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Every Veterans Day, PennLive republishes "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen, a British soldier and poet who wrote one of the most enduring poems of the World War I era. It is thought to have ...
"I must say, I'm a little envious," Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young ...
Today is Nov. 11, Veterans' Day, a day we mark the contribution of all American veterans and their service to the nation. In Europe, they call today "Armistice Day." And they mark the day as the ...
Hughes, a man of the left, probably would have. Whitman wrote movingly about the horrors of human suffering and death in the Civil War, but one can be fully aware of war's evils and still believe ...
At Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, the death toll was more than ... the first part of a line from Horace: “Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori.” ...
Let’s distribute at every meeting and every class we attend this week copies of Wilfred Owen’s World War I poem, “Dulce et Decorum Est.” (Click to download, or see below.) Ask two questions. Did Owen ...