History Matters essay contest second place winner
Editor’s note: The following essay won second place in the Lake City Historical Society’s History Matters Essay Contest.
History is a living thing; a moving thing. It is composed of us, and we are composed of it. We build it with every breath — each fleeting action carves our stories into that great stone we call time, while we forge on, unaware. Man is a needle unto a tapestry each his own. He dives in and out of each day, oblivious to the countless colorful threads that fall behind him as he creates an image of a life unique.
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