The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
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George Washington Slept Here, and There, and Over There
Alexandria, VA – Most Alexandrians can’t get enough of George Washington. Alexandria can’t escape his hold on the city, and…
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The Last Hurrah: In Memory of the SS United States
Alexandria, VA – Americans have been in love with their maritime history (often in the form of legends) ever since…
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The Last Word – A Christmas Carol
Alexandria, VA – The Christmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged…
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The Last Word – Home Sweet Home
Alexandria, VA – Ahhh, living in France. One evening around 9:00 pm last month, there was a knock at the…
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The Last Word – Taffy 3
Alexandria, VA – It was crisp that night, 24 October 2013, one of those nights when the leaves desperately hang…
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The Last Word – Out of Step
Alexandria, VA – “Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick…
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Happy Birthday Alexandria!!!
Alexandria, VA – They say it’s your birthday Well, it’s my birthday too, yeah They say it’s your birthday We’re…
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The Last Word – Band of Brothers
Alexandria, VA – We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with…
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The Last Word: Once Again, It’s May!
Alexandria, VA – It’s May! Kids are wide-eyed, ready to burst out of the school doors at that last bell…
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The Last Word: …Turn, Turn, Turn…
Alexandria, VA – “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” “Turn,…
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