31 Surprisingly Wholesome Moments from History

Most of the time, if you’re learning about history, you’re basically jumping from tragedy to tragedy in the timeline of the world. The big bullet points are usually war and murder, with maybe a couple feel-good triumphs mixed in just to keep your faith in the human race in general. When you consider how much death made them happen, history textbooks shouldn’t be fun hardcovers with pictures of hieroglyphics. They should be skin-bound tomes that scream and are written mostly in blood. 

Which is why it was so refreshing to read through a thread where Redditors with history knowledge shared wholesome moments from our collective past. It’s enough to dredge up the smallest bit of hope — at least until you realize most of them are only necessary because of some other global tragedy.