COMMENTARY: JFK’s intangible contributions transcend his lack of concrete achievements (The Free Lance-Star)
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Crawley Pens Commentary on Harry S. Truman for Great Presidential Lives
Professor Emeritus of History William B. Crawley recently offered commentary in The Free Lance-Star on the life of Harry S. Truman as part of his virtual “Great Presidential Lives” series. The online series is available at https://www.umw.edu/greatlives/. When Vice President Harry S. Truman learned of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death on April 12, 1945, the […]
COMMENTARY: Historians have been kind to ‘Give ’em hell, Harry!’ (The Free Lance-Star)
Crawley Pens Commentary on Woodrow Wilson for Great Presidential Lives
Professor Emeritus of History William B. Crawley offered commentary in The Free Lance-Star on the tragic life and presidency of Woodrow Wilson. WOODROW WILSON, born in Staunton, Va., in 1856, became the first Southern-born president elected since the Civil War. He was the most highly educated, holding both a law degree and a doctorate in political […]
Crawley Announces Creation of Scholarship Honoring Jack Bales
A message from Bill Crawley.When classes resume at UMW for the fall semester, things will not be the same — and not just because of the COVID-19 restrictions. Something will be missing – or, more accurately, someBODY will be missing. Jack Bales. Yes, difficult as it is to imagine the University without Jack, he has, in fact, embarked […]
