So much to remember – where do I begin.

What major historical events do you remember?

So much to remember

Where do I begin?

Perhaps with John F. Kennedy

The day they did him in.

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Or a small step for an astronaut

A leap for all mankind

Armstrong was the first of us

To step upon the moon.

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Years of IRA bombing

Terrorist attacks

Bombs in Guildford, Aldershot

Brought it close to home.

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Then there’s Margaret Thatcher

The cow that gave no milk

A war with Argentina

She took the Falklands back.

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They released Mandela

A great man was set free

Achieved their independence

And did it peacefully.

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In eighty nine the Berlin Wall

Came finally tumbling down

We never thought we’d see that

But that’s what happened then.

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Then there’s 9/11

How could we forget?

Aircraft striking those twin towers

While we watched horror struck.

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Then of course there’s COVID

The bug that changed our world.

Surely we imagined that?

Have I remembered wrong?