A Museum of British History
Hell yes! We should celebrate British history. Not all of it is as great, pretty, and morally righteous as we may wish, be we should showcase it anyway. History is essential to the modern world. It made us what and who we are. Through history we learn lessons, and understand the reasons behind the way the world works.
British history is our history. The history of our nation. What made us who we are. We should have a museum of British history to remind us - and the world - of our history, of our role in making the world what it is. Of course it isn’t all great but I think that, overall, Britain’s role in world history has been positive.
We should have a museum of British history to remind us both of what our nation has done right and wrong in the past, and how we have developed into the nation we are today. After all, it’s not like we would have to struggle to fill it!
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Agree completely.
You are quite right, I am just reading a story set in Greece today where schoolchildren actively celebrate and learn about their culture and civilization in a way we don’t do here.