Abolitionist Harriet Tubman posthumously awarded rank of general
Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank ...
Harriet Tubman becomes a one-star general in Maryland, 160 years late
A governor, generals and scores of veterans were on hand to see Harriet Tubman posthumously became a one-star, brigadier ...
Walt Whitman supported, comforted soldiers
To appreciate the act of offering comfort for the victims of war, there are few better sources of inspiration than Walt ...
How Black Civil War Patriots Should Be Remembered This Veterans Day
O ver a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...
Canadian veterans remember how they eased tensions as UN peacekeepers in ethnically split Cyprus
Two Canadian veterans who served with the U.N. peacekeepers in divided Cyprus have shared their recollections of their tour of duty ...
Compassion amid chaos: How a great American poet became a lifeline for wounded soldiers
With over 40 armed conflicts now taking place around the world, the costs of warfare are immense and continue to mount with ...
Compassion amid chaos − how one of America’s greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers
Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest poets in American history. Born the second of nine children in straitened circumstances in New York in 1819, he left school at age 11 to help support his ...