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Two Poems for Valentine's Day
One Perfect Rose
A single flow'r he sent me, since we met. All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet--
One perfect rose. Read more[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]
By E.E. Cummingsi carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) Read more
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HBO Documentary Films Presents
The Loving Story
PREMIERES VALENTINE'S DAY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 9PM/8C on HBO or WATCH IT ON HBO GO or HBO ON DEMAND (Starting February 15)
 Arrest: June 1958
Charge: Felony
Crime: Interracial Marriage
Case: Loving v. Virginia, 1967
In many ways, Richard and Mildred Loving were a typical couple. They grew up in the same Virginia town, fell in love and decided to cement their relationship by marrying.
Because she was part-black and part-Native American, and he was white, however, their 1958 marriage was declared illegal by their home state.
The Lovings fought back and ultimately changed history through a watershed Supreme Court case that overturned bans on interracial marriage in 16 states.
Facebook.com/TheLovingStory| @TheLovingStory
For additional times and listings, more information about the film, and links to resources and a lesson guide:
Lovingfilm.com or HBO.com/docs.
Visit Lovingfilm.com/getinvolved to learn how to set up a screening in your community.
An Augusta Film Production
Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities
A Film By Nancy Burski
Produced by Nancy Burski and Elisabeth Haviland James
Read more in HUMANITIES Magazine, published by the National Endowment for the Humanities. 
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A Sampling of Vermont Humanities Events
February 15 - Book Discussion: March by Geraldine Brooks and America's War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries anthology edited by Edward L. Ayers. Part of the Making Sense of the American Civil War series. Led by Alan Berolzheimer. Grafton Public Library, 6:30 pm. Michelle Dufort, (802) 843-2404.
February 16 - Book Discussion: Medea by Euripides. Part of the Eight Great Greek Tragedies series. Delve into the greatest works of the ancient Greek tragedians, including Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripedes. Led by Suzanne H Brown. East Corinth, Blake Memorial Library, 4:30 pm. Ken Linge, (802) 439-5338.  February 16 - Young at Art: Courage. A Vermont Reads Event. All are invited to an evening of visual and performing arts interpretations of courage by youth of all ages from Franklin and Grand Isle counties. Youth explore the poignant theme of courage inspired by the Vermont Reads 2012 selections Bull Run by Paul Fleischman and The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, through art, music, poetry, and dance. View a gallery of student artwork from 6:00 to 6:30 pm. At 6:30 pm, performances begin. Swanton, Missisquoi Valley Union High School, Trahan Theater, 100 Thunderbird Dr, 6:00 pm. Karyn Norwood, (802) 868-5077.
 February 20 - Abigail Adams: Remember the Ladies. The tumultuous events of the American Revolution swept Abigail Adams far beyond her humble roots in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Through Linda Myer's portrayal, experience Abigail's journey -- from loyal British subject to ardent revolutionary, from Weymouth to the White House. Woodstock, Billings Farm & Museum Visitor Center Theater, 53 Elm St, 3:00 pm. Billings Farm and Museum, (802) 457-2355.
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Civil War Book of Days, February 10
Lincoln Lads Are Ill
February 13, 1862. Eleven-year-old Willie Lincoln had had a mysterious fever for about a week when, on February 13, his eight-year-old brother, Tad, became sick, too. Doctors assured the parents
 | | Willie Lincoln (left), age eleven, and his younger brother Tad (Thomas), posed with their mother's nephew, Lockwood Todd, in Mathew Brady's studio in Washington, D.C. |
that there was no cause for alarm, but the parents could not help but remember the death of their second child,
, twelve years earlier. The President spent hours at Willie's bedside, stroking his hair and comforting him.
Grant Gains a Nickname
On February 16, ten days after, Grant captured the more important Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River. At Fort Donelson, when Grant's former friend and West Point classmate, Confederate General Simon Buckner, wrote Grant to negotiate terms of surrender, Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." Hence Ulysses S. Grant's nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant. Grant's response was an early clue that the Civil War was not going to be a typical historical European war.
Read more . . ."The Woman Who Saved the Union"
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February 3, 1862. Suffragists in the 1890s lauded her as "the woman who saved the Union," and yet today the name Anna Ella Carroll is rarely mentioned despite her key connection to the secret plan for the Union's strategically important invasion of the Tennessee River Valley in the winter of 1862. The resulting capture of Fort Henry on February 6 and nearby Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River the following week would represent the most important Union victories of the war to date, help launch the military career of Ulysses S. Grant, and kick off a persistent historical controversy over the invasion's strategy.Read more . . .
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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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Each month, VHC's Executive Director Peter Gilbert presents commentaries on Vermont Public Radio that examine current and past events from a humanities perspective.
From the archives:
- Virtue and Desire:In anticipation of Valentine's Day, executive director of the Vermont Humanities Council considers a love poem that's more than four hundred years old. While it appears to be mostly about virtue, it also speaks of passion and desire.
Most recently
- The Presidency:Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert loves movies about the American presidency, especially thrillers. Recently, he saw two that he'd never seen before.
- Corporations' Free Speech:Two years ago this month, a bitterly divided Supreme Court overruled precedent and held that the government may not ban political spending by corporations, and that the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 violated corporations' right to free speech.
- Philanthropy: When most of us think of philanthropists, we think of people who give a lot of money to charity, like Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates. But commentator and Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert argues that the real meaning of philanthropy is found in the roots of the word itself.
- A World Torn Loose The terrible flood damage in Vermont caused by tropical storm Irene has reminded Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert of a poem by Robert Frost -- a poem inspired by an incident Frost witnessed during the great flood of 1927.
Read or listen to Peter's commentaries online.
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