American History in Real Life
Movies in the past have often shown characters that were touched by historical events. Yet sometimes, the truth is often more fantastic than anything Hollywood can devise. These stories of real people show how the events of the past touched their lives. Some times the stories are dramatic, sometimes simple, but all in all they weave a tapesty of the richness of the American experience.-
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Tag Archives: Hobart College
September 11 – Some Thoughts
Another September 11th Anniversary; another set of memories. Its funny how each year this anniversary brings to the surface something different about this day and how it affected me. At the time I was serving as the Alumni Director at … Continue reading →
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Who’s your Daddy?
During the last week, I had the opportunity to think about fathers and their impact upon others in an entirely different way. We had several men from my college ROTC unit and their wives to dinner, it was our 50th … Continue reading →
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Tagged Absentee fathers, Dads, Fathers Day, Hobart College, Mentors, Single Families, Teachers, Who's Your Daddy
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November 1965
When I was a college student, November seemed to have a significant event each year. 1962 End of the Cuban Missile Crisis 1963 Death of John F. Kennedy 1964 Election of LBJ as President 1965 Great North East Black Out … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1960s, Geneva NY, Hobart College, NY 1965 Blackout
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At the Wall
In the 1980s we moved to the Washington DC area and lived there nearly 9 years. It was almost inevitable that I would visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also known as “The Wall.” One of my ROTC instructors at Hobart … Continue reading →
The Last Flight of the Vietnam War
August 15, 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the end of air combat missions during the Vietnam War. While, the January 1973 Paris Peace Accords ostensibly ended military operations in North and South Vietnam, in Cambodia there was no peace … Continue reading →
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