A Charlie Brown Christmas was first broadcast in 1965 on CBS. I was 8 years old and I was stunned at the time by the passage of Linus quoting the Gospel of Luke in explaining the true meaning of Christmas. Apparently CBS excutives wanted to cut this passage out, but Charles Schulz, normally a fairly non-confrontational man, was adamant that it remain in. (more…)
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Almost Chosen People- Lawrence Charles McClarey: Requiescat In Pace
- May 19, 1863: First Assault at Vicksburg
- The New York Volunteer
- May 17, 1863: Battle of Big Black River Bridge
- May 16, 1863: Battle of Champion Hill
- American Gothic and Ma and Pa Kent
- May 14, 1863: Grant Takes Jackson, Mississippi
- Great Lakes Aircraft Carriers
- Ann Marie Jarvis, West Virginia and Mother’s Day
- Her Southern Soldier Boy
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