Susannah’s Fall & Winter Reading List, 2018-2019
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Category Archives: war
History Changed Me
When my friend David mentioned he drove to Galena, Illinois, it got me thinking of General U.S. Grant, who lived there for a time. Funny I should know that, but then again, not really. I never read much as a … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, men, Politics, readng, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alcoholics Anonymous, Battle of Gettysburg, Jon Meacham The Soul of America, Reading American History, The Killer Angels Michael Shaara, U.S .Grant
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Yays or Nays for the NRA
The recent Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh has really affected me. I have mixed feelings about our gun laws to begin with, as many of us do. Should we have the Right to Bear Arms, as our Second Amendment states, ratified … Continue reading
A Date Which Will Live In Infamy…9/11/2001
One of the most famous quotes in American history by President Franklin Roosevelt, coined after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, can more than apply to what happened on a tranquil Tuesday, 17 years ago today. When … Continue reading
Mary and Jack
Mary McGrory (1918-2004) and John Kennedy (1917-1963) were friends. They actually dated when they were just cubs making their way in Washington. He became the president, and she, the top woman journalist in D.C. manning a daily column for the Washington … Continue reading
Those Wacky Presidents
After a friend read, I can name all the U.S. Presidents, he demanded to know how, so I told him. Boy, was he sorry. Washington, the first, is a no-brainer. John Adams the 2nd, Thomas Jefferson, author of The Declaration … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, humanity, humor, internet, Politics, travel, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged American History, Donald Trump, US Presidents
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8 Dead Near 9/11 Memorial
Luckily, I was nowhere near the latest horror show where a 29 year-old man drove a Home Depot rental truck, down a westside bike path killing 8 innocent, unsuspecting people, including 5 visitors from Argentina and one from Belgium, who … Continue reading
Religion, Politics and How Old Do You Think I Am?
These are three topics that should be avoided at all costs. Recently, a girl I was working with asked, how old did I think she was. I tried bobbing and weaving so not to answer, but she persisted, smiling seductively … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, humanity, humor, Politics, religion, war, words
Tagged Donald Trump, Google Images, Politics, religion, vanity
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Charlottesville, Virginia August 12, 2017
When General George Edward Pickett (1825-1875) led his doomed division in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1865 on the last day of this famous battle famously known as Pickett’s Charge, mounted majestically on his horse, he hollered… Up men to your … Continue reading
John McCain…Eternal Hero
As I sat in a cafe reading in the New York Times that Arizona Senator, John McCain, is suffering from aggressive brain cancer, I began to cry. A teenage boy seated near me asked what was wrong. My first impulse … Continue reading
Posted in grace, History, humanity, media, men, Politics, violence, war, words
Tagged John McCain brain cancer, John S. McCain, POWS, Senator John McCain's war record, The Vietnam War
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God Bless America
I warn you, this is not one of my slaphappy posts. I’m here, stunned into silence after going to the 9/11 Museum downtown. A friend asked, what possessed me? Well, I always wanted to go since, being a survivor of … Continue reading
Posted in grace, Home, humanity, kids, media, men, New York City, parents, Politics, religion, violence, war, women, words
Tagged 9/11 Museum, Remembering the fallen 9/11, September 11 2001, The World Trade Center
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