In last week’s Poll, two of the five people quoted say that history was the most useless thing they learned in school. How sad. After all, history is current events seen in the rearview mirror, and studying history helps one to interpret the present and prepare for the future.
Just for World War II, listen or read Winston Churchill’s speeches, read Ernie Pyle’s dispatches from London and the battlefields, read Pegasus Bridge (glider pilots) and life in Hawaii during WWII. Read these and tell me that history is “useless.” As George Santayana said, “If you don’t know history, you are doomed to repeat it.”
History useless? Not on your tintype.
Arg Bacon
Honolulu
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