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Dan Rather

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.

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Dan Rather is saying that simply having places to remember the past isn't enough to keep history alive. We must actively educate new generations who didn’t experience these events, so the lessons and memories continue beyond those who lived through them.

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