Sunday, March 29, 2015

The Charge of the Light Brigade Ignites the Romance of War

The Charge of the Light Brigade took place on October 25, 1854 at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom when he wrote this poem.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Jefferson - Adams Correspondence

"You and I ought to not die, before we have explained ourselves to each other." - John Adams to Thomas Jefferson