Tag Archives: Memorial Day

TCS: Dawn Was Theirs and Sunset – In Memoriam

Posted on May 31, 2021 by wordcloud9

   Good Morning ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ War does not … Continue reading →

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Before Memorial Day – for the Widows Left Behind By War

Posted on May 30, 2021 by wordcloud9

Aline Murray Kilmer (1888-1941) American poet, children’s book author, essayist, and from 1908 until his death in 1918, the wife of Joyce Kilmer, a poet who is mainly remembered for his poem “Trees,” and for dying young in the ‘War … Continue reading →

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TCS: In Memoriam

Posted on May 27, 2019 by wordcloud9

. . Good Morning! ________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. … Continue reading →

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TCS: Memorial Day – For All We Know

Posted on May 28, 2018 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! ________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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TCS: LAST NOTES – Bugles for the Fallen

Posted on May 29, 2017 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – ‘We Make Promises’ – In Memoriam

Posted on May 30, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for May 25, 2015: A Political Cartoon for Memorial Day by Rob Rogers

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Rob Rogers is the award-winning editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Click here to view more of his political cartoons.

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“Anthem For Doomed Youth”: A Poem by Wilfred Owen Read by Kenneth Branagh

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Anthem for Doomed Youth was written by Wilfred Owen in 1916, when he was a patient at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, recovering from shell shock.    

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