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George Galloway being interviewed at the anti English Defence league (EDL) demonstration in Bradford
This Wax Figure of President George Washington stands in the House of Presidents in Clermont, Florida.
Name:RYAN, GEORGE MICHEAL
Initials:G M
Nationality:Canadian
Rank:Corporal
Regiment/Service:Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Age:20
Date of Death:04/04/1945
Service No:D/158002
Additional information:Son of Dennis and Mary Ryan.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:II. E. 8.
Cemetery:HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
0623-133-25
George Armistead (April 10, 1780 – April 25, 1818) was an American military officer, best known as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Five Armistead brothers served in the War of 1812, three in the regular army and two in the Virginia militia. As hostilities with Britain escalated, Armistead served as an artillery officer at Fort Niagara. Within months, on May 27, 1813, Armistead distinguished himself at the capture of Fort George (near the mouth of Niagara River in Canada) from the British, Armistead was promoted to major of the 2nd Artillery Regiment on March 2, 1814. He would later carry the captured British flags to President James Madison. Upon his arrival in Washington, Armistead was ordered to "take command of Fort McHenry."
When he arrived at Fort McHenry, located in the outer harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, Armistead ordered "a flag so large that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance". That flag, known as the Star-Spangled Banner Flag, measured 42' × 30', and was made by Baltimore resident Mary Pickersgill, her daughter, and seven seamstresses, and would be later memorialized by Francis Scott Key in the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner", which became the American national anthem in 1931.
During the nearly 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry, commencing before dawn on September 13 until the morning of September 14, 1814, Armistead alone knew the fort's magazine was not bombproof. When a shell crashed through the roof of the magazine but failed to explode, Armistead ordered the powder barrels cleared out and placed under the rear walls of the fort. Remarkably, only four men were killed, when two shells smashed into the fort's southwest bastion, despite a deadly rain of some 2,000 mortar shells that the British bombardment fleet fired at the fort. Because the Royal Navy proved unable to capture or reduce the fort in order to enter Baltimore harbor to bombard the main American defense line east of the city, British commander-in-chief Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane wrote to British Army commander Colonel Arthur Brooke that it was up to him whether to decide to attack or withdraw. Brooke, who had taken over from Major-General Robert Ross, who was mortally wounded just before the Battle of North Point on September 12, decided to withdraw. Armistead received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel on September 20, 1814 for his gallant services in defense of Fort McHenry.
Following the battle, Armistead was soon promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, but was much weakened by the arduous preparations for the battle. He died at age 38, while still in command at Ft. McHenry only three years later. Historian Benson Lossing, wrote "the tax upon his nervous system during that bombardment left him with a disease of the heart ... on the 25 of April, 1818 he expired, at the age of thirty eight years." His funeral procession was described as "immense". He buried in the graveyard of Old St. Paul's Church in Baltimore. Baltimore constructed a marble monument which overlooks the city mentioning his role in the defense of Fort McHenry, and which with a later-erected building across from the Baltimore City Hall define a plaza near the harbor.
His nephew Lewis Armistead would go on to serve as a General in the Confederate Army and die as a result of his wounds at Gettysburg.
Turn of the century watch owned by rail road tycoon and executive George Loyal. He was my Great Uncle who left it to my Grandfather who in turn gave it to me. He owned and operated several RRs in Tennessee. North Carolina, and Virginia. One line servicing Ashville NC made a spur that went on the grounds of Biltmore House & Gardens built by a Vanderbilt son to deliver building materials to the largest house in America. Uncle George sold his RRs to the Southern RR and in the 30s became president of Southern.
The watch is a J J Hargreaves made in Liverpool England.
View of George Square, Glasgow's central civic square, with its idiosyncratic red asphalt and the Walter Scott Monument. The square is named after King George III, as it was laid out during his reign. However, all the original Georgian architecture has been replaced by different buildings in other styles, such as the ornate City Chambers that appear in this picture, a masterpiece of Victorian architecture.
Spring Ford Country Club's George Steinmetz birdies No. 18 (par 4, 305 yards) during the 31st Senior Four-Man Team at Yardley Country Club (par 72, 6,116 yards).
George Will speaking with attendees at a "Celebration Dinner Honoring Arizona Governor Douglas A. Ducey" hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Youth in Revolt performs live as part of the Welcome To The Resistance Tour at Game Changer World in Howell, NJ.
September 16th, 2014
Photo © Terry Dobbins 2014
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My new phone case came together. Featuring George in the pumpkin, hehe!
I got mine at getuncommon.com!
George Lucas speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
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