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Tag Archives: memory
Book Review: Becoming Shakespeare
Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned A Provincial Playwright Into The Bard, by Jack Lynch This book is an interesting piece of history, in that it presupposes the life and writing career of Shakespeare [1] and looks at the … Continue reading
Monuments Men: The Case Against Removal
[Note: Although I had not planned to originally talk about this issue, the proliferation of vandalism of various monuments to Confederate war heroes of the American Civil War has prompted me to add my own thoughts to the matter. As … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, American History, History, Musings
Tagged law, legitimacy, memory, property
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Monuments Men: The Case For Removal
[Note: Although I had not planned to originally talk about this issue, the proliferation of vandalism of various monuments to Confederate war heroes of the American Civil War has prompted me to add my own thoughts to the matter. As … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, American History, History, Musings
Tagged Confederate States of America, culture, justice, memory, politics
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Book Review: The Ties That Bind
The Ties That Bind: A Memoir Of Race, Memory, And Redemption, by Bertrice Berry This was in many was a strange memoir to read. Although the author and I likely stand far apart on many issues of politics, and certainly … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Book Reviews, Christianity, History
Tagged family, memoir, memory, slavery
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The Promise Being Made, Must Be Kept
As is the case with everything else about Abraham Lincoln, the extent to which we may consider Abraham Lincoln to have been strongly influenced by the racism of his generation or by our own self-professed egalitarianism is hotly debated [1]. … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Christianity, History, Love & Marriage, Musings
Tagged honor, memory
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Book Review: The Colors Of Courage
The Colors Of Courage: Gettysburg’s Forgotten History: Immigrants, Women, And African-Americans In The Civil War’s Defining Battle, by Margaret S. Creighton My own long-standing concern about the way that social histories telling the stories of supposedly subaltern groups notwithstanding, this … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, American History, Book Reviews, History, Military History
Tagged civil war, gender issues, legitimacy, memory
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Book Review: Sherman’s March In Myth And Memory
Sherman’s March In Myth And Memory, by Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown As I have noted before [1], I have a certain degree of fondness for William Tecumseh Sherman. He was a redheaded, highly nervous and energetic person who had … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, American History, Book Reviews, History, Military History
Tagged legitimacy, literature, memory, travel
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Remember Me
Not too long ago [1] I was thinking and pondering of the songs I wanted for my funeral, and in recent weeks I have remembered that there is another song I would like to add to the list, a spare … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church of God, History, Music History, Musings
Tagged food, humor, memory
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La Tuta Afero
Is such a day as today productive? It is now nearly 9:30PM as I write this and it will likely be about 10PM if not later when I finish, given the scope of what I have to accomplish. I sit … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Church of God, Love & Marriage, Musings
Tagged Esperanto, humor, memory, politics, work
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Book Review: That’s So 90s Pop
That’s So 90s Pop: A Fill-In Activity Book, by Patrick Sullivan [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Clarkson Potter Publishers. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] As someone whose teenage years took place in … Continue reading
