War

May 10, 2013

The documentary Hit and Stay, screening tomorrow at the Maryland Film Festival, shows how the Vietnam War protest strategy of the Baltimore Four and Catonsville Nine spread around the country. We'll meet the filmmakers, Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk.

On a beautiful morning in May 1813, the people of Havre de Grace awoke to a terrifying sight. Out on the bay were the towering masts of a British fleet, and rowing toward them were landing craft filled with Redcoats.

When Rear-Admiral George Cockburn of the Royal Navy arrived in the Chesapeake in the spring of 1813, he was a naval hero of sterling reputation and a household name in Britain. He departed later that summer with a price on his head and the towns and farms of the Chesapeake in smoking ruins. This is how it happened.

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March 19, 2013

Ten years ago today, President George W. Bush, speaking from the Oval Office, announced that America had invaded Iraq:

Last month, U.S. military leaders formally lifted the ban on women serving in combat. Journalist Tanya Biank joins Midday to discuss this historic change, as well as the evolving role of women on the front lines. Biank is the author of "Undaunted: The Real Story of America’s Servicewomen in Today’s Military" and "Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage, which was turned into a Lifetime TV series."

While imprisoned at Point Lookout during the Civil War, Lanier composed a haunting piece of music.