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Pearl Harbor Remembered
A Sunday in December
As the curtain descends on Act One.
Bright lights illuminate the gloom in the auditorium.
My feet reach for the hard floor
and I leave the comfy, plush seat.
Into the winter’s bleak weak sunlit marble hall
I muse over my sister’s performance
As the lead in the high school play
(She’s only in her first year!)
The lace collar on my party dress tickles my neck
As I carefully examine my shiny, new Mary-Janes
For reprimanding scuffs.
The buzz about me becomes accented with
Discernable comments:
“…It’s in Hawaii…”
“…at 8am this morning…”
“…on a Sunday, too!…”
“BUT I HAVE FOUR BOYS!…”
I hear my mother say
As she dabs her eyes with a hanky
I touch her hand
Feeling something has happened that’s
Beyond my childhood comprehension
She bends down to my size for a face-to-face hug.
“War! War!….Pearl Harbor attacked!”
Echoing in my ears as I think
What about my wonderful, big brothers and ….
How can such a beautiful name like ‘pearl’
Mean something so scary as war?
Lois Keating Learned
written about December 7, 1941
Southbury, CT 2011
Lois Keating is one of our Pomperaug Pioneers
Pomperaug Pioneers
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Yorktown High School stories on Story Chip
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World Trade Center Ten Year Anniversary
This photograph was taken 3000 feet above the wreckage of the World Trade Center on September 23, 2001 by NOAA. The original is available in an interactive version from the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
Visit our 911 pages to read stories of that day or add your story to the collection. There is also a new audio program produced by Texas students in September and October of 2001.
Every picture tells a story.
What are the stories of these photographs? It is fun to speculate, but we may never know. Story Chip is the link to pictures and stories, but only if you add your stories.
This is a very moving poem posted for Memorial Day. It is read by Garrison Keilor, during an episode of "A Prairie Home Companion" at Wolf Trap Farm Park, May 28, 2011. It is followed by a beautiful rendition by tenor, Paul Appleby, of Tom Waits', "Day After Tomorrow".
Memorial Day
This is a day to honor fallen heroes. You are invited to honor your loved one here with a story.
The War in the Air
GK talks about Howard Nemerov, recites "The War in the Air"
