Tag Archives: Gettysburg

American Dream

Posted on July 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In this day and age, so many tear at the foundations of America.  They do so with an almost willful ignorance of what came before and what’s happened since.  There is an insistence that perfection be from the beginning when … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Brave

Posted on October 18, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

This is still the land of the free and the brave No matter how many among us are knaves A land with its allegiance made to freedom Where the people rule, not a kingdom Where we salute the Old Glory … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Haskell’s Account of the Battle of Gettysburg

Posted on July 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

The Battle of Gettysburg stretched from July 1st through 3rd, 1863.  It was one of the most horrendous battles that was ever fought in the Western hemisphere and it occurred between two sides of Americans – the North versus the … Continue reading →

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Freedom 1776 – 2017

Posted on June 30, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Freedom 1776-2017 by Michael Romani In thinking on America’s revolution In the quest for sweet freedom’s contribution Each man willing to die to be free I confess puzzlement at this mystery That a people who sought so hard for liberty … Continue reading →

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