Our War
This blog is about my new Civil War history, Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
A walk in the city: Trinity Church & the 9/11 neighborhood
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The winglike World Trade Tower Transportation Hub and the Freedom Tower Our 28th floor apartment window faces south. In the distance...
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Autumn in New York
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A fall day at The Cloisters with my sweetheart . . .
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Saturday, October 3, 2015
Fire! George T. Strong describes 'an igneous night'
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New York's Great Fire of 1835, as seen from Williamsburg in Brooklyn. George Templeton Strong, the 19th century New York City diari...
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Winant's war, FDR's choice, a sad demise
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This is the second of a two-part post on John G. Winant, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain during World War II. Part one is here . The serie...
Monday, September 28, 2015
FDR's man in London: an idealist at war
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J. Brett Grill's statue of John G. Winant. Cold? Winant would give you his overcoat. Next spring J. Brett Grill’s statue of John ...
Friday, September 25, 2015
Hollow presidential campaigns: an American tradition
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As we roll our eyes amid the foolery and hokum of our 2016 presidential campaign, it is worth remembering how long Americans have endured h...
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