Senin, 19 Februari 2018

A Port in the Storm

Divided loyalties within and armed mobs without plunge the United States Naval Academy into a sea of uncertainty. Two figures emerged onto the roof of the Executive Mansion, their silhouettes small against the cloudless immensity of blue spring sky as they surveyed the scene before them. This Sunday, April 21, 1861, dawned fine and fair …

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