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Trees

When I was in elementary school, I read a series of books in a series known as the “I Was There” books. Each story placed …

Failure

Failure

Our lives rarely take the course we ourselves planned, if we planned at all. I was reminded again of that reality when I viewed a …

Revision

Revision

Quiz time. What general wrote the following words?:

“To the petulant and persistent secessionists, why death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed …

That’s My Story

That’s My Story
Today we live in a very divided and selfish country.  We seem to be agreed on very little - either socially or …

Ndongo

Ndongo

Every once in a while an historian tests the prevailing interpretation of an event or era by digging into the available primary sources in a …