Essay On The Meaning Of History By Edmund Burke

“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it,” Edmund Burke. This is a very famous quote that most people in the United States are familiar with. Burke was a man of incredible insight who served on the British Parliament. His main subject of interest lied within the American Colonies. Years after his death, one can clearly see just how right he truly was. Today in America, many people have forgotten our history. Unfortunately, the prospect of always moving forward has greatly decreased people’s interest in what happened before this new modern age. This new thinking has led to many of the problems that the United States deals with daily. Instead of moving forward, many people would argue that America is moving backwards. Some would even say that, sooner or later, history will repeat itself in the form of

As long as the American people know their history, we will know how to avoid repeating it. We will be able to call ourselves the American People. While some of our history is filled with hardships and other black marks, this does not mean people should try to erase it. In order to avoid repeating history, we must be aware of it. If we realize this, we can be united once again. Being aware of one’s history has many more advantages than just knowing how to avoid repeating it. It also gives people hope. The question that now arises is what is this hope. This hope cannot be realized without first knowing what the Founding Fathers hoped that America would be. Founders like John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington had the hope that America would become the greatest nation the world had ever known. Americans today have that same hope. It is only by knowing all that has happened in the course of American history that we can become what our founders