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Notes 1. Dederer, “The Origins of Robert E. Lee’s Bold Generalship,” 117.   2. Rafuse, “Still a Mystery?,” 851.   [3]  Chernow, Grant , xxi.   [4]  Keller, Robert E. Lee as a Military Theorist , 44.   [5]  Rafuse, Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865 , 8–9.   [6]  Lynch, A Comparison of the Operational Leadership of General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee During the American Civil War. , 2.   [7]  Ballard, “Battle of Antietam,” 81–88.   [8]  Bal

George Bourke Foster Sturgis Charter Public School West, Hyannis, Massachusetts January 26, 2026   Introduction When it comes to famous military men, it is hardly rare to have a rival, with conflicts between men like Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus or Erwin Rommel and Bernard Montgomery being popular subjects of analysis. And concerning the United States, there is one famous rivalry that has stood the test of time and even today still sees debate by historians: the rivalr

By George Foster When it comes to a lively and fierce debate The US definitely takes the argument cake And when it comes to owning firearms Both sides argue and try to outcharm For those who shoot for the fun and thrill There are videogames, with cheaper bills And while I am okay with guns for hunting Guns from the army, I will keep shunting And while many believe guns keep them safe Even as others look bitterly down and chafe By allowing everyone to own a nice fancy gun  The

By George Foster How does Democracy stay afloat When it can be a nearly sunken boat How can it promote and protect equality When it can lose and mistreat authority For some that are elected to power Have minds and thoughts, ever so sour They talk their way to the chair Promising people love and care But when they then hold the power They take control, opponents devoured And even if a dictator doesn’t come in Disagreements and fights always begin For among those who won the vo

By George Foster   Synopsis Oliver and his friends Harry and John join the British army, hoping to find a heroic adventure in the fields of France in late WW1. However upon arriving and meeting grizzled veterans like Captain Radcliff and the incompetent Lt. Col. Jenkins, the reality of their situation sinks in. After spending some quiet yet disturbing time in the trenches, they join the final major attack of the war. Afterwards Oliver wakes up in a hospital, learning from nur

Name: George Foster To say the United States is a polarized nation today would be a massive understatement, and it’s not hard to see why....

Name: George Foster Another day without any sort of miseries Focused on a man with many moral victories Surrounded by a large, loud happy...

Name: George Foster In mid-December 1791, Congress passed the infamous Bill of Rights, 10 amendments to the US constitution that were...

Name: George Foster In 1948, President Harry S. Truman passed Executive Order 9981, an order which, in effect, ended segregation in the...