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Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it – Edmund Burke
In an era where every product is disposable, where the news cycle operates in 30 sec sound bytes and where your status update is instantly forgotten as quickly as it was to posted, it’s easy to forget the past. But by ignoring history, our capacity to understand who we are and how to avoid our previous mistakes is diminished.
That’s why we’re posting these images for you today, 30 unique moments from around the world that powerfully (and sometimes playfully) define our actions, values & thoughts over the past 100 years.
In an era where every product is disposable, where the news cycle operates in 30 sec sound bytes and where your status update is instantly forgotten as quickly as it was to posted, it’s easy to forget the past. But by ignoring history, our capacity to understand who we are and how to avoid our previous mistakes is diminished.
That’s why we’re posting these images for you today, 30 unique moments from around the world that powerfully (and sometimes playfully) define our actions, values & thoughts over the past 100 years.
A rescue boat comes alongside the USS West Virginia after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Anastasia shares a smoke with her dad, Tsar Nicholas II two years prior to their assassination in 1916.
Wielu324 just after German Luftwaffe bombing the 1st of September 1939. Generally believed to be the 1st terrorist bombing in history.
