On this Memorial Day I want to honor Captain Levi Ely, head of an 88-man company from Springfield, Massachusetts, who died in combat in upstate New York in October, 1780. Captain Ely was a direct ancestor of my father’s mother. One of his ancestors, Nathaniel Ely, came to America in 1620 on the Mayflower, not as a pilgrim but as a member of the crew.
– NYT shows that the coronavirus has — so far — hit Democratic-voting [“blue”] counties harder than GOP-voting [“red”] counties, largely because of population densities.
– NYT also reports on a failed mercenary operation in troubled Libya.
– An Army War College professor lists some great books for colonels to read and engage with.
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