The Battles
- John S. Battle (1890–1972), Virginia House Delegate 1929, Virginia State Senator 1934-1950, Governor of Virginia 1950-1954, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1952, candidate for Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1956. Father of William Cullen Battle.
- William Cullen Battle, U.S. Ambassador to Australia 1962-1964. Son of John S. Battle.
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“Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
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Forced from the pleasing billows of debauch
On the dull shore of lazy temperance,
My pains at least some respite shall afford
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When fleets of glasses sail about the board,
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