And my ancestors were brutalized, forced off their land and had children murdered by patriots in the Mohawk Valley of New York State during the American War of Independence. They fled to Canada as Loyalists. Yet I am not going to New York and demand their land back even though I know exactly where it is. My grandparents moved on, I have moved on. I hope that all people can get to the point where they acknowledge history did bad things to many to people and then learn to live with each other. If we don't, we risk becoming a tribal society constantly at war within ourselves over past grudges.