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“Remembering 9/11 and the Lesson of Antietam”
It has become my custom on 9/11 to think back to a different day during a different September when America suffered an even more catastrophic loss of life. As I first explained in 2012, the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. … Continue reading
9/11 and 9/17, Inexorably Linked: Remember
The events of 9/11/2001 and 9/17/1862 remain inextricably linked in my mind, tied together not only by the horror of what happen on those days but by national resolve to “Never forget.” Even as we build skyscraper-sized memorials to the dead … Continue reading
“Never forget”: Remembering Antietam on 9/11
It has become my custom on 9/11 to think back to a different day during a different September when America suffered an even more catastrophic loss of life. As I explained two years ago, the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 17, … Continue reading
“Never forget”–The lesson of Antietam on 9/11
As seems to be my custom on 9/11, my thoughts go back to a different day in a past September: September 17, 1862. As I explained last year, the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 17, 1862, have become … Continue reading
Antietam revisited on 9/11
As I wrote last year, the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 17, 1862, have become inextricably linked in my mind. I took the opportunity this morning, in commemoration of the events of 9/11, to stop at Antietam, where … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11 and the Lesson of Antietam
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, many people spent the weekend declaring, “We should never forget.” Of course, we never should forget the tragedies of that day and the lessons we’ve learned as a result. But I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Photography
Tagged 9/11, Alexander Gardner, Antietam, Photography
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