Museum Trip 2 - The New York Historical Society

            This week was our Museum trip to the New York Historical Society. The gallery displayed an assortment of images, documents, and documentaries during World War II. A significant discovery during World War II was nuclear fusion. One display from January 1939 showed John Dunning and Herbert Anders confirming the discovery of nuclear fusion. In a letter, Einstein himself saw the potential of nuclear fusion and warned the president to prevent other nations from gathering a stockpile of plutonium.

            World War II coincided with the Golden Age of Comic Books. Comics such as Captain America, Joe Palooka, and The New Yorker were read at home by citizens and shipped to soldiers. Artists and crafters during this time were encouraged to help the war effort by constructing miniatures of actual fighter planes so that schools and the military could train the people to identify a friendly plane from a hostile one.

            In the documentary shown at the library, the camera man traveled the world during World War II and documented what he saw. In my scene, the camera man showed what I believe was the Assault on Omaha Beach. The camera man says the beach and sea was bathed in the color red. Planes would drop bombs and ships would be shooting mortars at enemy ships and/or into land. In France, the camera man also came to meet Picasso. After the Surrender of Germany, in cities many people were beating up any residual Germans. Cheers and yelling could be heard from everywhere.

            I enjoyed the trip very much. I’d never been to The New York Historical Society before and it was interesting to see the exhibit. The entrance into the gallery displayed images and artifacts from September 11^th that just shows us violence isn’t just in the past, it is still here now.