November 1969 Last Wednesday was the 54th anniversary of the largest political demonstration in American history. Organized by the National Mobilization against the War in Vietnam, commonly known as the MOBE, the protest drew half a million people to the nation’s capital. They marched from the White House (Nixon’s “secret plan to end the war”Continue reading “The Fog of Grief”
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War Story
My mother dampened clothes with a sprinkler bottle, rolled them up and let them sit before she started ironing. My father had a screwdriver for tightening or a hammer for pounding whatever had loosened up over the week as my brothers flew through the house. I came in off the street with salt on myContinue reading “War Story”
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