Final Museum

So after 7 weeks of adventuring I have come to an end of tourism (for now). I debated in my head a while about going to this last museum. At first I really did not want to but I am very glad that I went. The National Holocaust Museum is unforgettable. I have a better understanding of how Nazi Germany came about and was reverenced by the millions of people who died because of it. What would it be like to be hated and condemned to die for your nationality, religious preference, color of your skin, having a disability, having a different lifestyle? Most of us living in the United States will never really understand. Though there is still hatred and nationalism we have built in safety structures in our government to protect each individuals basic rights. So many other countries do not have this and are still threatened by the same roots of the Holocaust. Even though we have these safeguards just like our founding fathers and civil rights activists we need to keep them working. Perhaps it is because I have surrounded myself this summer with American History, perhaps it is because I have my incredible husband who informs me about world politics, but I have developed a greater appreciation for the "one" who fights for freedoms for all people, who is informed about problems and dares to make changes, who raises their voice when they witness injustice, and mostly who has a perfect brightness of hope that all people can learn to forgive and love and the world can be a better place. I want to be the"one".