Tagged: memorials

The Fates Of 9/11 – NYPD’s Moira Smith, Her Daughter Patricia, And Her Life Beyond Memory. 0

The Fates Of 9/11 – NYPD’s Moira Smith, Her Daughter Patricia, And Her Life Beyond Memory.

Ten years ago today Moira Smith, Brooklyn born, Irish Catholic bred, and a 13th Precinct NYPD Officer on September 11th, died while saving others in the pyre that on that Tuesday was the World...

Death In The Morning – Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) 0

Death In The Morning – Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

“Death hung like an obsessive shadow over the life and work of Ernest Hemingway . . . He was once quoted as saying, ‘There is only one theme for a writer.  That is death and...

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire — “NOT A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLS” Yakima Herald, March 1911 0

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire — “NOT A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLS” Yakima Herald, March 1911

NOT A CHANCE FOR THE GIRLS Such Appears to Be the Evidence of Conditions Surrounding the New York Fire DOORS SWUNG INWARD AND ESCAPES BLOCKED Greater Number of the Employes Were Unable to Speak...

Cherry Blossoms, War Dead, and the Ironies of Spring 0

Cherry Blossoms, War Dead, and the Ironies of Spring

“No loyal citizen of the United States should be denied the democratic right to exercise the responsibilities of his citizenship, regardless of his ancestry.The principle on which this country was founded and by which...

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