RT @ninaturner
When Harriet Tubman was born, Thomas Jefferson was alive.
When Harriet Tubman died, Ronald Reagan was alive.
We are not as far removed from history as some would lead us to believe.
@peterrelph2 @Nash076 Exactly. To understand ourselves we must understand our history. As you stated, our history is who we are.
And yet, there are lots of people who argue that history is worthless and a waste of time to study. I disagree of course. I argue that if you are to have any chance of predicting the future, you must study history.
@shuttersparks @peterrelph2 @Nash076
Someone said (paraphrasing) of we don't learn from history we will forever relive it.
@shuttersparks @Nash076 My grandfather died in 1917 in WW1, my father in 1978.
@shuttersparks @Nash076
History is not behind us, it is within us & around us physically & culturally, in our laws & their basis & our imbibed prejudices & our very language.
We ARE our history.
To deny it is to deny our very selves.