On October 3, 1990, fireworks lit up the Berlin sky, choirs sang, church bells rang, and tears flowed freely as Germany was officially reunified. It was not just the birth of a new nation—it was the healing of an old wound, a wound carved into stone and concrete for nearly three decades. That night, the …
On September 16, 1620, a small wooden ship slipped away from the port of Plymouth in southern England and set its bow toward the unknown. The vessel was called the Mayflower, a merchant ship never designed for the burden of history it would soon carry, and aboard were just over one hundred passengers — men, …
