An Entire Day Using the word Historic

If you know me, then you know how much I dislike the overuse of the word "Historic."

It started during the 2008 Presidential Election.  The press used "historic" when talking about the election.  After the election, historic was used even more.  It got to the point that you knew someone was going to refer to an event as "historic."

Think about it.

Everything you do.  Everything that happens in the world, will someday be considered historic.  Something that future generations will look back on, learn or read about in history books (or history books online).

I thought it would be fitting to go an entire day using the word historic in our everyday communication.

This was the perfect day to try this experiment.  What better place to use the word than in an historic place like Gettysburg?  Battle of Gettysburg.  Civil War.  The Gettysburg Address.  All historic!

Regular everyday activities like eating breakfast turned into eating an historic breakfast that consist of historic eggs (or cereal, fruit, toast, etc).  Of course, you can't eat that breakfast anywhere.  It had to take place at an historic restaurant.

We visited historic battlefields in historic Gettysburg.  The Battle of Gettysburg was an historic battle.  It was also an historic bloody battle of the historic Civil War.

We visited one of the historic bloody battle fields.  We also visited the historic cemetery.

When we had our fill of historic Gettysburg, we hopped onto the historic Pike and headed out of town.

Bella said she was hungry (historically hungry) and wanted to stop and eat at an historic restaurant.  Everyone wanted to stop at an historic bathroom (one that uses historic toilet paper).

After reading this post, I'm sure you feel the same way I do about the overuse of the word historic.