May 14, 2026
Tag: S.S. Athenia
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S. S. Athenia:
the first victim of warNo Comments
Sadness touched Fredericksburg, Virginia, earlier than most communities at the start of World War II–two years before the USA was officially involved in the war. It was a fact starkly driven home to me when I stumbled upon the memorial stone to Robert Shenton Harris in the City Cemetery. Robert Shenton Harris, whose father Robert
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September 4, 2025 3 Comments
Four boys built a hideout on the bank of a small stream. They found a rusty old box that contained a challenge that they followed to a hidden cave, which contained wisdom that made their lives better. When they grew up, they remembered that summer as a time when their lives were forever changed.