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Following the 8:46 a.m. moment of silence, New York Governor George Pataki (R) read the Gettysburg Address...
...carved into the walls of monuments and read out in public ceremonies. They are a special class, singled out for special attention and praise. Across the nation today, the War Dead of last September are being remembered in myriad ceremonies. Gov. George Pataki of New York will read the Gettysburg Address at Ground Zero today, leaving no question that these are, indeed, the War Dead whom we remember...
That ceremony will commence with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first plane struck the World Trade Center. The moment of silence will be followed by a reading of the Gettysburg Address by New York Gov. George Pataki...
...debate now has a natural geography. Washington is on a war footing, unless you call machine-gun squads near the Mall normal. Lower Manhattan has become hallowed ground, like Omaha Beach or Gettysburg. But elsewhere most people say the fear has largely passed or congealed into superstitions. A Chicago mom still won't take her kids to visit Dad in his Sears Tower office. People stay awake when they fly. Some Florida school districts have lifted the ban on cell phones, under pressure from parents who want to be able to reach their kids at any time. We have banned...
Investigation of this apparent bicycle shop revealed an odd piece of Boston history. The Cyclorama, located on Tremont St., was originally built to house a grand circular painting depicting the Battle of Gettysburg. It has since housed a skating rink, a flower market and a factory before finally being acquired by the Boston Center for the Arts, which has made the architecturally deceptive building its home. On Friday, the historic red brick hosted a convention of tattoo artists and their patrons—a tribute to the broad vision of “art” supported by the Boston...