Ten years ago the world changed. For everyone. The impact of 9/11 was sudden and the echoes of that day are still felt. The memory of that Tuesday, that time, it's different for all of us. Everything that can be said has been said, and will be all throughout this week. I can honestly not believe it's been ten years, a decade since ( Read more... )

For those people, such as myself, who love learning about WWII:

Montford Marines: Few, Proud, Black. A very interesting article on CNN.com about the Montford Point Marines, the first African-American USMC in WWII. It's not an only an eye-opening article about racism in the United States Military, but about the forgotten legacy of those who were ( Read more... )

So, a post or two ago I mentioned that I caught the trailer for The History Channel's Gettysburg, which has Placebo's cover of "Running Up That Hill" playing.

The more I watch the trailer, the more it grows on me:

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So, yeah, even though I took serious issue with how they did America: The Story Of Us, I still think I'm going to sit down on ( Read more... )

I actually worked today, and minus one small woozy moment, got through my 6 hour shift fine. I'm still sick, but I have Wed and Thursday off to finish the recovery. Of course, once the cold is gone, I still have the allergies to deal with, but at least I'll be stronger. I'm a horrible person when I'm sick. I refuse to admit I am sick, push myself ( Read more... )

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow ( Read more... )

( Spoilers below )

( On Ack-Ack Haldane )

Today, April 11, 2010, is Holocaust Remembrance Day

To honor this in my own way, I'll re-post my link to a post from last year containing pictures of the New England Holocaust Memorial, here. At the time I posted the pictures to garner people's reactions for a paper I was working on for my Holocaust as Public History course. The insight was ( Read more... )

It is April, which means it is National Poetry Month. I shall try to post a poem or two a day, b/c I do sort of love poetry. Let's start off with two of my favorites: Langston Huges and Edgar Allan Poe

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Everybody!

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One man come in the name of love ( Read more... )