for the first time that we are not an island of security. That our financial and military power is not what differentiates us, but that which makes us unique, and subsequently, that which poises us as a target of such acts of terrorism. I also realized that we have gained. For through...
Kipling was to be assistant editor of a small local newspaper, the Civil & Military Gazette. He sailed for India on 20 September 1882 and arrived in Bombay on 18 October. He described this moment years later: "So, at sixteen years and nine months, but looking four or five years older,...
Read this original poetry written in memory of a dad. Poems about missing your dad, dads in heaven and military dads will remind you of how much you loved him.
Adam drove our minibus and offered useful context on Hopkins’ life as an Anglican who converted to Catholicism. Aled Ganobcsik-Williams is an English Literature academic, and he compiled an anthology of Hopkins’ poetry for us, gently taking the lead in our seminar discussions of the poems. ...
Kipling's only son John was killed in action at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, at age 18. John initially wanted to join the Royal Navy, but having had his application turned down after a failed medical examination due to poor eyesight, he opted to apply for military service as an...
To clear the Delaware Memorial Bridge.Still, I need to remain grateful for holiday traffic. Nearly sixty years ago, the bus ride from Baltimore to D.C.That usually lasted 45 minutes stretched to almostThree times that long, giving my college-bound seat mate And me time to thread our ...