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Our granite-figures aren’t history

As plans for the George C. Marshall Plaza in Uniontown went forward in the early 1990s, it occurred to some of us that a representation of the man himself — a Uniontown native — would be appropriate. Thus was born seated Marshall, situated on the north side of Main Street.ItĢƵ not clear ...

The siren at night wails for all of us

Sometimes, history is not a faint echo but more like a wail — a clear wail.We’ve been hearing a lot recently about police and African-Americans. The actions of police officers in Minneapolis, in taking the life of George Floyd, have sparked searing, nationwide protests by black and white ...

Rally (not) around those flags, boys

The other day, driving through a neighborhood in Canonsburg, Washington County, the person I was with - my pickleball partner - commented on the Donald Trump flags fluttering in the breeze in front of several residences.“Have you ever seen anything like it?” she asked.I admitted I ...

Voter reaction to march sealed election for FDR

As protests continue to rouse the nation in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, it might be useful to recall an earlier protest. Doing so might help us see through the fog of the present and to better anticipate the short-term future.The demonstrations I ...

It’s decision-time for Mark Esper

In remarks on Tuesday to NBC-News, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said, “I didn’t know where I was going.”Esper was talking of his walk from the White House with Donald Trump to St. JohnĢƵ Church — “the church of presidents” — on the edge of Lafayette Park for a presidential ...

The ‘reporter’ who invented D-Day

“Operation Overlord ... began at precisely fifteen minutes after midnight.... At that moment a few specially chosen men of the American 101st and 82nd airborne divisions stepped out of their planes into the moonlit night over Normandy.”Thus, Cornelius Ryan begins to weave thousands of ...