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Posted by Van Auken |
May 27th, 2011
You have to wonder. What is it that makes a person want to have a job where they wake up every morning with the realization they might be called upon to do something heroic?
Most of us, me included, don’t have jobs like that. Most of us like...
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Posted by Van Auken |
Mar 1st, 2011
Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison, located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works (O.P.W.), an Irish Government agency. Kilmainham Gaol played an important part in Irish...
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Posted by Van Auken |
Oct 23rd, 2010
During World War II, when England was more concerned with survival than protecting cultural history, the Royal Air Force considered knocking these stones down to make way for an airfield. I can’t say I got any spooky or strange feelings from...
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Posted by Van Auken |
Jul 3rd, 2010
I wonder about the men who fought at Gettysburg 147 years ago, and if they were thinking about Independence Day.
Survival was probably foremost on their minds, but the idea (on both sides) of the meaning of The Fourth of July must have been in...
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