Charlton Allen

Author Archive

  • Dec 29, 2025
    Time was running out. By Christmas Eve, 1776, George Washington commanded an army that was about to vanish—not by defeat, but by the simple expiration of enlistments. Within...
  • Dec 26, 2025
    The cold came first. It crept in as the days shortened, as light surrendered its hold on the land, and as hope—once proclaimed confidently in summer—began to thin. Winter...
  • Jul 25, 2025
    Some souls shine like stars in life—and blaze even more brightly in death, defying the darkness that abhors their light and seeks to extinguish it. And yet the stars, steadfast...
  • Jul 25, 2025
    Some souls shine like stars in life — and blaze even more brightly in death, defying the darkness that abhors their light and seeks to extinguish it. And yet the stars, steadfast...
  • Jul 7, 2025
    On the morning of June 17, 1775, a physician in his mid-thirties stood near a rough earthen redoubt overlooking the Charlestown Peninsula. He had no command, no formal post on the...
  • Jun 16, 2025
    Brian Wilson has left us. And now the sunlit myth of California—once so golden, so forever young—feels like it’s setting for good.
  • Jun 11, 2025
    “If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.” — General Dwight D. Eisenhower, undelivered statement, June 5, 1944
  • May 14, 2025
    As we approach the 250th anniversary of America’s independence in 2026, it is fitting to reflect on the events that ignited the Revolutionary spirit and a newly born nation.