1936-09: (Ancestral Assessment Not National Mythology — Perez Anticipating That the Journey with Her Niece to the Citadelle and Through Life Would Be One of …
1936-09: (Ancestral Assessment Not National Mythology — Perez Anticipating That the Journey with Her Niece to the Citadelle and Through Life Would Be One of Enlightenment, Her Enthusiasm Not Being a Calling into the Euphoria of National Mythology but Rather a Hope That Future Generations Would Be on a Quest for an Ancestral Assessment — “What Have We Done Since?” — and an Expanded Application of Revolutionary Ideas, the Front Cover of the September Issue Imploring “More Light!”): Perez anticipated that the journey with her niece to the Citadelle (and through life) would be one of enlightenment. Her enthusiasm was not a calling into the euphoria of national mythology. Rather she hoped that future generations would be on a quest for an ancestral assessment — what have we done since? — and an expanded application of revolutionary ideas. As the words on the front cover of the September issue implored, Perez wanted more light — the revolutionary past was not a monument to be worshipped but a standard against which the present must be measured and found wanting.