I hope that when future historians write about this period

History is the stuff that can never be changed.

It is only in the context of history that we as species understand ourselves.
How we act and react under stress and challenges. And what is possible going forth.

We are a moving drama. This is only a brief moment in that dynamic, but the
future will be shaped by what we do or do not do now. And future people's
will look to this generation to see how our decisions have determined their lives.

I was going to respond, but you did better than I could have.

there will be master's theses and doctoral dissertations about these trying times. All of the supporting cast will get at least a dishonorable mention.

would show this to be false.
Current events might be written (or perhaps the talking points controlled) by the winners. But those of us who've spent our lives as professional historians will always get the story out as accurately as we can. The British colonists who "settled" Virginia and Massachusetts certainly appear to be winners. But the stories of the indigenous peoples they tried to destroy are ever-more present. The stories of the conquests of the Americas, for instance, are ever-evolving, and the Europeans do not look so good.
I say this as someone who's written on indigenous peoples of Mexico for nearly 20 years. It may take awhile, but historians have long memories.