living history-

Isn’t it such a strange thought to think that what we see as ordinary and plain will someday be the stuff of history books? But then did Julius Caesar think “I’m going to make history right now” when he crossed the Rubicon? Or did John Wilkes Booth know that his name would be known to almost all Americans? Today we watched a video about the 1920s in history and there were clips that always seem to go along with certain eras of history. There’s famous images that really define periods such as:

 

Those are some of the (but certainly not all) of the highlights in the 20th century outside of my lifetime, but what sorts of things do I remember or just even happened so far in my lifetime that probably will be known?