Explainer: The Gettysburg Address
The 150th Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is receiving widespread media coverage today – much of it marred
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Gettysburg Address: Complete the task
My mother made an awful arrangement for me to be tutored in English on summer days by our neighbor, Dot
Read moreTwelve Years a Slave: Truth is greater than fiction
Our nation’s capital was a tawdry and bug infested swamp in 1841. The Capitol dome was not completed, and though
Read moreInterpreting the Confederate flag as a Brit
On my journeys, so far, I have not crossed paths much with the Confederate flag. My young, ignorant British viewings
Read moreGripping Saga of Isaac Rice, a Runaway Slave, is a Hero’s Journey
[“First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier’s Story,” by Bob Rogers, 586 pp, Booklocker.com, Incorporated, $24.99] The year is 1863. The month
Read moreTwo smart alecks go head-to-head against each other
I love smart-alecky humor. This is the kind where you stick a needle in someone. The needle can be long
Read moreFredericksburg, Va. worth a day trip
(Part of the Fredericksburg Battlefield.) Recently I made my first trip to Fredericksburg Virginia and I was glad I did.
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