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If you could go back and witness one historical event, live, what would you pick?
If you could go back and witness one historical event, live, what would you pick?
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Married to a Urology Attending! (that is an understated exclamation point)
Mama to C (Jan 2012), D (Nov 2013), and R (April 2016). Consulting and homeschooling are my day jobs. -
I would have really liked to see Michael Jackson in concert. Does that count as an historical event?
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When the angels announced to the shepherds in the fields the birth of Christ.
Cornwallis's surrender to Washington at Yorktown.
The Allied forces liberating the camps.
The Visigoth sac of Rome (depressing but it would have been fascinating).Comment
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Would I be safe?? Then, I'd head for the French Revolution.Angie
Gyn-Onc fellowship survivor - 10 years out of the training years; reluctant suburbanite
Mom to DS (18) and DD (15) (and many many pets)
"Where are we going - and what am I doing in this handbasket?"Comment
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My grandfather was one of the first US officers to arrive at the concentration camps during this time. His stories were horrific and the experience profoundly affected him until the day he died.Originally posted by GrayMatterWife View PostComment
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The 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.Comment
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What a great question! It will take me a long time to think of the one thing I would choose.Luanne
wife, mother, nurse practitioner
"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." (John, Viscount Morely, On Compromise, 1874)Comment
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Originally posted by GrayMatterWife View Post
That. Why didn't I think of that? I choose that instead of Michael Jackson now.-Mommy, FM wife, Disney Planner and HoosierComment
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TigerLily:
Oh, they were probably really similar affairs--a lot of singing, trumpeting and over-the-top pyrotechnics.
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Originally posted by GrayMatterWife View PostTigerLily:
Oh, they were probably really similar affairs--a lot of singing, trumpeting and over-the-top pyrotechnics.
-Mommy, FM wife, Disney Planner and HoosierComment
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I was thinking I would choose The Last Supper.
Also, perhaps, the French Revolution.Married to a Urology Attending! (that is an understated exclamation point)
Mama to C (Jan 2012), D (Nov 2013), and R (April 2016). Consulting and homeschooling are my day jobs.Comment
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In no particular order:
Any of Tesla's experiments.
Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle.
The Great Flood.
John Snow's investigation of the Broad Street Pump.
The Three Tenors in concert.
Dinosaurs.
Jimi Hendrix in concert.
Beethoven in concert.Wife to PGY4 & Mother of 3.Comment
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As long as safety's not an issue, my #1 is to see a T. Rex in action. (we talk about time machines a lot in this house!)
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So true. I read my list to DH and we decided that since the prompt was "see" I'd probably be safe. (What does this say about our Friday night?)Originally posted by BonBon View PostAs long as safety's not an issue, my #1 is to see a T. Rex in action. (we talk about time machines a lot in this house!)Wife to PGY4 & Mother of 3.Comment
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That's how our Friday nights go, too! DH and I had a lot of fun with this in our earlier years: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Questions.../dp/0894803204. I should dig it out and start posting questions here.Originally posted by scrub-jay View PostComment
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