Your memories, shared today, are crucial for the prosperity and well-being of all of us, even in the future.

The core of the entire History Is Us! project lies in the power that your memories, carefully preserved in your memory, have when shared. This power, which we all possess within us, is capable of obliterating time and space. How is this possible? Read this article below and you'll find out for yourself.

We all feel it. In the autumn season, the colors around us change. The first signs of this natural, cyclical variation come from the leaves. First they turn yellow. Then they fall. The spectacle, observable, and for free, is indescribable for anyone who wants to see it. A strong emotion draws us into the most authentic emotion. And yet. Considering their peak season, which has just passed, we can happily rejoice. Thanks to them, photosynthesis certainly couldn't have been better. We all deeply appreciate the result. Tears, from this new perspective, begin to nourish us first and then to give us pleasure. They have flavor. They are tasty. So, let this ancestral cyclicity be welcomed. It's important to be aware of it. This is why memory is crucial. This is where the sense of thoughtfulness that characterizes us in the Senior Digital Memory Laboratory (LaMeDiS, below) comes from. This is the key, practical, and flexible tool of the project History Is Us! which has been so appreciated both locally and continentally. Years ago, the so-called good ones spoke of glocal. Today, the term is obsolete. However, it can be useful here to better express the synthesis of meaning between local and global. So, it's appropriate. All right. The important thing is that we understand each other.

Now. To demonstrate the above, among the many wonderful shared memories that we've had the honor, privilege, and pleasure of memorizing, today, here, we want to share one with you. Obviously. In short. It requires an imaginative effort for those of you who are reading this article on a digital medium. For this reason. If you need any clarification on this matter, please write now to info@historyisus.eu. In any case, consider that the above story is linked to a letter that, from northern Europe, arrives in southern Italy. From Seghill, a small village in northeast England, after 2,500 km, an envelope is delivered to the post office in our sunny Vieste. Just to put it all into perspective. The envelope has stamps, and the letter is on paper and handwritten. In short, nothing like today's email. Good.

This letter is the fulcrum of the narrative of this memoir, titled: The Story of Tom Bainbridge and Silent Courage.

In the heart of the Gargano, between the cliffs of Vieste and the blue waters of the sea caves, lies a story that deserves to be told. It is a story of war, of salvation, of courage, and of gratitude that spans time and therefore space, connecting two families and two countries, conventionally very distant.

It all began in 1943. Tom was a British soldier, originally from Seghill. He was in Italy during World War II. Fleeing for his life, threatened with execution, Tom found refuge with the Piracci Casieri family in Vieste. In a generous, yet risky, gesture, the family hid him in their home. They were offering protection to a complete stranger, at a time when a wrong choice could cost him his life.

Thanks to that gesture, Tom survived and, after the war, returned home. Once discharged, he began to remember and think more and more often of the family in Italy who had saved his life. Years later, still filled with gratitude, he tried to track them down. However, he didn't know their exact address. He then wrote a letter, addressed to Mr. Piracci Sante in Vieste, yes, but with a very specific request to the postman. Please deliver this envelope to Mr. Piracci Sante. The strength of the local communities ensured the letter reached its destination.

From that letter, a correspondence grew, and in 1975, Tom and his wife, Peggy, arrived in Vieste, guests of the Piracci family, now called Trocano. That summer became a bridge between two worlds. On the waters off the Italian coast, during a boat trip, a photo was taken that, even today, speaks to us of a friendship rediscovered, with determination and a genuine desire for reconciliation.

Later, the English family returned the hospitality, inviting the Trocanos to Seghill. For Pinuccio, the youngest member of the Italian family, it was also an opportunity to learn English and thus later excel in school.

Today, this story is knocking on the door again. The hope is to find Tom's descendants, to rebuild that bond, through that same bridge, which united two families who saved each other, one with courage and the other with His memory, in recognition, imprinted in the memory of both protagonists.

There. So. An appeal. Do you live in Seghill? You, who are reading this article. Do you know anyone with the last name Seghill? Come on. Help us complete this story. Because History, with a capital H, also lives in the details of our present life, here, now. Certain letters, even though written many years ago, never truly stop searching for their addressee.

At this point, to conclude, drawing inspiration from the climate of the North Sea, we can only recall a passage from the famous Essay Concerning Human Understanding, written in 1690 by Sir John Locke, considered the father of modernity. Specifically, in Book II, Chapter 27, Paragraph 27, he says: 

Every intelligent being, sensible of happiness or pain, must acknowledge this point: that there is something which is himself, which he cares for; and which he would be happy; that this self has existed continuously for more than an instant, and therefore it is possible that it subsists, as it has already done for months and years to come, without any certain limits being placed on its own duration; and that it can be the same self, as a result of the same consciousness that continues into the future.

What you read is a quote from a man considered the father of science, as we know it today, with all it's qualifications and denominations, between objectivity and neutrality. And yet, here, this individual, who lived 300 years ago, argues not only about consciousness but above all, for what concerns us here, about a memory that obliterates time and space, reappearing intact, even with other protagonists, to support it. Just as the idea that arises from Tom's letter, written in the post-World War II period, in the last century, is acting on us now.

This demonstrates that, by sharing a past experience now, it becomes present and therefore functional, even for our common future. It's about ensuring prosperity and well-being for all of us, even in the future. These are the principles underlying the activities of LaMeDiS and therefore the project History Is Us!. Yes. Of course. True. While we await a response to our announcement, regarding Sir John Locke, there's much more to discuss. Perhaps we can do so together by listening to your story as well. Schedule an appointment now HERE or contact us directly at +39 388 9024088. What's important is that you understand that your shared past experience unique, authentic, and unrepeatable can be decisive today for the prosperity and well-being of all of us, even in the future.