Commentary Series
Commentary Series
Coffin: Milkweeds
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As winter settles in and the days get shorter, outdoor ‘things to do’ become ever more precious. On a recent walk, Howard Coffin encountered milkweeds gone to seed.Commentary Series
Coffin: The King
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While watching the recent, surprisingly short World Series, Howard Coffin was reminded of a softball game in a little Texas town, when he and an army post team went up against the best of the best.Commentary Series
Coffin: Mallory at Dartmouth
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This time of year when it’s just a matter of time before snow whitens Vermont’s mountain tops, it’s possible to think of other, higher mountains. Howard Coffin remembers a childhood hero who almost climbed the highest mountain on earth.Commentary Series
Coffin: Little Bighorn Reflections
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Each year tens of thousands of people seeking a fascinating chapter in American history travel to a thinly settled part of the west where the Seventh Cavalry came to grief. Two Vermonters were recently among them, at the Big Horn Battlefield National Park. One of them was Howard Coffin.Commentary Series
Coffin: Antietam and Vermont
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On Monday, we observe the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Antietam – an event in which Vermont troops fought, and one that Howard Coffin says led to a fundamental change in American values.Commentary Series
Coffin: Last Full Measure
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Given that we’re observing the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Howard Coffin is thinking of those who lost their lives in that conflict – and the Vermont family that suffered the greatest losses – north or south.Commentary Series
Coffin: Cowslips in April
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Howard Coffin is an author and historian whose specialty is the Civil War. Apparently, he’s also fond of some of the first greens of the season.Commentary Series
Coffin: Jeffords At Cedar Creek
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One hundred and fifty years ago, America was torn apart by Civil War before the union was finally restored in 1865. Since that time, preservation of the many historical sites associated with that struggle has been a challenge. Historian and commentator Howard Coffin reflects on how one Vermonter in particular contributed to that effort.Commentary Series
