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The pen and the sword

May 29, 2006

Today is Memorial Day.

I may be a cynical pacificist, but this Civil War letter from Sullivan Ballou to his wife still moves me. So does this Iraq War letter from Cpl. Jeffrey Starr to his girlfriend (scroll to the end of the article).

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