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I did not really even know who George Ezra was, but I volunteered to accompany Flo and Audrey into DC last night for his concert at the Lincoln Theatre. I was pleasantly surprised with some good music and an entertaining evening.
George Vashon, the first African American graduate from Oberlin College
George Boyer Vashon was born on July 25, 1824 in Pennsylvania. George was the son of an abolitionist, John Baton Vashon, who was instrumental in establishing the first school for blacks in Pittsburgh. George attended his father's private school until 1837, at which time he attended public school.
Early in his life, George displayed an aptitude for languages. He was able to speak Sanskrit, Hebrew, and Persian, and was well versed in Greek and Latin. At age 16, George had exhausted all of the opportunities for schooling available to him in Pittsburgh.
In 1840, he enrolled in Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Ohio. While at Oberlin, George participated in the 1842 celebration of the West Indies Emancipation. He was a member of one of Oberlin's most prestigious men's literary societies, the Union Society. Some of his most outstanding work, while at Oberlin, was his teaching at a school in Chillicothe, Ohio.
On August 28, 1844, George Vashon became the first black graduate from Oberlin College, receiving the school's Bachelor of Arts degree. Vashon graduated with valedictory honors, which permitted him to deliver the commencement address, the title of which was "Liberty of Mind." In his speech, Vashon asserted that "genius, talent, and learning are not withheld by our common Father" from people of color. In 1849, Vashon was awarded a master of arts degree in recognition of his scholarly pursuits and accomplishments.
After graduation, Vashon, like his abolitionist father, wanted to play a central role in advancing the cause of black people. He felt that this could be done by pursuing a career in law. He studied law under Walter Forward, a judge and prominent figure in Pennsylvania politics. After two years of reading law, Vashon applied for admission to the Allegheny County bar. His application was rejected because of his race. In 1838, a revision of Pennsylvania's constitution restricted the franchise to white men. His rejection was a crushing blow; it dashed his hopes of fighting for the rights of blacks through the law. For a time, he thought of Haitian emigration as a means of developing his potential. Before embarking to Haiti, Vashon left Pennsylvania and went to New York to take the bar examination, which he successfully completed on January 10, 1848, thus becoming the first black to become a lawyer in New York.
In 1849, Vashon moved to Port-au-Prince Haiti, where he served as a professor of Latin, Greek and English. He also served as a correspondent to Frederick Douglass's newspaper, "The North Star." In 1851, he moved to Syracuse, New York and joined the faculty of the New York Central College in McGrawville. In the aftermath of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Vashon became involved in the Underground Railroad and state and national conventions, which brought blacks together to discuss critical issues confronting the free black communities and the means of ending the system of slavery. In 1857, Vashon married Susan Paul Smith, the granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Paul, Sr. of Boston. The couple had seven children.
After the Civil War, Vashon worked in the Solicitor's Office of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to this position by the Bureau's head, General O.O. Howard, the founder of Howard University. Vashon became Howard University's first professor and was instrumental in establishing its law school. When Vashon left Howard, he became a professor of Mathematics and Ancient and Modern Languages at Alcorn College in Rodney, Mississippi. He was considered a good teacher by his students and was well respected by his colleagues.
When the yellow fever epidemic swept Alcorn's campus in the Fall of 1878, Vashon was one of its victims. He died on October 5 1878 and is buried on the college's campus.
Photos in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Most businesses along Hennepin Ave (including my office) were boarded up to prevent damage from subsequent rioting. Many of the plywood panels became canvasses for art as the week went along.
*These photos are not intended to endorse any political stance or opinion
Uptown. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
OK... Am I imagining it, or does this statue look like George Bush? This was along the riverfront in St Louis.
Statue of Royals' great George Brett out in front of Kauffman Stadium.
In 2009, this statue was relocated to a new spot inside the stadium.
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The Roman Catholic Bamberg Dom St. Peter & St. Georg, 9 May 2016. Founded 1002 as a church by the soon-to-be Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich II, elevated to a cathedral in 1007 and completed 1012. The original cathedral was partially destroyed by fire 1081 and was rebuilt 1102-39. In 1185 it was again badly damaged by a fire and rebuilt 1215-37. In the 17th Century it received a Baroque facade which was removed in the early 19th Century and replaced by a neo-Romanesque one 1828-37. It is a double apsed cathedral, the east one symbolising the Holy Roman Empire and dedicated to St. George, the western symbolising the Papacy and dedicated to St. Peter. Due to the long construction/rebuilding period, the architectural styles change from Romanesque to Transitional to Gothic and neo-Romanesque. Pictured is the east apse and choir, with the tomb of Heinrich II and Kunigunde in the centre.
Boy George play at The Glee Club in Birmingham, 12 November 2013.
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Today I visited SACH, a very special place. I was deeply inspired. I admire greatly the work the volunteers are doing to save a child's heart.
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"Save A Child's Heart (SACH) is one of the largest undertakings in the world, providing urgently needed pediatric heart surgery and follow-up care for indigent children from developing countries. Based in Israel, our mission is to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from countries where the heart surgery they need is unobtainable.
Every 29 hours a desperately ill child from a developing country is saved in the pediatric cardiac surgical unit of the Save a Child's Heart medical facilities in Israel or during one of our medical missions to a developing country. Thousands of children from poor families around the world are alive today because of a small group of medical professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to perform cardiac surgery and train medical personnel.
SACH saves children with congenital heart defects who have almost no chance of surviving to adulthood in their native countries, and saves their lives with no political, cultural, religious, or racial preference whatsoever. Based in Israel, our mission is to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from countries where the heart surgery they need is unobtainable.
Save A Child's Heart also works to multiply the effectiveness of its resources outside of Israel by training medical personnel from developing countries. The ultimate goal of SACH is actually to create "Centers of Competence" around the world, which will enable local medical personnel to provide these life saving services on their own. This is a full outreach training program that brings doctors and nurses to the SACH center for in-depth, postgraduate training; it also sends staff overseas to provide this education to local medical professionals, as well as to perform surgeries side-by-side with them.
Until our ultimate goal is achieved, children with congenital heart defects will continue to be brought to Israel for surgery and other cardiac care. More than 4000 children from more than fifty countries have already been saved directly by SACH personnel, while thousands more are receiving the life-saving treatments they need from local personnel who were previously trained by SACH. We have trained Tanzania’s first pediatric cardiac surgeon, and we are in the process of training Ethiopia’s first pediatric cardiac surgeon. We have begun construction of a new Children's Hospital at the Wolfson Medical Center that will house the Middle East's first international pediatric cardiac care center."
Woman Shaving Her Leg, 1963. Plaster, gauze, bathtub, fixtures, razor (1926-2000) Fisher Family, SFMOMA
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Standing statue of George Washington in his younger years when he was a major. He is wearing a long overcoat, trousers and tall boots. He is holding his hat in one hand and his musket in his other. The bronze sculpture was sculpted by Susan Luery in 2007-2008. The statue is standing on a stone base with plaques commemorating different times George Washington was in the Cumberland area.
Inscription of plaques:
1748
At the age of sixteen, George Washington first visited Allegany County, (then Frederick County), and was the guest of Thomas Cresap, at Oldtown. He had been employed by Col. Wm. Fairfax to survey the valleys of Patterson Creek and the South Branch of the Potomac, part of the vast tract of land of which Fairfax was proprietor
1753
In order to settle a territory dispute between England and France over land in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Virginia governor Dinwiddie ordered Major Washington to Wills Creek (Cumberland), then on to Fort Leboef (near Erie, Pa.) to deliver an order of withdrawal of the French from English-claimed territory. The French refused to leave, asserting possession by prior claim.
1754
Washington, now a Lt. Colonel, was ordered to lead a company of Virginia militia to the Forks of the Monongahela and Allegany Rivers to build and defend a fort. New of a takeover of the site by the French compelled Washington to convene a War Council at Wills Creek. It was decided to lead his company on, finally engaging the French at Fort Necessity. A superior French army defeated the Virginia militia, allowing the survivors to return East.
1755
Responding to the refusal to accept the British claim, English Gen. Edward Braddock was ordered to America. Washington was assigned to his staff. The British expeditionary force assembled on this site. French defenders at Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) prepared an ambush which succeeded in defeating the British force. Braddock was mortally wounded. The survivors were led back to Ft. Cumberland by George Washington
1758
With a new Prime Minister in England, Wm. Pitt, a new effort was launched to conquer Fort Duquesne. General John Forbes was assigned as Commander. Virginia militia was mustered here at Fort Cumberland and command by Colonel Washington. His troops joined Forbes at Raystown, (Bedford, Pa), then marched to defeat the French at Ft. Duquesne, which was renamed Ft. Pitt.
President Washington's Last Visit - 1794
On October 16, 1794, President George Washington arrived in Cumberland to review about 5,000 troops of the Maryland and Virginia militia gathered here during the Whiskey Rebellion. A few days later, this militia army assembled upon the parade ground of old Fort Cumberland, where the Allegany County Courthouse now stands. The President appeared dressed in his full military uniform, and the entire population of the town was present to witness the historic event. General Washington rode along the line from right to left, and was loudly cheered by the men. Afterwards the command marched in review, and Washington raised his hat as a salute, while they passed. Generals Harry Lee and Daniel Morgan also were present and participated.
Tombstone of George Rider, father of Levi Rider
31 Oct 1802 - 7 Apr 1883
Husband of Nancy (Myers) Rider
Father of Levi Rider
Rider Cemetery, Mt. Joy Twp., east of Elizabethtown, PA
Founding Father George Washington had no biological issue (possibly due to a bout of smallbox or tuberculosis inducing sterility) but he had a warm and loving marriage, and helped raise the 2 surviving children belonging to his wife Martha Custis.
Engraving by David Edwin
(JHC Archives)
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Co. G, 89th ILL. Infantry
William Cutler wrote the following about this gentleman:
GEORGE H. WAGNER, of the firm of Wagner & Grantham, abstracts, loans and real estate, was born in the State of New York in 1841. He received a liberal education, and began farming for himself at the age of twenty-one, and continued until 1862. He was then in the army three years, and subsequently farmed until 1868. He came to Kansas in 1869 and located on a farm in Crawford County, where he lived until 1878, having opened and improved 160 acres, which he now runs as a grain farm, also raising fruits and berries of all kinds. he came to the city of Girard in 1878, at which time he was elected Register of Deeds for four years. He established his present business in 1882. Mr. Wagner was Trustee of Sherman Township three years. He is a member and Steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and also is a member of the order of A., F. & A. M. Besides his fine farm of 480 acres, he owns town lots and residence property in Girard. Messr. Wagner & Grantham have the only complete set of abstract books in Crawford County. Mr. Wagner was married to Miss Carrie E. Jeynes, of Indiana, in 1864. They have two children - Fredrick L. and Clayton W.
George Wright was an artist who lived in Annan for many years. This sketchbook was given to a young child to draw on in the 1920’s. This wee girl is now a grandmother and has kindly allowed me to copy the book and make the images available on-line. Thankfully her mother saw the significance of the book and did not allow her to draw in the book. We all hope you enjoy looking at these lovely sketches, which include locations around Annan and in the Scottish Borders.
George Moss taught at Lord Williams's Grammar School from 1913-1924. He graduated with a BA in History from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 1913 and then in September of the same year joined the staff at Thame. Staff being three masters, a visiting PT teacher and the Headmaster Dr A E Shaw.
I took photos of old building facades along George Street, then (quickly) made this composite from them. I will revisit this task again soon because I like the effect.