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“From the Found Journal of Captain Miles Standish” by Richard LeBlond

Posted on March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 pooryorick

A fictional reenactment of the pilgrims’ first day ashore in the New World, on what is now the Provincetown Peninsula at the end of Cape Cod. … Continue reading“From the Found Journal of Captain Miles Standish” by Richard LeBlond

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“Words Matter” by Ellen O’Donnell

Posted on February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 pooryorick

When history unfolds before our eyes, someone captures in words what our emotions cannot articulate. Words curate history. … Continue reading“Words Matter” by Ellen O’Donnell

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“I Don’t Know Anyone in the War” by Karen Schubert

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 pooryorick

Walter Cronkite ends the news with the number of American & Viet Cong dead, so older girls in bell bottoms fear for their boyfriends and brothers … Continue reading“I Don’t Know Anyone in the War” by Karen Schubert

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Boys on Battlefields

Posted on May 22, 2016May 27, 2016 pooryorick

Thirteen-year-old Charley King was the youngest soldier killed in the war. Orion Howe received a Medal of Honor for the bravery he displayed, also at age thirteen. William Horsfall was not more than fifteen when he rescued his wounded captain and he, too, received a Medal of Honor for his

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