their way, the older generation there. How often do you hear that George dearest had over 150 slaves in a regular tour?[/quote]

Huh?  Outside of the house tour, almost all the outbuildings are slaves' quarters or work buildings.

Are you sure that you've been to Mt Vernon?[/quote]

Seriously -- They have a whole exhibit about the slaves he owned and the conditions in which they worked.

Now the plantation we visited outside Charleston was very different and we left regretting giving them money because they told us the slaves had good lives there ... [/quote]

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