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The Museum of Tolerance: A Day that Changed Perspectives “Let us not forget, after all, that there is always a moment when the moral choice is made. Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice, a choice for humanity, for life.” A quote by Elie Wiesel. In the past few months a lot has happened, to influence my choices as a person. We as a nation have gained a new president, Donald Trump. A person who I personally would never aspire to be anything like nor replicate any of his actions. Another thing that happened, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease, not really a big deal in the scheme of things, but was a pretty big deal for me. Then there was Febuary tenth about two weeks ago when everything was really put into perspective. Our teacher announced where we were going a few days before the trip. She explained that we would be taking a fieldtrip to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. She told us it would be a hard day, but I had no...

Last Friday February 10, me and my class took a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. the building was big, the outside was painted darkly while the inside was brightly lit and white painted walls. The whole museum smelled rather clean which is surprising given this is a museum to honor the Holocaust. As we walked through the museum you could almost feel the pain and suffering caused to so many people. Our guide was extremely intense filled with strong emotions. As we walked slowly through the museum many cried, understandably so. It was devastating to truly see and discover what awful things occurred during they Holocaust. To think that humans did that to other humans is devastating. After having been shown and told of all these terrible thing that occurred in the Holocaust, some call you a witness. Meaning you are a part of what horrible things occurred, not meaning you were there and you saw it. When someone says you are a witness it is then your responsibility to ...

Dear Jefferson Davis, I am writing you today to seek an end to this devastating, and fatal war. For four years this war has raged on. I firmly believe that you and your states should come to join my country once again. I believe that if you join us once again we can resolve our disagreements, and truly become one nation. Both of us have already sustained immense tragedies not only in people but also supplies, land, and resources. If we continue at this rate there will be nothing left for your children and their children to come home too. Sincerely, Abraham Lincoln