I used to enjoy coming to Bronson Park to just soak in the historic churches and buildings of downtown, seeing the Christmas lights of Bronson at night, or riding the Holly Jolly Trolley between Thanksgiving and Christmas, which stops in front of City Hall. Bronson Park was named after the founder of Kalamazoo and has a bandshell, outdoor art and sculptures from local artists, and an honor walk of memorial stones for those who have served our beautiful nation. In fact, the only thing missing from this beautiful landscape is a beautiful historical fountain at the center, a fountain loved by so many!

Obviously, those who stupidly and systematically got rid of this amazing fountain and locked it up in a prison of storage with their broke woke ideologies know next to nothing about the fact that those who erase and forget about their history are doomed to repeat it in an endless cycle. If history offends you, good! Let it develop within you a strong conviction to teach others not to repeat the horrors and failures of the past. History belongs to all of us and those who erase it, erase our heritage which in turn chips away at the fabric of who we are. Tragically when this happens, when a people forget who they are and how far they have come, they become ignorant and lose their vision about where they are headed. This forgotten history erodes their intellectual ability and morally compromises them so their descendants have no choice but to repeat these horrific incidents of the past.

So next time when your son or daughter or loved one points to a monument and asks what it is and why it even matters, you won't be able to tell them because these erased reminders of the past are becoming more frequent and the hardcore lessons they represent will cease to exist.