The words of President Obama. That line says it all. I don’t think I can remember such a remarkable ten days in my lifetime. Someone can probably remind me of other events that come close in importance, for describing what it’s like for us to be citizens in the United States. Yet when I look …
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Guy’s Homage to WWI (3): Holiday Greetings from the Front
A reference in Mark Bittman’s column yesterday (An Atheist’s Christmas Dream) reminded me of a special World War I moment I had earlier in my life. Here’s what Bittman wrote: Today marks the 100th anniversary of the “Christmas truce” of World War I, when soldiers from both sides left their weapons in the trenches and …
Guy’s Homage to WWI (2): The Very Fine Exhibition at The New York Public Library
There aren’t many times we get so caught up in an exhibition that we’re afraid we’ll get locked in. That’s what happened to me the afternoon I spent at “Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind.” And just to get my complaint out of the way first: This wonderful exhibition – one …
Guy’s Homage to WWI: Starting with “The Piano in Wartime: 1914-1918”
It has been a month now since we had what we used to call Armistice Day, and I have decided the conduct my own homage (if that word isn’t a little overblown) to World War I. There isn’t any particular reason. It’s just that – in my opinion – this amazing and horrible event in …
Spring Visit: Canterbury Windows in New York
View from The Cloisters across the Hudson River Up in Fort Tryon Park, in northern Manhattan, we have a very special place that appeals to so many of us New Yorkers. It’s The Cloisters museum and gardens and it has just completed the celebration of its 75th anniversary. And it’s been a splendid celebration, …
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