Monthly Archives: August 2023

March On DC Plus 50

August 26, 2023 – 7:37 am

Written on Aug 26, 2013 August 28, 1963 hundreds of thousands of Americans assembled in Washington DC for the Jobs and Freedom March. The demonstration had a good number of whites, but the marchers were predominantly black and very brave considering how the police treated any congregation large and small of America?s minority with violence. […]

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JFK on the March to Washington

August 26, 2023 – 7:08 am

Written August 13, 2013 Two years ago the BBC News reported that JFK had attempted to block the 1963 March on Washington for fear of violence and painted a picture of a president apathetic to the plight of blacks in America, however the article ignored to mention the Justice Department descending on Birmingham after the […]

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Bound to Burn at the Stake

August 24, 2023 – 9:01 pm

Written April 22, 2009 My Argentinean friend, Dampira, send a Facebook survey of what Biblical character she would be. The website search engine decided Deborah, a prophetess of the Old Testament. My apostasy forced a rude reaction. “Better you were Mary Magdalene. A fucking whore.” Dampira was taken aback at my vehemence and I explained […]

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Cumberland County Kingdom

August 24, 2023 – 3:14 am

Written July 1, 2021 From the Kezar Pond to Saco Bay. Old Orchard Beach to Bailey’s Island. The land of my youth The summer camp on Watchic Pond Built by my grandfather. An orphan A logger A frontline surgeon in WWI France. A retreat from the horrors to Maine With a nurse, my grandmother. A […]

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The South Shore to Maine – New England – Quinton Sprague and Peter Nolan Smith

August 24, 2023 – 3:08 am

THE SOUTH SHORE TO MAINE by Quinton Arundel At the 169 Willem gives his blessing to our road trip

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