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| 2001-05-21 |
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| Most war memorials are for remembering the dead and the sacrifices that have been made on our behalf... |
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| 2004-10-28 |
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| A significant anniversary is upon us that I hope will not be overshadowed by the political wars that are being fought across the nation. This November 11th will be the 50th anniversary of Veterans Day... |
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| 2004-11-22 |
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| With football games, crowded shopping malls and early Christmas decorations, it is no wonder the purpose and significance of Thanksgiving is easily lost... |
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| 2004-12-15 |
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| On my office wall, just to the left of the door, hangs a constant reminder of the guts and grim determination of those that have defended this country... |
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| 2005-02-09 |
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| History, particularly military history, is a great interest of mine and occupies a great deal of my "discretionary" reading. Not too long ago I came across a story that tells a little history of World War I that you may not have learned in school... |
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| 2005-03-17 |
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| The young Marine watched helplessly as the suicide bomber rushed toward him. He did not even have time to shield himself from the blast that killed one of his buddies... |
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| 2005-06-02 |
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| The revelation that Deep Throat was actually Mark Felt, the No. 2 man at the FBI during the Nixon Presidency, has focused new attention on the Watergate era and the political consequences that followed... |
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| 2005-06-24 |
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| Recently, I asked a student about to enter the 10th grade in one of Alabama's top public high schools what she knew about the Declaration of Independence... |
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| 2005-08-04 |
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| August 6 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the devastating atomic bomb attack against the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki... |
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| 2005-08-31 |
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| With one notable exception, this summer's fare of movies has been very disappointing. The one exception…The Great Raid... |
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