The letters of HENRY SHERBORN LANGDON and CHRISTOPHER
LAKE were written 207 years apart, but they display
a constant and heartbreaking theme in the life of a soldier:
the pain of separation from his or her family. Christopher
Lake, who is currently serving with the Marines in Iraq,
writes a message to his baby daughter Emileigh Ann: "[give]
mommy lots of help and be on your best behavior." Get
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The Battle of Bunker's Hill, engraved by J.G. Muller,
1798 (GLC 06579)
