History in the Making

Today is the day that we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. A person who has fought for what he believed and stopped at nothing to make his opinion heard. With all respect for MLK, I feel that this years celebration may not get the appreciation and celebration that it normally does due to the historical moment happening tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a day that will go down in history as the first African American President of the United States is inaugurated. It will be a day that all history books will talk about and point out that the United States has changed. Future generations will learn of the man who fought and showed that change is something that was bound to come and that this is the time that we need to have it. With such a economic crisis, Barrack Obama will have to prove that he is the man for the job. The man that he showed this nation in the presidential race over the past year and the person who believes this nation can change for the better.

With two spectacular historic events happening, one from the past and one for the future, I feel that the entire nation is more focused on the one that is effecting the future. This is not wrong to do. I encourage you to look into the future, but to never forget the past.