Lex Anteinternet: An odd thought on Veterans Day

Monday, November 11, 2019

An odd thought on Veterans Day

I'm now the only veteran in the office.

When I first worked here, we had two World War Two veterans and one Vietnam War veteran.

Now, I'm it.

They've all passed on.

Since I've worked here, we've had two women who had been in the Marines. They're still very much with the living, but no longer work here. One of them was married to a serving Marine, and she of course travels with him.

But something that was common for men at one time now no longer is. And so, there's not another veteran here.

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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