honeychile, it is idiotic for the School to say dont do that!
Important events are a fact of life:
Deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. JFK, Harvey Oswald. Landing on the moon, The Atomic Bomb on Japan, Elvis, Sept. 11., the 2 space shuttles that blew up.
While the dates may fade, the events do not ever fad!
Were You right, YES, and thank you for haveing the fortatude of going ahead!
That is History. It is tough to sweep under the rug!