Also, if a shocking new event resembles a previous one, the importance of today’s is minimized since we’ve seen this movie before. But I believe that certain events should be burned into our permanent memories, intentionally or naturally, never to be forgotten. I’ll never forget the assassinations of our best and brightest, JFK, MLK Jr., and RFK. We should never forget the wanton deaths in Minneapolis and elsewhere, and we shouldn’t let Congressional Republicans forget them either. Allen Woods is a freelance writer, author of the Revolutionary-era historical fiction novel “The Sword and Scabbard,” and Greenfield resident.