Our War

Through an essay-in-memoir called “The Identity Thief,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo tells the story of how he became ...

The coming of the Civil War was the defining moment of Francis Amsden Clary’s life, as it was for most of his generation. But for few men w...

The other night I had the privilege of awarding the Donald Hall-Jane Kenyon Prize in American Poetry. Hall is an old friend. He and Kenyon, ...

A veteran stands before the monument of the 40th New York Infantry, known as the Mozart regiment. Its plaque is diamond-shaped after the ...

Veterans pose at the 25th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg in 1888. In the front row are some of the major figures of the battle. ...

This past weekend I had a chance to listen to a man who has pursued the mystery of one defining American quality for nearly half a century:...

Veterans and family members at the 5th New Hampshire monument dedication on July 2, 1886. Seated on the boulder with his feet on the groun...