Oh ferchrissakes...boo-flippin-hoo. History is under no obligation to make you feel good, Cal Thomas. Do you  have the same attitude towards stories about the holocaust? Should those stories and references be put in the dustbin because they depress you and aren't "uplifting"? 

Matter of fact, why don't you try substituting the "holocaust" for slavery in your next its to depressing so I don't want to hear anymore about it column. Go ahead...I dare ya. 

Many ancestors of those traitors to America, aka the confederates, have been trying to rewrite the history of slavery for 150 years. But whining about how icky the history of slavery makes you feel is truly pathetic.