Well, why do we need a legacy? Why do we want to leave something behind? To begin, we are are part of a legacy. The legacy of the Greeks, democracy; the Romans, law; England and the Glorious Revolution of 1688(go ahead and Google); The American Revolution; The Civil War, the New Deal; the defeat of the Axis; I love Harry Truman; the Promise of Kennedy; walking on the moon; the Great Communicator(figure it out); the civil rights movement; 9-11; on and on. It is a great legacy of freedom and the struggle to achieve it and keep it. With that legacy that was forged in many cases in blood comes an awesome responsibility - to maintain it for the following generations. Legacy has to be taught, learned and appreciated. So in the end we cannot and should not leave behind what was. The value of that legacy in incalculable.
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