HW 30 Symposium

The second symposium, on Thursday,I went to was spoken by a man who survived the holocaust and was the only survivor to be elected for congress. His name was Congressman Tom Lantos. I didn’t catch the title of this, because he mainly spoke about his life and different situation that happened throughout. Tom came to American at the age of 19 and attended the University of Washington in Seattle. Before he came to speak with us, I found it very interesting that he was JUST speaking with the president of France. At one point Tom states “America did not teach men the idea of freedom, she taught them how to protect it.” The theme was Citizenship and a quote Tom stated by Mark Twain was “Citizenship is what makes a Republic.” Tom believes that that country and congress are divided and that there are two goals for the new president: To domestically bring the country back together, and to internationally rebuild the status and respect for the U.S. I found this symposium much more interesting and I thought Tom was a good speaker.