Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. served on the U.S. Supreme Court when several laws were passed that restricted freedom of speech; this was a time when people spoke against the government and its choice to go to war. For years, the Supreme Court did not defend people’s right to free speech. Then Holmes came up with…
Oliver Wendell Holmes: The ‘Great Dissenter’
April 26, 2023
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A Day in April That Some Past Poets Implore Us to Remember
April 7, 2022
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Arts & CultureArts & TraditionBrightDora B. HunterHenry Wadsworth LongfellowLife & TraditionOliver Wendell HolmesRalph Waldo EmersonTraditional Culture
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It was dawn, April 19, 1775, and the British troops who had left Boston earlier that night arrived at Lexington, Massachusetts, in search of caches of arms gathered by American colonialists and hoping to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock. Assembled on Lexington’s town green was a collection of civilians: militia roused to confront the…
In Need of Inspiration? Let’s Visit Some Heroes From Our Past
July 15, 2021
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Abraham LincolnArts & CultureHeroesLife & TraditionLiteratureLouisa May AlcottOliver Wendell HolmesWalt Whitman
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When we think of contemporary heroes, figures we admire for their courage when confronted by physical danger or who defend goodness and justice at great personal sacrifice, we may remember such people as the first responders who charged into the Twin Towers on 9/11 to rescue those trapped inside. Perhaps we’ve read of the exploits…
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