Holding History Close highlights the history of our nation from the stage.

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “We are not makers of history, we are made by history.” While we certainly shape our times, Holding History Close is aware of how history has formed who we are and still shapes us today. The great writer, Rudyard Kipling, also reminds us that “If history was told in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” This website reflects that frame of mind, visiting historical moments and movements in a way that can intrigue the listener, the reader and people who yearn to understand.

Most of us have been fascinated by at least one person or a story in the past. Examples of this might be FDR’s resolute leadership, Marie Antoinette’s tragic end, Plato’s Academia, the Heart of Jazz or the Cherokee Nation’s Trail of Tears. Often, though, our research brings us to some short factual piece describing that person or time-- leaving us less than fulfilled. As we know when listening to speakers, however, a story that gives a message a sense of heart can let the moment “take wing.”