Category Archives: veterans
Honor our veterans today. Parade at 10 a.m.
Our yearly parade on Memorial Day is always a stirring, wonderful event. Be there. Here are the details: The West Hartford Memorial Day Parade Committee announces the appointment of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal as the Honorary Parade Marshal of the 2007 … Continue reading
Filed under Memorial Day, News, parade, veterans, West Hartford
Newsweek’s stunning new issue
Scrawled across the cover of the April 2 issue of Newsweek are a soldier’s words, in his own writing: “Any day I’m here could be the day I die.” What follows inside is an extraordinary, deeply sad and wonderful look into … Continue reading
Wrong decision on Veterans Day
After mulling it over for a couple of weeks, the Board of Education recently decided to hold school on Veterans Day next year. It took a 4-3 vote to make the call. Now I don’t fault the school board members who … Continue reading
Filed under education, Schools, veterans, Veterans Day
War poetry
Leave it to someone from the West Hartford-based 143rd Military Police unit to write a book of poetry about his experiences in Iraq. Though Captain Gregory Robert Samuels lives in Mansfield, it might be worth checking out his War Poems … Continue reading
Filed under 143rd Military Police, Iraq, literature, poetry, veterans, war
Why we lost the war
Even though the Bush administration and Sen. Lieberman haven’t yet accepted that the war is lost, it’s clear enough that it is. All you have to do is talk to the returning soldiers. They know there’s nothing left to fight … Continue reading
Building 18
Just read the sickening, wonderful news story from last Sunday’s Washington Post about the conditions that our wounded troops are living in at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It’s appalling. These men and women, who have suffered grievously in battle, … Continue reading
