Sometimes on one of those late spring days when Memorial Day comes, you can almost see them, marching, marching onward, the legion of forgotten dead. In the soft stillness and solitude of a country graveyard in the evening hush, occasionally you can hear the muffled beat of a drum as the ...
In the cloying humidity and purple shadows of twilight on August 8, 1974, massive crowds gathered across from the White House waiting to learn the fate of Richard Nixon, America’s 37th President. They, along with the rest of the world, didn’t have long to wait. Just twenty four hours later, ...
America isn’t perfect, an editorialist writing for our predecessor-in-name, The Nashua Telegraph, acknowledged in a Memorial Day essay more than six decades ago. As a matter of fact, “there are many things wrong with America and our way of life, but ... it is still the finest system of ...
Thinking about Memorial Day weekend, as I worked outside trying to make the yard look presentable in preparation for summer, I started thinking about past warm weather holidays we had as kids in Nashua and all the fun we had doing what we now might consider, goofy things. At the top of the ...
As we approach Memorial Day, some of our citizens need to be reminded that this is a holiday unlike any others we recognize: not a celebration, but a day to remember and honor those who have died in American wars. “Decoration Day” - which is what Memorial Day was first called - began during ...
“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?” – Animal Farm, by George ...
