We know of several U.S. presidents who read poetry, but one in particular is known for his love of verse. And it won’t be a big surprise, given the man’s speeches. Marlena Figge at Society of Classical Poets has the story.
We’ve visited Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, several times. It’s still rather amazing that this small town in mid-America became the site of one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. And now there’s a museum dedicated to the man who gave it, sitting below a church bombed during the London Blitz and reconstructed at the college. This week marked the 80th anniversary of the Iron Curtain speech by Winston Churchill. John Rossi at the Imaginative Conservative has the story.
Maybe it’s because we live here, but I think we often forget the impact the American Revolution had on the world. And in many ways, it’s still having an impact. Naturalized American Richard Bell (he’s a native Brit) at American Heritagetakes a look at some of that impact in “They Turned the World Upside Down.”
More Good Reads
America 250
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding by Joseph Ellis – review by Timothy Symington at Journal of the American Revolution.
“You express a Desire to become acquainted with our American Ladies” – Phill Greenwalt at Emerging Revolutionary War Era.
When Some Americans First Lost Their Constitution – Ray Raphael at Journal of the American Revolution.
The Fortress Washington Built Overnight – Jonathan Horn at The Free Press.
“Remember, it is the fifth of March, a day ever to be forgotten; avenge the death of your brethren” – Rob Orrison at Emerging Revolutionary War Era.
Trumbull: Connecticut’s “Revolutionary” Governor –Andrew Fowler at Real Clear History.
British Stuff
The Treachery of Sr. George Downing – A London Inheritance.
Faith
A Perilous Salvation – Andrew Klavan at The New Jerusalem.
The Language of Joy: The Lure of Three Insatiable Letters – Ethan Jones at Front Porch Republic.
Walk Away from the Sea – Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule.
Writing and Literature
Still Got It: Authors Who Thrive as Super Agers – Joel Miller at Miller’s Book Review.
My Wife Read One of Admiral David Dixon Porter’s Romance Novels So You Don’t Have To – Neil Chatelain at Emerging Civil War.
Poetry
Atmosphere in Eight Lines – Maryann Corbett at New Verse Review.
“Water,” poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson and “A Musical Instrument,” poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Steingraber the Poet – Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.
Life and Culture
Welcoming the Shadow Brother – Mel Livatino at Front Porch Republic.
Light of World – We the Kingdom
Painting: Andreas Reading, oil on canvas by Edvard Munch (1863-1944).
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