As we commemorate 250 years of institutional history, we have challenged ourselves to not just have a celebration but to evaluate our heritage. We have added to our services acknowledgments of thefts and violence that are not part of the simple telling of our story. These omissions harm our understanding and should be learned and told. There is work to be done to find those uncomfortable facts and add them to the whole story. It is discomforting to find out that the Massachusetts abolitionists made a point of leaving out those facts in the retellings of their local ancestor stories. As we search to tell the truth, we should seek to tell the whole truth not just look for things to be proud of and not just things to be ashamed of. Empathy instead of pride, shame, or disdain should be the emotion we practice as we discern our history with compassion for our ancestors in the context of their times. How might we do this?