Katrina: Second Draft of History
I said almost a week ago in my first draft of history: I don't have time to explain... but trust me... when the history of this thing is written, …
Category: History
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a bird on a plane!
Last week, I wrote about seeing a World War II-vintage B-17 bomber flying into the Lawrence, MA airport. It turns out it was a fund-raising event for the Experimental …
It's 1945 all over again
If anyone else were to tell this story, I'd call BS on them. But it's all true, every single word of it. Yesterday morning, I noted the formal end …
It’s 1945 all over again
If anyone else were to tell this story, I'd call BS on them. But it's all true, every single word of it. Yesterday morning, I noted the formal end …
A historic injustice
Today marks the 60 anniversary of the formal surrender of the Japanese, when the representatives of Emperor Hirohito signed the unconditional surrender on the deck of the battleship USS …
A little bitty tear let me down…
Way back in 1972, one of the leading Democrats running for president was Maine's Senator Ed Muskie. That is, until he came to New Hampshire. From the 60's through …
Just what does President Bush owe Cindy Sheehan?
During all the stir about the Cindy Sheehan story, I started wondering: is there a historical precedent for this? I recall stories of letters from Abraham Lincoln to mothers …
It was 229 years ago today…
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to …
A truly remarkable resume’
There's a great deal of buzz going around about the Discovery Channel's list of the Greatest Americans. The first cut drew it down to 25. The next cuts brought …
A final salute to a fallen hero
Back on June 6, 1944, a nervous young paratrooper from Waltham, Massachusetts named Berge Avadanian was getting ready to be dropped into France as part of the D-Day invasion. …