History Isn't Just What Happened, But What

I'm Absolutely Positive It's In Our Human Nature To Want To Know About The Past. The Two Most Popular Movies Of All Time, While Not Historically Accurate, Are About Core Historic Events: 'gone With The Wind' And 'titanic.'

Housetops Were Covered With 'gazers'; All Wharves That Offered A View Were Jammed With People ... As British Officers Happily Reminded One Another, It Was The Largest Fleet Ever Seen In American Waters. In Fact It Was The Largest Expeditionary Force Of The 18th Century, The Largest, Most Powerful Force Ever Sent Forth By Britain Or Any Other Nation.

First Of All, You Can Make The Argument That There's No Such Thing As The Past. Nobody Lived In The Past.

I Feel That What I Do Is A Calling. I Would Pay To Do What I Do If I Had To. I Will Never Live Long Enough To Do The Work I Want To Do: The Books I Would Like To Write, The Ideas I Would Like To Explore.

Each Generation, We Peel Back Biases That Have Blinded Those Before Us. The More We Know About The Past Enables Us To Ask Richer And More Provocative Questions About Who We Are Today.