by Meg Dunn | Jan 16, 2017 | Historic Preservation, Philosophy on History
In the beginning, God made a place. He put people in that place and told them to care for it. And when they consumed a part of the place that shouldn’t have been consumed, their punishment was to be exiled from that place. This is a huge oversimplification of...
by Meg Dunn | May 10, 2016 | Philosophy on History
I was hoping to write today about the City’s “Strategic Outcomes” (which are a key means of determining how money is spent by the City of Fort Collins government) with the goal of showing how historic preservation fits in in more ways than you might...
by Meg Dunn | Oct 31, 2015 | Historic Landmarks, Philosophy on History
Life doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Everything we do takes place within a context — a physical context, a social context, a historical context, etc. One reason for studying history (besides the fact that it contains so many deeply interesting stories) is to...
by Meg Dunn | Apr 21, 2015 | Fort Collins, Philosophy on History, Renovations & Razes
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius History is important. It’s not just a matter of...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 3, 2015 | Announcements, Philosophy on History
It was exactly a year ago today that I published my first post for Forgotten Fort Collins. Since then it seems like a small community has started to build around the site and especially FFC’s social media pages. I love the conversations that have started...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 27, 2015 | Fort Collins, Philosophy on History
Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past. – George Orwell, 1984. Everyone has their own pet peeves. Since becoming a history blogger, one of mine has been hearing people repeat history “facts” that...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 2, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Frontier Faces, Philosophy on History
If you still haven’t figured out what your New Years’ resolutions are going to be for 2015, might I make a suggestion? Could you please, please, please, for the sake of your children and your children’s children, and your nieces and nephews, and all...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 3, 2014 | Announcements, Philosophy on History
“Our forbears are deserving of tribute for one indisputable reason, if for no other: without them we should not be here. Let us recognize that we are not the ultimate triumph but rather we are beads on a string. Let us behave with decency to the beads that were...
