Ralph Kinney Bennett March 3, 1941 – December 18, 2024
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As the summer of 1914 closed and World War I entered its third month, the British Royal Navy held a virtually unchallenged command of the seas, daring the German High Seas Fleet of Kaiser Wilhelm to come out from the…
That was the day in Philadelphia in 1776 that 12 of the 13 colonies voted to declare their independence from Great Britain, even as General Sir William Howe was landing 10,000 British troops on Staten Island in New York. (New…
It’s like a pair of really big shoes. Every year, I have to walk up and put my feet in them and look silly because I can never fill them.
“He that outlives this day, and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when this day is named… Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he’ll remember with advantages what feats he did that day.” — Shakespeare, Henry…