judith herman wrote a classic book and she said remembering and telling the truth, remembering the telling of truth about terrible tragedies are prerequisites for the healing of individual victims, but also for the restoration of the social order.a lot of times we missed that . every time i speak about this event in a community setting, i see a healing occur. i can see families come out and talk about it and it gives us, in a way, we are getting this off of our chest. we are expressing this for the first time. there are many loved ones who lost loved ones at the time who never spoke about it. now they have an avenue to talk about it. >> inspired by lewis and clark, kansas pioneer samuel reader kept the diary starting in 1849 about his travels in the kansas territory. up next on the c-span cities to work, a state archivist reads portions of samuel reader's diary. michael: samuel reader was a kansas pioneer, farmer, soldier, artist and photographer, among many other things. he capped a daily -- kept a daily journal from 1849 to 1913, from age 13 to 878, i believe. the diary was donated to th

judith herman wrote a classic book and she said remembering and telling the truth, remembering the telling of truth about terrible tragedies are prerequisites for the healing of individual victims, but also for