The 21st. Century A new day
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
by David Tanguay
The 20th. Century presented to us challenges, opportunities and many options to become successful. In this country, the American dream of coming from rags to riches was quite prevalent.
In the beginning of the 20th.Century with the coming of the automobile, airplane and inventions galore the nation was moving swiftly in a fast passed world.
From the glamour stars of the roaring 20s to the rebellious hippies of the 60s, we as a nation went through many stages in our development.
During the turbulent times of the 60s with the assassination of President John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, being involved in the Vietnam War the young rebels of those times provoking demonstrations and chaos on our university campuses.
In 1970 on the Kent State university campus when the National Guard opened fire on demonstrators and left four dead and nine injured. This was a grave injustice on the hands of our military.
The Kent State massacre
The outlook of our nation looked very bleak in those days. However, President Nixon took office in Jan. of ‘69. His dream was for a generation of peace during his administration although it started out gloomy by the year 1972 he brought the world into world peace.
There was no more college demonstrations on campus, awakened to a new day were the young in this land.
We have embarked on a new day the 21st. Century is here it began quite tragically; with 9/11, yes we have a terrorist threat hovering over us today. We are engaged in war with a people who believe they are working for their God, Allah.
We must come to an agreement and understanding with the Muslim world to live in peace with one another. Once united there is no stopping us as a people moving into a new era of time where our possibilities are limitless.
Yes, let the 21st. Century bring us a new world with peace, love and happiness among all people of the world.
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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