Marcus Fisk
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Zebra Misc
All the World’s a Stage
By Marcus Fisk All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits…
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Divine Providence
On Watch By Marcus Fisk “I wish to have no connection with any ship that doesn’t sail fast, for I…
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On Watch: Old Glory
Old Glory By Marcus Fisk Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white;…
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On Watch: White House of Cards
White House of Cards By Marcus Fisk ALEXANDRIA, VA-Sorry y’all, but what’s going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the…
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ON WATCH: Hello Dolley! How Much Do You Know About Our Spirited First Lady from Virginia?
Hello Dolley! By Marcus Fisk The year 2020 is rapidly approaching and before you can say “Jackie Robinson,” it will…
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On Watch
It’s Presidents’ Day for a Good Reason Washington (the original George “W”) was the first President to have ‘saved the…
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Mercy Street – Alexandria’s “Civil” War By Marcus Fisk This month marks the airing of the Civil War PBS docudrama,…
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ON WATCH: Bad Moon Rising
By Marcus Fisk October 13th marks the 240th anniversary of the U.S. Navy. Throughout its long history the Navy…
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ON WATCH: United Nations?
By Marcus Fisk In past columns, I have written about a smorgasbord of ideas, history, issues, and fun-facts-to-know-and-tell. Usually, I…
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On Watch: Our Floundering Fathers
By Marcus Fisk Trapped somewhere in old, dusty, scholastically-mired history books are some ripping yarns of how we got started…
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