Tom Hanks Gets it!

[Palehorse]

I know I've been saying this right here in this forum for years now, and finally someone else gets it!

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks on Saturday night urged the importance of understanding and learning from history, especially for those troubled by the current state of affairs.

"People are upset about what's going on today. They're furious, they're frustrated, they're worked up," Hanks said. "If you're concerned about what's going on today, read history and figure out what to do because it's all right there."
Hanks was honored by the National Archives Foundation with the "Records of Achievement Award" at their annual gala in Washington. The award "is the highest honor given by the National Archives Foundation to an individual whose work has fostered a broader national awareness of the history and identity of the United States through the use of original National Archives records," according to a statement from the foundation.

"No actor has covered the span of 20th-century American history as broadly as honoree Tom Hanks," David Ferriero, archivist of the United States, said in the statement.
Asked about how to deal with Confederate monuments, statues of Christopher Columbus, and their role in marking history, Hanks said it was important to have a dialogue.

"Let's have that discussion, let's have that be part and parcel to an ongoing reexamination about what is taught about (America's founding)," Hanks said. However, he said he does not believe that the dialogue needs to include destruction.
"But the destruction, the destruction is anti-social, period, the end. Be intelligent, and be smart, write about it, bring it up, talk about it," he said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/politics/tom-hanks-national-archives/index.html

[libby]

I know I've been saying this right here in this forum for years now, and finally someone else gets it!

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks on Saturday night urged the importance of understanding and learning from history, especially for those troubled by the current state of affairs.

"People are upset about what's going on today. They're furious, they're frustrated, they're worked up," Hanks said. "If you're concerned about what's going on today, read history and figure out what to do because it's all right there."
Hanks was honored by the National Archives Foundation with the "Records of Achievement Award" at their annual gala in Washington. The award "is the highest honor given by the National Archives Foundation to an individual whose work has fostered a broader national awareness of the history and identity of the United States through the use of original National Archives records," according to a statement from the foundation.

"No actor has covered the span of 20th-century American history as broadly as honoree Tom Hanks," David Ferriero, archivist of the United States, said in the statement.
Asked about how to deal with Confederate monuments, statues of Christopher Columbus, and their role in marking history, Hanks said it was important to have a dialogue.

"Let's have that discussion, let's have that be part and parcel to an ongoing reexamination about what is taught about (America's founding)," Hanks said. However, he said he does not believe that the dialogue needs to include destruction.
"But the destruction, the destruction is anti-social, period, the end. Be intelligent, and be smart, write about it, bring it up, talk about it," he said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/politics/tom-hanks-national-archives/index.html

Thanks for posting that, Palehorse. And not only that, Tom Hanks is a wonderfull actor.

[Palehorse]

  Thanks for posting that, Palehorse. And not only that, Tom Hanks is a wonderfull actor.

You're welcome and yes he is.