The Snowflake Chronicles

Moments in History

14 Masa’il 163 B.E. - December 25, 2006

The men who make history have no time to write it.
Metternich

2007 anniversaries

January 1, 2007 is the 115 anniversary of the opening of Ellis Island. On January 1, 1892 Ellis Island become the first place that immigrants from across Europe stopped when they came to America. The first person to pass through was Annie Moore from County Cork, Ireland she was 15.

May 22, 2007 is the 163 anniversary of the Declaration of the Bab. On the evening of May 22, 1844, in the city of Shiraz, the Bab (the Gate), declared His mission to Mulla Husayn.

December 25, 2007 is the 247 anniversary of the of the publication of An Evening Thought by Jupiter Hammon, became the first published black poet on December 25, 1790.

April 21 through May 2, 2007 is the 144 anniversary of the Declaration of Baha’u’llah. April 21, April 29 and May 2 are Holy Days. April 21 celebrates Baha’u’llah’s arrival in the Najibiyyih Garden in Bagdad, April 29 celebrates the arrival of Baha’u’llah’s family to the Garden, and May 2 is the day Baha’u’llah left for Constantinople. Baha’u’llah declared his mission in 1863.

July 19 and 20, 2007 is the 159 anniversary of the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. At this convention in 1848, 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments, drafted by Elizabeth Cody Stanton. This declaration called for voting rights for women.

June and July, 2007 is the 159 anniversary of the Badasht Conference. Tahirih (the Pure}, removed her veil at this conference in 1848, in the presence of 80 men.

Since the people making history don’t have time to write it it’s up to us the poets and writers to follow the lead of Nabil (see The Dawn-Breakers & Nabil’s Narrative of the Early days of the Baha’I Revelation which was translated by Shoghi Effendi), who wrote about the events taking place around him. We must write about the events taking place in the world around us. We must pen the moments in history that have shaped our present civilization and the moments occurring today, that will shape the emerging world civilization of tomorrow.

How do the present moments in history affect our world and us? What affect will these have on the world of future? The first question we can answer without too much difficulty. The second question is a bit harder, but we can speculate and try to look at the present world events through our creative imagination.