A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine History features the painting St

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and the importance of recognizing that the inner voice of subjective preference and feeling does not own the last word on matters governing the human heart

Combining personal experience with the insights of George Lakoff

A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine History features the painting StBy John J. Pullen Author John J. Pullen, during the course of research on the 20th Maine, came across an obscure note indicating that the 27th Maine, a group of nine month volunteers from York County, had been issued 864 Medals of Honor one for every member of the regiment while the 20th Maine, having distinguished itself at Little Round Top, garnered only four such medals. Was this discovery the beginning of an untold story of extraordinary bravery,