The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, at 8:15 in the morning of August 6, 1945. This watch was on the person of one of the victims.
Christians speak of the crucifixion of the rabbi Jesus as a turning point in history. I am more of an Easter man myself, but I agree. Something old ended, something new came into being.
(Survivors watch was stopped at moment of impact.)
I would only add, history has a way of turning, making radical turns. Once it was possible to speak of democracy versus totalitarianism, and science versus superstition. After Hiroshima, such ideas no longer had the clarity and power that they once held.
I wrote this last year but what I wrote is worth saying once more
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