By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. If celebrated biographer David McCullough didn’t write so well, this article might not have been written. But McCullough is a masterful writer… and his book on President Truman compelling reading for anyone who wants to understand contemporary America and its place in the world. Thus, I saw on …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. I have found the perfect music to accompany this article. It is called “Washington’s March”. It is an elegant piece of 18th century music, balanced, refined, symmetrical, as suitable for a drawing room as for an afternoon’s review of the troops. It reminds us that George Washington and …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s note. To get the most from this article, you should listen to the words and music for a tune called “The World Turned Upside Down”. It’s an English ballad first published in 1643 as a protest against the policies of Parliament relating to the celebration of Christmas. Parliament under the …