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If you could be present at one event in U.S. history, which would you choose?
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Posted by goodman72 Aug 20th, 2012 at 2:36AM
the day they shot Bin Laden
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Posted by EatingCROW Aug 20th, 2012 at 1:24AM
I'd like to go hunting with Theodore Roosevelt.
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Posted by reigirl Aug 20th, 2012 at 12:34AM
The signing of the Emancipation Proclomation.
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Posted by jehova Aug 27th, 2012 at 12:32AM
I'd like to present at the all the draft conferences for the Declaration of Independence if only to lend my support to George Washington's request to include good health as one of our unalienable rights.
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Posted by Charique Aug 23rd, 2012 at 10:30AM
I would go watch my country burn down your white house ;) lol jk no, I would probably want to see lincon stop slavery
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Posted by jjb6560 Aug 22nd, 2012 at 6:51AM
The signing of the Constitution so the Second Amendment would be properly rewritten to stop the NRA once and for all.
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Posted by Bonnie2405 Aug 21st, 2012 at 3:22PM
The signing of the constitution I would have made them take out weapons.
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Posted by MasterLee Aug 21st, 2012 at 2:40PM
Apollo 11 launch.
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Posted by smylin Aug 21st, 2012 at 12:53PM
There are any number of dates to choose from. Whether the desire is to stop a war or just win a battle every moment in history is important. I would have to say I have always been fascinated with our journey into space. That moment that we first landed on the moon would be oh so cool to experience first hand.
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Posted by LordR1160 Aug 21st, 2012 at 12:24AM
No question...little Bighorn June 26th 1876. Oh...unless I can be in Chaco canyon around 900 AD
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Posted by vinisapphire Aug 21st, 2012 at 12:16AM
Columbine, so I could warn everyone.
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Posted by WildSpectrumArts Aug 21st, 2012 at 12:10AM
One that hasn't happened yet. The day the U.S. gets a qualified female president.
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Posted by RoaringFlameLostinShadow Aug 20th, 2012 at 11:43PM
The day the internet as we know it really took off - I'd want to be there to implement smart and reasonable guidelines.
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Posted by Bondiable Aug 20th, 2012 at 11:43PM
Man's first walk on the moon.
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Posted by Wyndie1 Aug 20th, 2012 at 11:38PM
Everything is so depressing, so I will go with The Moon Landing
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Posted by oxpictus Aug 20th, 2012 at 11:16PM
The signing of the Declaration of Independence. That was probably the most historical moments in the history of our great nation.
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Posted by GwydionFrost Aug 20th, 2012 at 10:47PM
This question seems to be answered over and over with the intent to change history, from stopping Columbus landing in the West Indies, to being at the Ford Theater the night Lincoln was shot. Problem is, the first rule of time travel is that there cannot be paradox. If I have a memory of my history, and Kennedy dies in Texas, then even if I appear there, Kennedy is still getting shot, because my actions, if I truly have traveled back into my own past, have already been accounted for-- I was there, even if I hadn't traveled yet by MY reckoning, and events happened as I remember them, regardless of what my attempts were. Therefore, I must set aside the temptations of trying to change history, without even bothering to consider the fact that my actions might lead to a worse fate than my own current course of history, which is always a danger (After all, we all know that Kennedy did indeed start WWIII in August of 1964, when he decided to challenge the Chinese directly in Vietnam, rather than fight a proxy war, after communiques were discovered linking the Communists with the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which led to a limited nuclear exchange in 1968.). Therefore, this event must be something I would not be tempted to alter, but instead be contented with merely observing or participating in without impact. In that aspect, it would have to be something amazingly cultural or pivotal. Signing of the Declaration, perhaps? Partying during Woodstock? Lincoln's first inaugural address? The unveiling of the Statue of Liberty? The launch of Apollo 11? The crash site at Roswell, perhaps? (Although that one is really tempting, the idea that my own time machine would malfunction and turn out to be the UFO wreckage disturbs me.) Perhaps I would go very personal, and simply attend my own parents' wedding.
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Posted by LuciaRose Aug 20th, 2012 at 10:21PM
I would like to be at the performance when Elvis first wiggled his hips on national tv.
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Posted by DEUTCHEMBRENNAR Aug 20th, 2012 at 9:09PM
At the Gunfight at the O.K Corral.
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Reply by oxpictus Aug 20th, 2012 at 11:28PM
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Posted by Alive2011 Aug 20th, 2012 at 9:07PM
Im not American, but have always wondered what it would be like in New York around Christmas and New years, Id like to experience the atmosphere and the dropping of the ball. A winter Christmas, Ive never had one, its very hot where I live at Christmas time.
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