The year 1939 has much significance in history.
It was the year the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opened, the World’s Fair opened at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and that many motion pictures were released, among them two of the world’s best-loved classics: “The Wizard of Oz” and “Gone with the Wind.”
It was also the year that a country was wantonly and viciously attacked by its neighbor. The country attacked was Poland and the country that attacked was Nazi Germany, on Sept. 1, 1939.
That unprovoked attack marked the beginning of the world’s most devastating conflict: World War II.
The world must never allow such a conflict to erupt again. If it were to happen, nobody would be the winner. Humanity would be the loser forever.
John Amato
Fresh Meadows
