MARATHON, FL – Stephen Charles Philbrick of Oquossoc, Maine, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 26 while on an annual family vacation. He was 69 years old. Stephen was born in Farmington, Maine on October 5, 1953, the son of the late Raymond H. Philbrick and Therese (Turmenne) Philbrick. He was the beloved husband of
Dissecting the words of U.S. history
Phyllis Van Buren
We are the United States of America. Politicians plead for unity, but we are more divided now than before the Civil Rights movement.
Are people in this country striving for unity or for discord? Do some just look for the most obscure historical artifacts and stir the pot?
Recognize the following line from a poem?
It comes from “The Defence of Fort M Henry,” written in 1814. Yet, it foments controversy more than two centuries later.
Few of us have ever read this poem, but we have sung the first stanza, never knowing that Francis Scott Key wrote four stanzas in The Star-Spangled Banner.” We lack the context.