My father treasured an inexpensive portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that hangs in my study above Old Glory, folded in military fashion. This flag was solemnly placed atop my dad’s casket after he died in 1973, symbolizing what he wanted to be remembered for: A World War II soldier, a private who fought in the infantry Fifth Division “Red Devils” under Commander in Chief Eisenhower.
Dad drove a gasoline truck on Normandy’s front lines. He fueled tanks under Gen. George Patton’s command. He claimed these battles marked the high point in his life, despite the death and destruction he endured in French villages. To this day in Normandy’s shops and coffee houses, the French display thank you signs, remembering Yanks like my father who freed them from tyranny.
Looking back on Winston Churchill’s Christmas message, December 24, 1941, Washington, D.C.
We are a resilient species and have a lot to be grateful for even as our lives have been turned upside down by the deadliest pandemic in the past 100 years. When faced with challenges, I’ve always found it helpful to put things into perspective. For me, this usually involves history.
After reading Erik Larson’s
The Splendid and the Vile which definitely puts today’s challenges into perspective (I highly recommend reading this gem) – the following message from Churchill resonates 79 years later. Please read this with a nondenominational, culturally diverse mindset as Churchill’s words reflected the time.
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A monument in Carmarthen dedicated to a hero of the Battle of Waterloo also known as the Tyrant of Trinidad will not be removed or renamed as part of a Welsh government probe into offensive statues.
The memorial to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Picton Terrace in the south-western town since 1888.
A campaign was launched to have the monument removed a day after the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and its dumping in Bristol harbour by Black Lives Matter protesters.
Reacting to demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd in the US in May, Carmarthenshire Council set up a taskforce to review matters relating to racial inequality.