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 11th that just shows
us violence isn’t just in the past, it is still here now.