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Once Seen, Never Forgotten, Forever

Pembroke Castle, Pembroke, Wales Now, this really shows how the past can impinge on the present. In 2016, my wife and I visited Ireland. It was our original intention to take the ferry over to the U.K. and travel down … Continue reading

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Monumental Blunders: Tearing Down Our Past

Should We Be Pulling Down Statues? This controversy started in the United States, after George Floyd’s murder. But it isn’t new. Civil War heroes of the South have always had a place of pride in their town and city squares. … Continue reading

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