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From the Lindisfarne Gospels, ca. AD 700, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
St Mark wrote his Gospel as a summary of the preaching of St Peter.
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By Yevgeny Khaldei (1916-1997), viua Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
In 1941, with much of the West subdued, Adolf Hitler bent the full force of his hatred on Moscow.
US Department of Defense, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
On May 8th, 1945, Winston Churchill took to the radio to tell the British public that almost six years of war were ended.
© Dasrath Shrestha Beejukchhen (Bablu), Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge holds on to those precious moments when loneliness is a problem for tomorrow.
By William Conor (1881-1968), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Irish poet Thomas Moore believed a life given for his country’s freedom was not given in vain.
By Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh (?1610-1670), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
William Dewy runs into a menacing bull, but his soothing music doesn’t seem to be soothing enough.