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MARVEL MAY: MEMORIAL DAY WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA
âGreater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.â ~ Jesus Christ âA symbol to the nation. A hero to the world. The story of Captain America is one of honor, bravery, and sacrifice.â So speaks the narrator of a Smithsonian exhibit in the Marvel Studios movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The words fit Steve Rogers well. I remember so clearly watching the first Captain America movie in theaters: Captain America: The First Avenger. It was 2011, a Friday matinee on a hot day in July. My brother and I decided to go after reading a review online praising the movieâs…
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MARVEL MAY: WHAT MAKES A HERO GOOD?
âWhatever happens tomorrow you must promise me one thing: that you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier but a good man.â ~ Dr. Abraham Erskine in âCaptain America: The First Avengerâ Itâs May, and if youâre a story-loving, movie-going geek (like me) that usually brings two thoughts to mind: âMay the 4th be with youâ and âwhereâs my Captain America t-shirt?!â The former is due to May 4th being designated as Star Wars Day (the reason for which is far too complicated to explain on this blog post đ); the latter because forâgive or takeâa decade, superhero lovers everywhere have had a Marvel Comic movie to flock…