Merrimack & Monitor mishap

Merrimack & Monitor mishap

by | Apr 25, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies

If you are a young American gentleman by the name of Nathan Hale, you could choose to emulate your namesake and get hanged by the British for spying, which would suck, or you could grow up to write and illustrate children’s history books, which is probably a...
An apology in Alabama

An apology in Alabama

by | Mar 5, 2013 | Historical Apologies

On Saturday night, the chief of police in Montgomery, AL apologized publicly to civil rights leader John Lewis for the department’s failure to protect Lewis and other Freedom Riders from an angry white mob back in 1961. Today, Lewis is a Georgia Congressman....
Pity is not an apology. Try again.

Pity is not an apology. Try again.

by | Feb 22, 2013 | Historical Apologies

The Magdalene asylums, or Magdalene Laundries, were institutions in Ireland and elsewhere, where women were committed and forced to work unpaid, on the theory that it would reform their foul sexy ways. They were often run by nuns. Originally for prostitutes, they were...
When Lincoln was wrong

When Lincoln was wrong

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Historical Apologies

Abraham Lincoln wasn’t perfect, knew it, admitted it. Sometimes he went out of his way to apologize for his mistakes. Even when no one was pouting. On July 13, 1863, mid-Civil War, Lincoln sent this letter to General U.S. Grant: My dear General I do not remember...

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