Hall of the Revels

Sunday, November 18, 2007

This was supposed to go up on Veterans' Day, but Ye Olde Computere Problems prevented that. Dad and I did share a misty-eyed e-mail or two over it, but that was just about it.

Over There--And Gone Forever

This habit of forgetting history is annoying, if only because history repeats itself, and we should know when it happens.

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