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April 1, 2016
Civil War Generals’ Sex Quiz
See how much you really know about the Civil War . . .
Here’s a little April 1st tomfoolery for you.Prepare to get sassy with your morning coffee: the Civil War Generals’ Sex Quiz:
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March 31, 2016
Dealing with the News Media
Contents:
Dealing with the News Media/Social Media
Resource of the Month—VSS
“The Journey” Is a Finalist in IBPA Book Awards
Question of the Month—”Latest News” Triggers/Alerts
Candlelight Vigil Update
This is an important topic and one which few are prepared for. Here is an excerpt from Murder Survivor’s Handbook: Real-Life Stories, T...
March 7, 2016
Violent Loss Resources
Violent Loss Resources February Newsletter
February Topic: Grief and Resiliency
Violent Loss Resources
News you can use… collected for you in February (Scroll down to see all)
The News You Can Use…. will feature resources for those who live and work with violent death. Collective contributing will expand the resources for us all. What you tried, what worked for you may help someone else.
The plan is to feature Resources, Tips and True Experiences. Each month will featu...
February 3, 2016
News You Can Use…Violent Loss Resources
News you can use… (Scroll down to see all)
New Name New Features Topic of the Month: Safety Question of the month Books Poem: The Forever Changes Subscribe and Give Your Tips Who we areSurvivors of Violent Loss Blog has a new name: to more reflect what it is and its outreach. The new blog will be called: Violent Loss Resources and will be more like a newsletter. This new site will reach folks across the country and in various size communities, agencies and family...
December 8, 2015
San Bernardino Team Needs Our Support
A team in San Bernardino, CA, has prepared to support survivors of violent loss. The team members are all committed to knowing how they can help survivors after murder and other violent deaths.
Read Connie Saindon’s entire blog at the link below.
Originally posted on Survivors of Violent Loss:
What does a nurse, Director of Families and Friends of Murder Victims, a teacher, a Chaplin, Directors of Restorative Justice, therapist, missionary and survivor have in common? Th...
November 19, 2015
“It is for us the living…”
Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Private Oney F. Sweet fought at Gettysburg and wrote afterward that he saw 23 of his comrades fall in as many minutes.
Originally posted on Emerging Civil War:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or a...
October 28, 2015
The Long-Awaited “Aftermath of Battle” is Now Available
New book: Meg Thompson Groeling’s “The Aftermath of Battle: The Burial of the Civil War Dead” is now available.
Thompson, a self-proclaimed “learner,” said of her book: “If there’s a theme, it’s that the things we take for granted—that there’s a way to replace a leg and there’s a veteran’s administration—were not in place before the war. These are all a result of the Civil War.”
Originally posted on Emerging Civil War:
byECW correspondent Liam McGurl
ECW contributor Meg T...
October 24, 2015
Survivors Mission: Always Fly Away by Milena Sellers Phillips
New book from a mother whose 9-year-old son, Jonathan Sellers, was murdered, along with his best friend, 13-year-old Charlie Keever.
The author, Milena Sellers Philips, will be signing books at the Fallbrook library (North San Diego County, California) on November 8, 2-4 p.m.
Read Connie Saindon’s full blog post at the link below.
Originally posted on Survivors of Violent Loss:
nd Milen...
September 25, 2015
What the Private Saw: Antietam
What the Private Saw: The Civil War Letters & Diaries of Oney Foster Sweet
On Sept. 25, 1861, Private Oney Foster Sweet wrote to his mother, Caroline Foster Sweet, from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He and his comrades in the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Battery F, believed the war would be over in a few months, and they would be home by Christmas:
We live tip top, have peaches and cream and peach pie, etc. ... I expect there will be some fighting near Washington soon and I want to be down t...
September 22, 2015
NCVC Follow Up – Your comments and Questions answered.
Originally posted on Survivors of Violent Loss:
NCVC-2015 Follow-up
Thanks to so many of you for the support and encouragement we received on the work we are doing to help Survivors of Homicide and thanks to all of you who work with them as well. By our continued commitment together we will increase what is available to such families.
This follow up letter is in response to the many requests and comments received.
Your feedback is appreciated and I hope we have answered your questions below...
