Ely Parker reply when Lee surrendered

Ely Parker reply when Lee surrendered

When general Lee surrendered at the end of the Civil War he saw that Grant's military secretary, Ely Parker, was a Seneca Indian and said: “ I am glad to see one real American here.” To which Parker responded: “We are all Americans”.

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