Moving Forward Futures For A Preservation Of History

In today’s society people are more focused on what the latest trend is on social media, instead of focusing on the idea of our past and how it affects our future. With our memories we can reflect on past events and also change our perspective throughout our lives. Whereas, for the idea of history, history is an idea that something did occur and will not change. The idea of history and memories all depends on how a person interprets the event or topic.

Although some people feel that the idea of history relies upon a structure or a memorial, others feel that history can be changed to fit their own interpretation. In the reading Moving Forward Futures for a Preservation, it describes the downfalls and improvements that the idea of historic preservation

The way a person views an event can change over time, whereas history does not change it is written and stated. Take into consideration that for places such as museums these are areas that are “stuck in history” the museum's project what they want the public to understand. In order for the public to relate to these exhibits with the help of their memories they can make connections with their own lives. In the book The Practice of Public History it discusses a section about museums and the criticism the entities receive from the public, whether the exhibits focus on certain races or the general topics. Keep in mind though that with these museums that, “indeed there is a paucity of critical literature in history or museology that explores essential databases and issues and makes accessible a body of considered thought and research,” meaning that history has a deeper meaning to some objects and to some people (349). Whereas for memories, they help shape a way a person interprets

After the Enola Gay's famous flight, it was stored in an airplane hangar and it went through many negotiations for where it should finally be housed. A bill was proposed to "house the Enola Gay in an "Atomic Bomb National Monument" at Alamogordo, New Mexico" (Leninthal, 12) this monument would be supervised by the National Park Service. The bill was shot down and more ideas were brought up for what to do with Enola Gay. The most recent place before the Enola Gay was proposed to be stored at before the Smithsonian, the Enola Gay was sitting in disrepair and needed massive refurbishment. With the urging from WWII veterans the Enola Gay was restored and the government still had no idea what to do with the Enola Gay. Many ideas were proposed or what to do with the Enola Gay the new idea that the government strongly considered was keeping the Enola Gay at the National Air and Space Museum. Much was up for debate though when it came to in what light would the Enola Gay be viewed in. The person in charge of figuring out this exhibit was a man named Harwit who had served in the war. Harwit made sure to inform the public that, "the strong emotions engendered by the aircraft, adding that "the Enola Gay will be displayed in a setting that will recall the history of