What historical event fascinates you the most? – An interesting question from the daily writing prompt.

My first thought was World War II. And I went back and looked at last year’s answer and I had chosen that also in a post called History Question. It’s a good post because my family was significantly involved in that war both abroad and at home because it affected the families working in the states, many of whom were working in direct support of the war effort. There are several images of the WWII memorial in that post.

That war and 9/11 were probably the two times this country was really united.

I’ll go back to that war another day because the part about history that fascinates me now is our present days.

I think we are partly in the situation we find ourselves in now in the United States is because a lot of us don’t know history. So many of the things happening now have happened before. And that led to some horrible events in the world’s history.

People in power are undermining what we, our parents, our grandparents and their parents built. We have been divided. Fear and prejudice have been installed and brought back out in many. Instead of a President for all, we have one that only pretends to care about his most loyal followers and everyone else is the enemy.

What we do in the coming days, weeks, months and the next few years is going to be a turning point, one way or another. And we oversee that direction. Let’s not disappoint those who gave so much.