Paul Cooper posted this interesting history thread about some ancient ruins research he did about the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece. He became fixated on the weird protuberance pictured on the top of the building and fell down a rabbit hole trying to figure it out:
Source: Paul Cooper
(via: Cheezburger)
Erasing history is always a loss. Even the bad events serve as sign posts to prevent them happening again. Those that are erasing the old statues and monuments are just clearing the way for history to repeat.
“Those that are erasing the old statues and monuments are just clearing the way for history to repeat.”
Not necessarily. Monuments aren’t “history” in and of themselves. A number of the monuments to Confederate soldiers were hastily put up by a single group not to commemorate “history” but rather to intimidate an underprivileged class.
Look at it this way – at West Point, if you attend a class discussing the Civil War, you’re going to hear about some military victories Robert E. Lee enjoyed, regardless of whether or not there’s also a statue of Robert E. Lee out on the campus. “History” isn’t going to change if that statue is removed; what WILL change is the notion that we are somehow honoring a person who actually committed treason.