Participants of the 2013 International Centennial Planning Conference answer the question: "Why is history important?"

Interviewees (in order of appearance):
Dr. Peter Jakab, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Sophie De Schaepdrijver, Pennsylvania State University
Ian Kikuchi, Imperial War Museum
Dr. Pearl James, University of Kentucky
Dr. Christopher Capazzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Mallika Das, Mount Saint Vincent University

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