September 15, 2017

     This day changed the world. No one knows why, except for a select, perhaps unlucky few. Most defining moments in history center on a death or deaths—assassinations, coups, wars, revolutions, executions. This day was no different. While morbid that humans so often use death as a historical marker, it makes logical sense. Death is the end of something or someone. It is the culmination of events that leads to an inevitable conclusion—an ending that begets a new beginning.

     For most historical events, no one focuses on the moments leading up to them. The reason is simple enough. They’re innocuous and seemingly unrelated, but after enough time, history reveals that everything is connected, and everything is important. Most people think “enough time” means a few years, maybe a decade, or at most a lifetime. That’s because people focus on things from their perspective, but what if enough time hasn’t passed?

     It is widely accepted that history was written by the victors. If that’s true, it means history has one-half of the story at best, and at worst, it is full of lies. But which is it? The key to unlocking that answer—September 15, 2017.