While Poe did not thrive at West Point, deliberately choosing disobedience in order to be court martialed and expelled on March 6, 1831, he made many friendships there that helped him support hos writing.
Three classic episodes of The History Guy about how the Christmas season survives even tragedy.
The “Great Sedition Trial” uncovered shocking connections at the time with the German reich that we were fighting, and challenged the idea that the nation was of a single mind during the war. It also challenged exactly how far the national commitment to freedom of speech and opinion reached, especially in extraordinary times.