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Category Archives: Popular Culture
A Post for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday, 2021: “A Prayer for our Country”
[Note: A year ago, I reflected in this space on the play of “light” and “darkness” in the rhetoric of Dr. King, drawing on remarks by the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis and Republican columnist Michael Gerson. I ended by confessing … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Episcopal Church, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, Interdisciplinary Work, Martin Luther King, memoir, Popular Culture, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized
Tagged "Prayer for our Country", 2020 presidential election;, Covid-19, Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, Joe Biden, MLK Holiday
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[Note: 2020 has rapidly become a “Year of Discontent” in the United States. The coronavirus–and our government’s seeming inability, or unwillingness, to bring it under control–has produced much of the pervasive anger and frustration currently testing the strengths of the … Continue reading
To Ben on Father’s Day, 2020: “Ben as Dad”
[Note: I guess that, as a historian who is “retired but not shy,” I’ve spent lots of time over the past decade looking back, on my career as a History teacher and on the road that led me there. It … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Delaware, Education, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged American Dad, American History and Culture, Ben Lamplugh, family history, Father's Day, Historical Reflection, history, Newark (Delaware), Retirement
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The Year of Ben (2019-2020); and a decade of “Retired But Not Shy” (2010-2020)
[Note: Americans tend to focus on anniversaries that end in “0.” For example, married couples usually regard their tenth, twentieth, thirtieth, etc., anniversaries as more important than the others. And I guess that’s true of the few bloggers who managed … Continue reading
Ben, An American Dad, 1921-1986, Part VII: Legacies
[Note: Although I’m sure he never understood it, Ben Lamplugh was a member of the so-called “Greatest Generation.” These were the American men and women who answered their country’s call in the wake of Pearl Harbor and did their parts–overseas … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Delaware, Education, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, education, Historical Reflection, history, Newark (Delaware), Retirement
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“But You Get What You Need”: One Historian’s “Contingent” Career, Part 2
[Note: When I began teaching at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta in the autumn of 1973, I didn’t anticipate staying for the long term. Surely something better (i.e., a college teaching post) would come along? But no: instead, I found … Continue reading
Posted in "Education Courses", American History, Books, Education, Elective History Course for 9th and 10th Graders, family history, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, History Teaching, memoir, Popular Culture, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Sun Belt, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, education, Emory University, family history, Georgia History, Graduate Education, Historical Reflection, history, History Curriculum, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching History, WP Longform
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Ben, An American Dad, 1921-1986, Part VI: A Dad Alone, 1964-1986
[Note: The events of the summer of 1964 [see here] put an end to Betts and Ben Lamplugh’s marriage and shattered their family: Betts’ bus trip to Newark; Ben’s angry phone call later that day; and Betts’ refusal either to … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Delaware, Education, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Rick Lamplugh, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, education, family history, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Newark (Delaware), Retirement, Teaching, Teaching History
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“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”: One Historian’s “Contingent” Career, Part 1
[Note: Since I was first introduced to it, I’ve loved the term contingent to describe event(s) in history that suggest there is no single unstoppable, ideological wave moving humanity in some preordained direction (e.g., democracy, Christianity, Marxism, progress, the Enlightenment). … Continue reading
Posted in "Education Courses", American History, Delaware, Education, family history, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, History Teaching, memoir, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Popular Culture, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, Vietnam War
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, education, Emory University, family history, Georgia History, Graduate Education, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Newark (Delaware), Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History
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Reflections on The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and His Legacy, 2020: Darkness/Light, Hate/Love
[NOTE: Since 2012, I have observed the annual holiday in honor of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a post on this blog. This year, I’d like to offer once again a few reflections on Dr. King and … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, memoir, Popular Culture, Prep School, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, WP Long Read
Tagged American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Southern History, Teaching History
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Ben, An American Dad, 1921-1986: Part V: Memories of Ben, as “Dad” (2019)
[NOTE: It’s not normal for me to wax retrospective on Father’s Day, but every so often I do. 2019 was one of those years. I had begun work on this blog series about my father, Ben Lamplugh, and I … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Cold War, Delaware, Education, Episcopal Church, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Rick Lamplugh, Uncategorized
Tagged "fatherhood in post-World War II U.S., "post-World War II American history, American History, American History and Culture, American Popular Culture, Cold War, education, family history, family memoir as a historical source, Historical Reflection, history, Newark (Delaware)
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