A defining moment in American History

[renor27]

Over a glass of wine the other night @ a sidewalk cafe the discussion of a ( one ) defining moment in American history can up.

I thought the action at Little Round Top, on the second day of Gettysburg (2 July 1863), when then-Colonel Chamberlain and the 20th Maine held the extreme left flank of the Union line against the Confederate attack was that one moment.
what say the rest of you?

 

[panamag8or]

Over a glass of wine the other night @ a sidewalk cafe the discussion of a ( one ) defining moment in American history can up.

I thought the action at Little Round Top, on the second day of Gettysburg (2 July 1863), when then-Colonel Chamberlain and the 20th Maine held the extreme left flank of the Union line against the Confederate attack was that one moment.
what say the rest of you?

Wow, it's hard to pick just one, but it is probably much more subtle than one would think. A piece of legislation here, an invention there... small things have a way of changing things in big ways.

As far as Little Round Top, the Union would still have won the war, regardless of how Gettysburg turned out. And, as a southern boy, just know how hard it is for me to admit that.lol

 

[Tomasso]

It's very difficult to pick just one moment but I've always been a big fan of the Louisiana Purchase.

 

[Dagwood]

The adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

 

[dhermann1]

December 7, 1941.
Election of Abraham Lincoln, (Thus precipitating secession.)

 

[LizzieMaine]

Brown v. Board of Education, 1954.

 

[Emmababy]

Backstreet Boys. Nuff said.

 

[RIOT]

Emmababy lol

The Brown Bomber, Joe Lewis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938

 

[renor27]

a good point

Joe Lewis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938.

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Let's face it...

THE defining moment in American history is the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America. That one moment in our history and in the history of the world is a melding of political, philosophical, and spiritual principles that is miraculous, to say the least.

Second to that, the ratification of the first ten amendments to that great document, The Bill of Rights.

Without that, all else pales and seems as minor footnotes in American history. For it is the Constitution that created this United States, this Constitutional Republic in which American history unfolds.

Now, that's not politcal expression or opinion - that's fact!

-dixon cannon

 

[Dixon Cannon]

The adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

I concur; great starting point!

-dixon cannon

 

[Lady Day]

One of a few...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964

It still blows me away that my mother was alive (mid 20s) and well in a time when she could not go to places based on skin color.


LD

 

[scotrace]

The moment Henry Ford's first Model T left the assembly line. Soon, the world would shrink, wages would grow, the economic landscape change, and the middle class was born.

 

[Mr. Lucky]

June 10, 1935 - Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink and AA is offically formed.

 

[Jack Scorpion]

When Ronald Reagon swore in. Which becomes bettered in 10 years, when Arnold Strong takes the oath.

 

[LocktownDog]

A couple come to mind.

Lee's surrender. Carlisle Indian School (with Jim Thorpe in the backfield) trouncing Army. And Black Friday turning the our economic system upside-down.

Richard

 

[dhermann1]

One of a few...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
It still blows me away that my mother was alive (mid 20s) and well in a time when she could not go to places based on skin color.
LD

Likewise, it blows me away to think that my grandmother couldn't vote until she was 34, in 1919.

 

[Valhson]

THE defining moment in American history is the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America. That one moment in our history and in the history of the world is a melding of political, philosophical, and spiritual principles that is miraculous, to say the least.

Second to that, the ratification of the first ten amendments to that great document, The Bill of Rights.

Without that, all else pales and seems as minor footnotes in American history. For it is the Constitution that created this United States, this Constitutional Republic in which American history unfolds.

Now, that's not politcal expression or opinion - that's fact!

-dixon cannon

Three cheers and a +10 here.

 

[Harp]

Fall of Saigon, '75.

 

[RIOT]

I'm surprised no one mentioned 9.11

Well for me it was personal