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Day Seven of Ten: Ten of your favorite historical moments
You know, that is the problem I have with lists and memes – it is easy to write down “do this” and then you get to thinking about it and go, “huh”? Favorite? If you are not a history buff, then what does that mean? You weren’t there and when you come right down to it? You don’t actually know what happened, not really.
That moment when hominids decided that community [tribe, group, population, whatever] was important, which led to communication and bonding beyond the immediate family unit and the transmission of oral memories across generations.
That moment when writing became a way to store and transmit memories
The birth of the great religious leaders and religions – pick one, they all had a huge impact, neh?
The invention of the movable type printing press whether you agree that it was 1040 by Bi Sheng or in 1439 by Johannes Gutenberg
The signing of the Magna Carta
The meeting of Napoleon and Josephine
The high-water mark of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg
The stand at Rourke’s Drift that was so graphically portrayed in Zulu. Was it accurate? Who knows, but that moment at the redoubt never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
Neil Armstrong walking on the moon
When the internet went “live” 08.06.1991. I joined the online world a couple years later – not a first adopter or trendsetter by any means, but one of those quick to jump in
Honorable mention: When Thomas Jonathan Jackson forever became known as “Stonewall Jackson” at the first Battle of Manassas.
"a perfect moment" is the title of this picture and it seemed like a good wrap to this post
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