Category Archives: capturing memories

Writing Your Personal History with COVID-19

Posted on April 5, 2020 by moonbridgebooks

These are strange and scary times – history-making times. This novel coronavirus may likely spawn novels as well as science papers, but most interesting will be the true stories of survival. That’s where you can help, besides by sequestering yourself … Continue reading →

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D-Day and More: Keeping the Memories Alive

Posted on June 9, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

The 75th anniversary of D-Day brings up an important point: with the survivors of this heroic but tragic history disappearing every day, who will be left to tell their stories? The history books will give basic information, but it’s the … Continue reading →

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War Stories: They Shall Not Grow Old

Posted on February 3, 2019 by moonbridgebooks

What is the message of the documentary They Shall Not Grow Old? There is no plot, no storyline, no main character, no moral to the story. Instead, filmmaker Peter Jackson, of Lord of the Rings fame, champions the importance of … Continue reading →

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