"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it"- Sir Winston Churchill

Beware: The first few lines are boring but the rest of this blog is fun and full of adventure…well I hope it is.

My name is Phillip Butehorn. I am a 22 year old senior at SUNY Plattsburgh, majoring in history and minoring in political science. Ok, enough of this useless information. There is an actual purpose to this blog. The subject of history is extremely important to me. I tend to believe that history is plainly ignored by a majority of our population. Politicians always want to fund math and science. Yet, no one ever wants to fund history. Why not? History is a very important key to our children’s education. Students need to be aware of how math and science have developed and why. If they are not aware, students will barely appreciate what they have learned. If we don’t appreciate history, we will never truly learn the truth about our world, our heritage, and our lives.

Every time I mention history in the news, a friend of mine always asks “What’s new in old?” It’s a question that’s lingered in my mind. For the past few months, I have been an intern for the History News Network. As an intern, my job is to locate articles on news websites. Every day there are almost 10 + articles with history trends in the news. These articles are written, published, and then interns locate them and publish them on the History News Network. That’s the end.

TIME OUT!!

Is that enough?

Ok, maybe I was being too dramatic. Actually, I am being too dramatic, but I am a history nerd and I wish history was appreciated more. Anyway, back to the purpose of this blog. As I mentioned above the interns publish the article and then that’s it. Now that will change thanks to this blog. Usually no one ever talks about the articles after they are published. I am finally going to do what every other nerd has wanted. I am going to talk about the articles. I am going to analyze the article, attempt to make jokes that won’t be funny. The most important objective of this blog is to make history interesting and fun.