History

Winston Churchill said..."Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft."

"One can choose to wing it,  go through life through trial and error. Yes, making mistakes can be a good education, but knowing your history and learning from another's past mistakes can leave you a much clearer blueprint for life with fewer do-overs and painful lessons."

Marian Beatty

George Santayana said "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

FORWARD PROGRESS

Take a walk through life

Meander if you so choose

Do it without a map

Wrong turns are progress you lose

Perhaps before you begin your journey

And at stops along the way

Review a bit of history

Avoid mistakes that make you pay

Forward progress is most desired

And can be handled appropriately

If you take the time to review

A bit of history

We have a couple lost generations who have no idea of history...even their own national history...so we wonder where national pride went. Where are the patriots? The new patriots that can speak of national pride? America has been engineered socially to the point where the only thinking going on is what information the government provides. Could this have something to do with the high drop out rates in schools? (Just a thought) James Dixon

JFK..."History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside."

THE SEA OF KNOWLEDGE

The tide comes in with bits of knowledge

Gathered from the deep sea of history

It comes from the hard knocks college

And is an education that is free

Go to that beach and collect

The stonesj and shells of history past

The gems in this sand that you collect

Can put success into your grasp

"They can change what history is in the books, they can hide history from our children by limiting what oppressors wish to negate.

All I can say is talk to your children, teach them all the history you learned before oppressors began to alter it to fit their own agendas. Point out that truth about our history can be found in old books and on the Internet.

Maybe, if we arm ourselves with the truth from the past along with our patriotism and guns,  we can thwart the damage being done by the re-arrival of the tyrants."

Marian Beatty