Tag Archives: Memorial Day

Amoeba’s Lorica: Meme-ories 30 (Memorial)

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Amoeba

Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down – Stephen Stills, 1970

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Amoeba’s Lorica: The White Feather (A Memorial Day Musing)

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Amoeba

One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now often forgotten that to be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an … Continue reading →

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Amoeba’s Lorica: The Playing of Taps

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Amoeba

A story written some years ago, reposted here in lieu of helping to propagate the “true meaning of Memorial Day” photos currently strung across the Internet. The trumpet player was trying to relax. It wasn’t working for him. The effort … Continue reading →

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