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There are moments in history that people should be reminded of.

So often, we don't realize that the very moments in which we live become our history, our story.

Commemorations can stimulate debate, which will ultimately lead to a greater understanding of the events of our 'through-other' history and to shape a better future.

History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.

I feel like history is about going and discovering the great human stories that just are every bit as relevant as anything that's going on today.

I think of events like the Challenger and 9/11 - events that move us so much that we never quite get over them. So it's important to go back and relive those feelings in order to remember how important those events were to us.

A historical event represents the best and the worst of that moment.

History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.