The past remains integral to us all, individually and collectively. We must concede the ancients their place, as I have argued. But their place is not simply back there in a separate and foreign country; it is assimilated in ourselves, and resurrected into an ever-changing present. – David Lowenthal, The Past Is a Foreign Country

Histories are a kind of distilled newspapers. – Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship

[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead – and so the imagination of the living. – William Carlos Williams

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror. – Michael N. Castle