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Why We Should Learn Our History
On this day in history, on August 10th, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was formed with the funds of Englishman James Smithson with the expressed purpose of “an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
The Smithsonian Institution still succeeds in that goal as they provide an opportunity to better understand our nation and our world to all who may wish it.
The anniversary of this seemingly trivial day in history, mixed with an abundance of footage on the news lately decrying our nation as immoral has led me to question why it actually does matter that we both learn and preserve our history.
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