The Left Destroys History With Its Anti-American Victim Narrative

The Left Destroys History With Its Anti-American Victim Narrative

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is lowered to a truck for removal May 19, 2017, from Lee Circle in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld)

"...I am a historian by trade. 
One of the most important moments I experienced in my graduate training was when a professor explained that her doctorate was in the “philosophy of history,” not history itself. 
It is an important distinction because people equate history with mastering historical trivia. 
...We have all heard the well-worn rejoinder, "Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it." Nevertheless, many in our society go about their daily lives with little or no regard for history or those who write it. 
It is enough to beg the question, "Is history obsolete?" 
The answer, of course, is no. 
However, it is time that those in the profession reevaluate how we present history to the public and adopt strategies to address the problem of societal disinterest. 
If no remedy is found, it is historians themselves who face becoming irrelevant."
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