Tim Smith
Tim Smith grew up playing a lot of basketball at the Boys Club of St. Louis on Sidney and 11th Streets. He graduated from Affton High School in 1997 and went on to Forest Park Community College and later the…
Mathew Brady portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken Feb. 27, 1860.
When two centuries have passed since the birth of a historical figure, he usually has receded into the mists of time. To most of us, he has become unknowable beyond the facts…
The obituary appeared on a Sunday in the Post-Dispatch more than 39 years ago. The headline read, “Area Sailor Killed in War.”
The report conveyed the essential facts:
“Curran M. Jones, navy hospitalman second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berkley Jones, 549…
Have any readers of this post lost a loved one in war?
Would you be willing to write a brief comment below remembering them to us and Post-Dispatch readers?
Memorial Day will be observed next Monday, May 26, this year. I spent…
