History Matters


July sees the launch of a major public engagement campaign which is aiming to demonstrate the widespread public support and interest in history and heritage. The campaign, using the slogan History Matters – Pass It On, is being run in England and Wales by a number of organisations including the National Trust, English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the CBA.

The main premise of the campaign is that "We believe that history matters. A society out of touch with its past cannot have confidence in its future. History defines, educates and inspires us. It lives on in our historic environment. As custodians of our past, we will be judged by generations to come. We must value it, nurture it and pass it on."

The launch will take place on July 2 and 3 and will include a debate on why history matters, at Speakers' Corner in London, involving historians and leading personalities. Badges, stickers and postcards will be available (and will be circulated to all CBA and YAC members), and there will be a number of activities coming under the History Matters umbrella over the following months, leading up to a finale later in the year.

Further details will be available after the launch at www.historymatters.org.uk.

Sorry about the late posting of this item. I saw it in the last issue of British Archaeology (July/August 2006) and meant to post it at the time.

Thanks for that.

I got my badge at the Eisteddfod. (Hanfod Hanes is the Welsh equivalent).

Got mine at Sutton Hoo

And on the card that asked about a legacy for future generations I put "a traffic free Stonehenge"