The Edge of Mosbys Sword: The Life of Confederate Colonel William Henry Chapman
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This and That (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
I don't know why but parts of this poem have just been popping into my head lately... Thought I'd share it What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ground Report (Paul Sterne) Here's one I missed from October - a call for the obelisk of Tuthmosis III on New York's Central Park to be moved to the safer and more appropriate environment of the Met. The obelisk was gifted to the United States in 1879 by the Khedive of Egypt as a gesture of friendship and to promote trade. It was brought to America by William Henry Vanderbilt, the richest...
All Things Anderson (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... like to credit Viewer in Virginia for her research and writing and to Em for the puzzle. ~Phebe William Henry Vanderbilt died in 1885. His eldest son succeeded him, Cornelius Vanderbilt II. This Cornelius resembled his namesake, the Commodore, and was the favorite of the old man. With the money grandpa left him, 500,000.00 and the 40 million from his father, Cornelius hit the ground...
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
American Minute By William J. Federer President Thomas Jefferson, author of the phrase “Separation of Church and State,” asked Congress to ratify a treaty with the Kaskaskia Indians, which they did DECEMBER 3, 1803. Negotiated shortly after the Louisiana Purchase by future President William Henry Harrison, the Kaskaskia Indian Treaty stated: “And whereas the greater...
Peerage News (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
_The Baroness Trevelyan, who died 24 November, 2009, aged 96, was the widow of the Baron Trevelyan, KG, GCMG, CIE, OBE (1905-85). She was b circa 1913 as Violet Margaret (Peggie) Bartholemew, only dau of General Sir William Henry Bartholemew, GCB, CMG, DSO (1877-1962) by his wife the former Violet Alice Penton; and married the then Humphrey Trevelyan, scion of the Trevelyan Baronets (cr...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... But as long as the poems are used respectfully, I think it can be OK. Center Parcs used Leisure by William Henry Davies, and Waitrose used Keats's To Autumn. I wrote a poem for a Prudential ad campaign, but Adrian Mitchell said he wouldn't do it. Verse has always been used in adverts – memorable language and the expectancy of rhyme are powerful – but it has to be used...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... while in office. In six instances, the disability resulted in the President's death.In 1841, William Henry Harrison was bedridden for a week before dying of pneumonia. Zachary Taylor was bedridden for five days before his death from an acute intestinal obstruction in 1850. Abraham Lincoln was unconscious for nine hours before dying of a gunshot wound in 1865.James Garfield was bedridden...
