DuncanPersonally I think History is a thing of the past
I think for most people "history" ends at what happened before they were born...or at least before they were old enough to remember having been alive when it happened. The newer items in memory are not history but mostly just stuff that was on the 5 o'clock news. At the same time what is considered as a walk down memory lane for a 60 year old is considered, by their children, as mostly creative imagination unless the elder can offer some substantial evidence beyond his memory.