Story of Writing July 28, 2023

Lavinia Ream sculpts a statue for the ages, the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is ratified, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, the U.S. begins its 19-year occupation of Haiti, President Hoover and General Douglas MacArthur attack the veterans and their families who made up "The Bonus Army," and the IRA promises to no longer use weapons - with a reading from "The Death of the Heart," by Elizabeth Bowen.