Every week, I watch a movie with my teens over lunch.  During the school year, they take turns picking the movie to watch each week, but dur...

I was in my early teens when they released the movie Gettysburg (1993). My family rented it as soon as it hit the local video store. We set...

Some stories I first experienced at a young age feel as if they’ve always been a part of me. The 1982 miniseries The Blue and the Gray is o...

Today is Memorial Day here in the USA, which means I'm taking some time to thank God for all the brave people who have laid down their l...

Biopics are always tricky to balance.  You've got to remain fairly faithful to a the real events of the person's life, because if th...

I had to wait to finalize this list until I'd seen Monuments Men  a second time, to know whether or not it really belonged on this list....

Yes, it's Hero Week over at The Story Girl !  As my contribution, I've decided to blog about General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain an...

The Blue and the Gray (1982).  This is another one I grew up with -- my parents rented it several times when I was a kid, and for years, wh...

If I needed one more reason to love Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, here it is. During a battle near Petersburg, after having been wounded in t...

I'm reading The Passing of the Armies by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain right now. My copy is part of Bantam Books' 'Eyewitness to...