To My Daughter, on Completing Officer Training
Category: POLITICS
Last Tuesday, watching you march in your crisp army fatigues and get pinned, was surrealistic. Never having served in the army, always having assumed you would do your required minimum and move on, I found the ceremony delightfully unfamiliar and awe-inspiring.
By Gil Troy, ContributorAmerican presidential historian, McGill professor, "The Age of..., 2015-02-26