As I sit here with a growing headache, extreme tiredness, and my pink fuzzy slippers upon my feet, I think of what history preservation is in my life. And then it hits me – preservation is the future. History is the future. We can not even start to try to understand what is to come if we can’t understand what has happened. That is why I am passionate about this and why I am at the Youth Summit once again. Tonight, we listened to numerous people who all have different jobs; lobbyist, senator, archaeologists, museum directors; all have different careers yet all have the same thing in common; a passion for history and a passion to share that history with the world. I am proud to say that I am able to help with that mission too. At last year’s Youth Summit, we gave suggestions on how they should improve the Denver Heritage Trail. Tonight, they showed us that they did listen to our suggestions; they did use our ideas. The Denver Story Trek is up and running and it is just so cool that I get to say that I was a part of that. I helped make that happen. Some of you may think that it isn’t a big deal. But it is. History is a big deal. We will be lying if we say that we always remember that. History is everywhere and it is everything. So, as I sit here with my pink fuzzy slippers upon my feet, I make a promise to myself that I will remember that history is important; it is a big deal; we need history.
~Sammy : )
