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This one is inspired by a book I recently read "The girl who chased the moon".

I usually love books that have the elements of magic and fantasy , but I did not love this book.

I loved the cover picture and the title though :) The picture is nothing like the cover picture but my version of the girl who chased the moon.

 

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This island that actually has many trees is named “Two Trees Island.” It was named for what may be the last Native American New Yorker to live off the land. The island was named after Joe Two Trees or “The Last Algonquin.”

 

The recording of the life of Joe Two Trees began all the way back in 1924. That year a 12-year-old Boy Scout named Theodore L. Kazimiroff was exploring the Bronx woods on the shores of the Long Island Sound and Pelham Bay when he met and befriended Joe Two Trees.

 

In that remote area of the Bronx, the man who had once tried to live “the civilized life” but had been rejected and abused by the Manhattan population was living off the land in seclusion. It is a story of a 20th century loner living off the land in the Bronx who had been living there since the Civil War. It is a sad story of racism induced isolation and a happy story of teaching one teenage friend, forging, hunting, fishing, trapping and basket weaving.

 

The young naturalist would lead a fruitful life. Theodore L. Kazimiroff became a successful Bronx dentist, the official Bronx historian and founder of the Bronx County Historical Society. He was a community leader who would teach local children earth science and a community activist who lead the fight to stop dumping garbage in Pelham Bay Park. Mr. Kazimiroff has had a Bronx street named after him, plus nature trails in both Van Cortlandt and Pelham Bay Park,

 

But he never told that story of Joe Two Trees. Theodore L. Kazimiroff passed away in 1980 and his son Ted Kazimiroff Jr. recorded what he could remember from the stories about the hidden lifestyle of Joe Two Trees. In 1982 a book was released named The Last Algonquin.

 

The book was met a great deal of disbelief. It is a story of a man's bitter struggle, courage, and quest for dignity but many didn't like a story of a Native American child's clan either being killed or sold into slavery and the boy being left as an orphan to fend for himself. Or perhaps the controversy stemmed from people not willing to accept a person choosing a deserted forest in the Bronx over urban New York.

 

Whatever their problems were the saddest part was that Joe Two Trees was the last of his clan but believed in his isolation that he was the last living Native American. “Like E.T. the last Algonquin was a being stranded in an alien culture.”

Waiting for Broad Street Southbound Train at SEPTA 15th Street Station in Philadelphia PA on Saturday afternoon, 24 August 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography

 

The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway book by Doug Most at www.goodreads.com/book/show/17934384-the-race-underground

 

THE RACE UNDERGROUND / PBS / AMERICAN EXPERIENCE at www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/race-underground/

 

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RIDE BY SHOOTING / SEPTA Philly Project

 

En route to 11th PHILLY NAKED BIKE RIDE 2019 Pre-Ride Festival

 

Elvert Barnes 11th PHILLY NAKED BIKE RIDE 2019 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/PNBR2019.html

Loving this book so far. Have you read it?

 

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After his ship crashed on the inhospitable planet Abyorman, Nils Kruger had spent weeks wandering across the face of the planet suffering from blistering heat, the searing cold of an alien climate. Now he had found a fellow wanderer, Dar, an alien castaway. They may both die. The human opts to do something about it. Dar, who knows the time of his death in advance, opts to do nothing. Which of them is right? Perhaps both? [Source: Goodreads]

"slowly she spread her arms and stood there swan-like, radiating a pride in her young perfection that lit a warm glow in Carlyle's heart. "We're going through the black air with our arms wide," she called, "and our feet straight out behind like a dolphin's tail, and we're going to think we'll never hit the silver down there till suddenly it'll be all warm round us and full of little kissing, caressing waves." Then she was in the air, and Carlyle involuntarily held his breath. He had not realized that the dive was nearly forty feet. It seemed an eternity before he heard the swift compact sound as she reached the sea. And it was with his glad sigh of relief when her light watery laughter curled up the side of the cliff and into his anxious ears that he knew he loved her."

— F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Offshore Pirate)

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Le petit Prince of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is one of my favorite books, not only for my boy but also because this story is rich of common sense for adults.

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Thoiugh this picture was taken in my apartment in Washingtonb DC on the night of 28 November 2005 it represents an artistic expression of a conversation that I had with the individual that I refer to as 'my other.' I use the phrase 'other' because he does not regard us as partners, yet, I being a gay black man and he being a white man as a result of the relationship that we hve had, over the years, will forever bond us together ... for eternity. And long after we both have passed on.

 

And even if I now wished to engage in any relationship with another person or several others, he being a white man, and I being a black man, will still have the ability to influence, impact and affect every aspect of any relationship that I have had, will have and every hope to have, in the future.

 

It is ... as simple yet complicated ... as that.

 

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Fears? I can honestly say that I have no fears. And few, if any phobias. And I find the people often miscontrue and mistake and mistate the issues of fears and phobias.

 

For example, I had a discussion with my younger brother regarding the issue of racsim that I, as a gay black man, have expereinced in sharp contrast to that of my whiote counter part. And when I say counter part I mean white lover. White other.

 

In the conversation I would shed light on the fact it was one thing for those whom I did not know or who did not know me and had had no relationship with to feel what they do about me, a black man, but it is a horse of a different color when the white men that I have had intimate relationships with say one thing and do or be just the oppossite and/or exhibit racist attitudes or practice racism towards me ... causing me harm.

 

He would say that racsim is based on fear. And, according to him and man y others, as is homophobia.

 

I would slmost shot back "Racsim is not about fear. Nor is that term homophobia an accurate term.

 

I would then say "If I were to use my life and relationships as exmaples these people had no fear of me. Nor of what I did, do or be or have ever done to them. If they were so afraid of me why in Gods name would they have slept with me? Invite me in their whoms and shared what we shared?

 

What were they afraid of? Certainly, not of me. They had no phobia in pertaining to me. Nor peretaining to any relationship that they had with other black men.

 

I would then say "It was about power. And often hate. Not love nor respect for."

 

Racism is not about fear. What some refer to as homophobia has noting to do with fear.

 

And though regard myself as having fear of nothing, on the drive back from Fort Lauderdale to WDC what fueled the conversation that my other and I had had was the fact that my concerns had all come true. With that realization I, rhetorically, would ask "If what I say is true ...".

 

Before departing for the trip down to Fort Lauderdale I was concerend that on the way down he would do what he had done before when driving or traveling on trips near and far. Just as would be the case with with had occured the days before leaving. And, at every step along the way, I was deceived.

 

So, after almost a month but more than a decade of the same 'untruths' and as I tried to explain to him that as a gay black man for so many white men to have engaged in the same relationship with me when all is said and done I will have nothing left, sionce their relatinhsips were rooted in lies and deceptions.

 

And as I now write this text, reflecting on the group www.flickr.com/groups/fears/ what stands out in my mind is that "... if what I say is true ...' then most of what said to or about me was a lie my fear but concern is that everything that I have worked for love, lived and nutrued wwill yeild nothing. And even less.

 

Racsim has noting to do with fear.

 

This represents my first subission to www.flickr.com/groups/fears/.

 

If you were me, or I were you ... what you?

 

In aswering that question, remember what I said "I fear nothing. Nor anyone."

 

Several members of my family including my mother and a sister have phobias about being elevators, on escalotors, being in large crowds, etc. And whilee I, of coruse, understand that such phobias do exist I have not such phobias and I now have come to understand that, in many cases, some of the phobias or what some reft to as phobais that afro ameraicans who are descendants of negroes who were enslaved are more resultants of racism.

 

Foir example, many balck men, even now have concerns about traveling or drivning in cars. Though in my early years I would drive and travel whereve I so pleased when my other suggests to me that I could drive his car in Fort Lauderdale, when refelect on the relationshiip that we have had, the expereinces that I have had and the truth regarding the trips that he takes with me I will remind him ''... if I were to drive his car, in Miami or in Fort Lauderdale more than likely as a direct result of the relationship that we have which is rooted in decptions I would be stopped. Just as when we travel together by plane and train I am, regarded as a suspect. He is not.. So, he will misstate my reaction as a phobia or paranoia. It is neither a phobia, nor paranoia. And certainly not fear.

 

I fear no one nor anthing. However, the cops would stop me for the exact same reasons that most white men have associated with me. In fact, it is connected.

 

So, if I allowed phobias, fears or racsim to affect me I would not have travelled to Fort Lauderdale with my other. And what is important was and is at every step along the way whbat stopped, deterred or affected me.

 

Racsim rooted in lies and decption. And power.

 

Racsim ain't got shit to do with fear. Fear ain't got shit to do with racism or bigotry.

 

If what I say is true ...

 

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No American president has been closer to the working life of the West than Theodore Roosevelt. From 1884 to 1886 he built up his ranch on the Little Missouri in Dakota Territory, accepting the inevitable toil and hardships. He met the unique characters of the Bad Lands—mountain men, degenerate buffalo hunters, Indians, and cowboys—and observed their changes as the West became more populated. "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" describes Roosevelt's routine labor and extraordinary adventures, including a stint as a deputy sheriff pursuing three horse thieves through the cold of winter. Whether recounting stories of cowboy fights or describing his hunting of elk, antelope, and bear, the book expresses his lifelong delight in physical hardihood and tests of nerve. [Source: Goodreads website at www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737273.Ranch_Life_and_the_Hu...]

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Charleston est. 1670, pop. 127,999 (2013) • historic Broad Street

 

• Neoclassical-style church is oldest surviving religious structure in Charleston • built between 1752-1761 by order of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly • architect unknown, design resembles London's St. Martin-in-the-Fields designed by James Gibbs (1682-1754) & illustrated in "A Book of Architecture," his 1728 architectural pattern book • final design was result of decisions by Dublin, Ireland-born builder, Samuel Cardy & a 15-man commission assigned to project • opened for services, 1761

 

• two-story portico facing Broad Street was first of its size in colonial America • clock & change ringing bells date from colonial period • oldest tower clock in U.S. • Pres. George Washington attended services here 8 May, 1791, seated in No. 43 pew, known as "The Governor's Pew" • Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee worshipped in the same pew 70 years later • St. Michael's Churchyard is final resting place of 2 signers of U.S. Constitution

 

• tower has served as defense & fire-lookout • spire painted black during American Revolution to hide it from British gunners • British said that it made it more conspicuous • spire struck by British shell, 16 April, 1780 • chancel destroyed during 1864 Union bombardment • bells taken to Columbia for safekeeping during American Civil War • ruined when Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burned the city • WikipediaPreservation Society of Charleston

 

• HABS SC-62 • St. Michael's Episcopal Church, National Register # 66000704, 1966 • designated National Historic Landmark, 1960 • Charleston Historic District, National Register # 66000964, 1969 • declared National Historic Landmark District, 1973

“It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.”

 

- Amy Poehler -

www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/dreams-inspirational

"The Lost Continent (original title: Beyond Thirty) was written in 1916, during the First World War. It operates on the idea that America, which did not participate in the First World War, had effectively isolated itself from the rest of the world. The story then takes this idea and pushes it further – that the Americas completely separated themselves from the rest of the world.

 

"Fast forward two hundred years, and the Americas have developed significantly. Meanwhile, Europe has destroyed itself and was never able to recover. They have literally blown themselves back to the Stone Age. Other nations have risen in its place – most notably Africa and ‘Asia’ (although it’s predominantly China which has risen, having assimilated the other Asian countries).

 

"We follow the story of a captain who gets blown across the thirty degree longitude between the US and Europe. Unable to return to the US, he and three surviving members of his crew head into the old world. There, he meets the new Queen of England, sees what remains of Europe, becomes a slave, and discovers the history of the world beyond thirty."

 

[Synopsis by Perrin Briar at www.goodreads.com/book/show/29514.The_Lost_Continent]

 

Fredric Brown was an American science fiction and mystery writer. He was one of the boldest early writers in genre fiction in his use of narrative experimentation. While never in the front rank of popularity in his lifetime, Brown has developed a considerable cult following in the almost half century since he last wrote. His works have been periodically reprinted and he has a worldwide fan base, most notably in the U.S. and Europe, and especially in France, where there have been several recent movie adaptations of his work. He also remains popular in Japan.

 

Never financially secure, Brown - like many other pulp writers - often wrote at a furious pace in order to pay bills. This accounts, at least in part, for the uneven quality of his work. A newspaperman by profession, Brown was only able to devote 14 years of his life as a full-time fiction writer. Brown was also a heavy drinker, and this at times doubtless affected his productivity. A cultured man and omnivorous reader whose interests ranged far beyond those of most pulp writers, Brown had a lifelong interest in the flute, chess, poker, and the works of Lewis Carroll. Brown married twice and was the father of two sons.

[Source: Goodreads website at www.goodreads.com/author/show/51503.Fredric_Brown

 

Kachinas are spirit beings in western Pueblo religious beliefs, often represented through masks and dolls, as shown here. This snapshot is from a wonderful book by Barton Wright entitled ‘Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary’, which Adam got for me in a recent trip to New Mexico. I devoured it from cover to cover — and it’s given me a vision for my next art project: an interactive Kachina World with animatronics dolls. Each of the kachinas depicted in these pictures could be characters in that interactive play, dancing to the music and giving you inspiration about the spirits they represent. It was so nice of Adam to give me this marvelous book — he immediately thought of me and thought I should have it. :)

 

Learn more about Kachinas:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachina

 

Learn more about the Kachinas book:

www.goodreads.com/book/show/1966616.Kachinas

 

View photos of our related Wonderbots experiment:

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“We photograph things in order to drive them out of our minds. My stories are a way of shutting my eyes.”

- Franz Kafka -

www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5223.Franz_Kafka

 

- During this week I'm collecting the research plan I've had in mind for some time already - regarding the benefits of empowering photography. The case examples will be related with the daily photo processes. It may be because of my mind is now focusing on collecting sources related with unlearning methods that I run into this theme several times a day - outside the research work!! Then again maybe not... maybe unlearning - conscious and planned unlearning - is becoming a bigger theme. Franz Kafka says it in an interesting way through the above quote. Unlearning is not about learning based on all we already know and can. It requires radical removals of wholes of knowledge and habits. Radical learning is very hard - for the learner, the teacher, everyone involved... We need methods with softer steps. Daily photos is one of the most advanced I've so far discovered - for practicing how to create space for the next phases of innovations, inspirations, learning and life.

Philadelphia, PA, est. 1682; pop. 1,567,442 (metro 6MM)

 

• built in 1740 • earliest known photograph is dated 1859 — bldg. was then 119 yrs. old [photo] • Georgian-Colonial trinity design aka "bandbox" • typically, trinity houses had 1 room per floor & were built facing each other in rows of 4 identical bldgs. • in addition to the room on each floor, this house had a walkable attic room & a cellar

 

• served as both business & residence for shopkeepers & artisans for over 150 yrs. • among the 18th c. occupants were a shoemaker, apothecary & upholsterer Betsy Ross, who is said to have sewn the 1st American flag in this building • estimates of when & how long she lived here have her arriving in 1773 at the earliest & departing as late as 1791

 

• over time the house changed in appearance [photos] as neighborhood houses were razed & replaced w/larger commercial buildings —Where's Betsy

 

Betsy Ross

 

• Elizabeth "Betsy" Griscom (1752-1836) was a fourth-generation American • daughter of Samuel Griscom (1717-1793) & Rebecca James (c. 1730-1793) • 8th of their 17 children • great granddaughter of Quaker carpenter Andrew Griscom (c. 1654-1694), who migrated from England to New Jersey in 1680, 1 yr. before William Penn founded Philadelphia

 

"She often laughed at the curious fact that she was born on the first day of the week, the first day of the month, the first day of the year, and the first year of the 'new style' [which was] the dividing line between the old way of measuring the years time and the new method under the [Gregorian calendar… She was also] the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter." —C.B. Satterthwaite, great grandson, The Des Moines Register, 07 Jan, 1906

 

• at age 3 Betsy's family moved to a large home at 4th & Arch • attended a Friends (Quaker) public school • 8 of her siblings died before adulthood • lost her mother, father & sister, Deborah, to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic

 

• upon completion of her schooling at age 12, her father apprenticed her to upholsterer John Webster • fell in love with fellow apprentice John Ross (1752-1773), son of an Episcopal asst. rector at Christ Church • defying her parents Betsy, age 21, eloped w/John in 1773

 

• on a November night, Betsy's sister Sarah & her husband Capt. Wm. Donaldson rowed the couple across the Delaware River, heading 5 miles downstream to Gloucestertown, NJ • they were married at family friend William Hugg Jr.'s tavern & inn, known locally as Hugg's

 

• because her marriage to a non-Quaker was considered an act of "disorderly and undutiful conduct," Betsy was split from her family & read out of meeting, i.e., disowned by her Quaker community • became a member of Christ Church • the Ross's pew No. 12 [photo] was adjacent to Martha & George Washington's No. 56 & near Deborah & Benjamin Franklin's No. 70

 

• the newlyweds — now trained upholsterers — opened a business • c. 1773 they rented a house, probably at what is today 239 Arch St. although the exact site is still debated by historians • most records point to this house or one next door at No. 241, long since razed

 

"The identity of the location was always preserved in the family, which agrees with the records in the old Philadelphia directories… from 1785, the first published, to the removal of Betsy Ross and her husband from 239 Arch Street, in 1791" —Betsy Ross grandson George Canby, NY Times, 05 July, 1908

 

• business slowed during the Revolutionary War as fabric was in short supply • John Ross joined the Pennsylvania militia • mid-Jan., 1776, he was gravely wounded by a powder explosion at an ammunition cache, apparently while standing guard • Betsy nursed him in their home, but he died within days

 

• in June, 1777, Betsy married girlhood suitor Joseph Ashburn, a privateer who commanded the sailing sloop Swallow • the couple had 2 daughters • the 1st, Aucilla ("Zillah"), died in infancy

 

• British troops entered Philadelphia on 26 Sep., 1777 after their victory at the Battle of Brandywine • the Ashburn home was forcibly shared with British occupation soldiers as the Continental Army suffered through the killing winter at Valley Forge • the British soldiers nicknamed Betsy "Little Rebel" —US History•org

 

• Betsy was pregnant with Elizabeth ("Eliza") when Joseph accepted a job offer & shipped out as first mate on the 6-gun brigantine, Patty • returned to be present for the Feb., 1781 birth of their 2nd daughter

 

• Joseph became master of the 18-gun Lion & took her to sea late in the summer of 1781 • on 31 Aug., his ship was captured off the coast of France by a 44-gun British frigate, the HMS Prudente

 

• prior to March, 1782, the British refused to designate captured rebels as prisoners of war, thus the captives from the Lion were viewed as traitors, charged with high treason & committed to Plymouth, England's Mill Prison [images] • while incarcerated, Ashburn met fellow prisoner John Claypoole, a longtime friend of the Ross family

 

• Claypoole, a Continental Army vet, had been wounded at Germantown & consequently discharged • in 1781 he signed on to man the 18-gun Pennsylvania privateer Chevalier de la Luzerne & was captured in April • in the spring of 1782 Ashburn died in prison, leaving Betsy a 2-time war widow at age 30 —Betsy Ross and the Making of America

 

"In the Night of the 3d of March Mr Joseph Ashburn departed this life after an illness of about a week which he bore with amazing fortitude & resignation" —John Claypoole, Mill Prison

 

"The story goes that Ashburn, while in Mill Prison, often talked with John Claypoole about his wife, Betty*, and at his death sent farewell messages by him to her. Claypoole, on his arrival in Philadelphia, hastened to deliver these messages, and inside of eight months he married her." —John Claypoole's Memorandum-Book *Betsy is referred to as "Betty" in some 18th, 19th & early 20th c. books & media

 

• in 1782 Claypoole returned to Philadelphia, called on Betsy & married her the following year • gave up his seafaring career to join her at the Arch St. upholstery shop • though renamed "John Claypoole, upholsterer," to customers the shop remained Betsy's place • the couple had 5 daughters: Clarissa, Susanna, Rachel, Jane & Harriet, who died at 9 months • sometime after Susanna's birth in 1786, the Claypooles moved from Arch St. to a larger house on 2nd

 

• Betsy returned to her Quaker roots, albeit with the Free (Fighting) Quakers, a group exiled from the main Quaker community when their support for the Revolution was ruled a violation of the faith's peace testimony • the couple became members c. 1785 • image: Betsy Claypoole signature taken from the Meeting House roster

 

• it is widely believed that when the Free Quaker Meeting House shut down in 1834, it was its last attending members — Elizabeth Claypoole & Samuel Wetherill — who closed the doors

 

• in 1817, after a long illness, John Claypoole died • Betsy never remarried • after retiring, she moved to the home of her daughter, Susanna • she died on 30 Jan, 1836, age 84

 

The American Flags

 

"Flags were a rare sight on land in the British North American colonies," —Wooden Teachout, Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism

 

American flags were seldom used in parades or displayed by private citizens • colors were flown mainly in battle, over government institutions & on ships, where they were essential to identifying other vessels & determining friend or foe

 

• this changed after America's 1876 Centennial Exposition, which explains why "flags made prior to the Civil War are extremely rare, and flags made before 1820 are practically nonexistent." —Jeff R. Bridgeman, Stars and Stripes, Early American Life, Aug. 2011

 

• with the onset of the Revolutionary War, a flag for the "United Colonies" was created without the sanction of the Continental Congress • this 1775 flag was known as the Continental Colors, aka Grand Union, Congress Flag, Cambridge Flag

 

• on 2 Dec., 1775, the 1st Continental Colors flag was hand sewn by milliner Margaret Manny, who had begun making flags & ensigns the previous year

 

"Everyone knows about Betsy Ross, why do we know nothing about Margaret Manny? Probably for no better reason than that she had fewer articulate friends and relatives to build a story around her." —historian Barbara Tuchman, The First Salute

 

• the Continental Colors had 13 alternating red & white stripes with the British Union crosses in the canton • was created to replace the use of individual colony flags • prior to the Declaration of Independence, it was probably the most used unofficial flag of the revolution • American Flag Timeline

 

• the inclusion of the British Jack in the design signals that this flag was intended not for a civil war of secession, but rather a crusade to secure the American colonists' rights as Englishman • prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Gen. George Washington, still hoping for reconciliation with Mother England, would occasionally toast the King —The Forgotten Flag of the American Revolution and What It Means

 

• on 3 Dec, 1775, the new flag was raised by 1st Lt. John Paul Jones (1747-1792) on the 30-gun Continental Navy frigate USS Alfred [painting], the 1st national ensign to fly on an American fighting vessel —Naval History Blog

 

• the flag later flew over the signing of the Declaration of Independence & according to tradition (contested by some scholars), it was raised on a ship's mast atop Charlestown's Prospect Hill [painting] during Washington's 1 Jan., 1776 siege of Boston

 

• spotting the hybrid British/American flag for the first time, confused British observers took it as a signal of submission: “By this time, I presume, they begin to think it strange that we have not made a formal surrender of our lines,” Washington wrote • his psychological weaponry also included an early form of war propaganda

 

• absent a single government-mandated flag design, a variety of others were used • within a yr. after Prospect hill, the Continental Colors' Union Jack was replaced by a blue field w/13 white stars in various arrangements, e.g., rows, or possibly a circle?

 

• on 14 June, 1777, now celebrated as Flag Day, the American Flag was born by resolution of the Continental Congress, the country’s 1st flag law • during the Revolutionary period that followed, the stars on most American flags were arranged in rows of 4-5-4 with the number of points on most stars ranging from 4 to 8 • compared to the Continental Colors, the rows of stars made it easier to identify the flag/ship/nationality at sea —The 13 Stars & Stripes

 

The Story

 

• about a year before the Flag Resolution of 1777 Betsy Ross, 5-months a widow & struggling to make a ends meet, is said to have received a visit from a Continental Congress flag committee (apparently a secret one as there are no records of its existence)

 

• according to the well known Betsy Ross story, in late May of 1776 (but possibly 1777) 3 heroes of the revolution — George Ross, the uncle of Betsy's late husband, financier/slave trader Robert Morris & Betsy's pew neighbor Gen. George Washington [portraits] — called on her to discuss a flag for the new nation

 

• Rachel Fletcher (Betsy's daughter) recalled that "…she was previously well acquainted with Washington, and that he had often been in her house in friendly visits, as well as on business. That she had embroidered ruffles for his shirt bosoms and cuffs, and that it was partly owing to his friendship for her that she was chosen to make the flag." —Rachel's affidavit

 

• as told by Betsy, Gen. Washington, then head of the Continental Army, showed her a rough design of a flag with 6-pointed stars • she offered suggestions for modifications & stated a preference for 5-pointed stars • when her visitors expressed concern over the difficulty of producing them, she replied, "Nothing easier," which she then proved by cutting a 5-pointed star in a single snipvideo: Make a perfect star with ONE cut! (1:15) • Two Conundrums Concerning the Betsy Ross Five-Pointed Star

 

• changes approved, Washington redrew the flag w/a pencil • Betsy's friend & collaborator William Barrett, a Cherry St. ornamental painter created a water color copy of the drawing for her to work from • 1-2 other seamstresses sewed alternate designs for the committee, but only Betsy's was approved & used

 

• what is known today as the "Betsy Ross flag" has 13 red & white stripes & a ring of 13, white 5-pointed stars • though the design may have been in use by 1777, vexillologists believe that between 1777-1795, (the yrs. the official flag had 13 stars) most flags displayed stars in rows, which are easier to produce than a circle

 

• None of the surviving flags from the 18th century exhibit the Betsy Ross pattern • however a few examples are depicted in the art of the era (although period art is notoriously unreliable for flag research)

 

• the flag depicted in Chas. Willson Peale's 1779 George Washington at the Battle of Princeton is generally considered credible & "may be the only evidence in a painting… that suggests that a circle-pattern flag may have existed in colonial times… Otherwise, you won't see an American flag with a perfect circle of stars made before the 1890s." —Jeff R. Bridgeman, loc. cit.13 Stars in the Betsy Ross Pattern • historically significant the American flags [images]

 

• though known as an upholsterer, there is no doubt that Betsy made flags, having sewn pennants & ensigns for the Pennsylvania State Navy Board (as did Margaret Manning & Rebecca Young, whose daughter Mary Pickersgill would go on to sew the enormous flag that inspired the U.S. National Anthem, Francis Scott Key's The Star-Spangled Banner)

 

• a month before Congress passed the Flag Resolution, Betsy was paid 14 pounds, 12 shillings, 2 pence (~$2,300 in 2017 USD) for what must have been a prodigious quantity of Pennsylvania Navy flags • there is no hard evidence that any of these were American flags • "...today we are reasonably convinced that Betsy’s flag was a naval flag, with a simple ‘in line’ arrangement of the stars…" —John B. Harker, Historian & Betsy Ross descendent

 

• Betsy (Elizabeth Claypool) was now in the business of producing flags & ensigns for the federal govt. • throughout the Jefferson & Madison admins. the skilled needlewoman made flags as large as 18' x 24' for American military installations, with demand peaking during the War of 1812

 

• for the rest of her life she — in her words — "never knew what it was to want employment" • her oldest daughter, Clarissa Sidney Wilson (1785-1864) [portrait], succeeded her, supplying arsenals, navy yards & the mercantile marine with flags for years —Betsy Ross•org

 

"In the last years of her life, Ross was neither more nor less important than other aging women who had lived through the Revolution. That she became famous while others were forgotten exposes the interlocking power of family history, local memory, and national politics." —How Betsy Ross Became Famous by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Historian

 

The Legend

 

"…at a time of great historic import such as that time when the Declaration was signed, people have no leisure to think about the minor events which are taking place. Thus, during the revolution no one thought of Betsy Ross as a national heroine, and it was not, in fact until 1870 that William J. Canby (1825-1890) first brought the story of how the first flag was made into general prominence." —Dr. Lloyd Balderston, great-grandson of Betsy Ross, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 Jul, 1908

 

• there is no record of the the Betsy Ross story prior to 1870 • that year — 34 years after her death — Betsy's 45 yr. old grandson, a title processor named William Jackson Canby, presented a paper titled The History of the Flag of the United States to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania • the document, accompanied by sworn affidavits, was an oral history passed on by descendants of Betsy Ross, including Canby himself who was 11 yrs. old when she died • …more: The Evolution of the American Flag by (Betsy Ross descendants) George Canby (1829-1907), Lloyd Balderston, Ph.D (1863-1933)

 

• the story was largely ignored until it was mentioned in historian George Henry Preble's 1872 book Our Flag & appeared in the July, 1873 Harper's Monthly [illustration] • with Civil War wounds slowly healing & the 1876 centennial celebration fast approaching, Betsy Ross & the flag entered American consciousness • in the 1880's her story began to appear in textbooks • by the mid 1890s it was often illustrated by an engraving of The Birth of Our Nation’s Flag, an 1893 painting by Charles H. Weisgerber (1856-1932)

 

oral tradition has it that in 1892 Weisgerber, a 36 yr. old aspiring artist, was bent on winning a forthcoming art competition • walking along Arch St., he noticed a plaque at No. 239 which identified the bldg. as the site where Betsy Ross sewed the 1st American flag

 

• inspired, Weisgerber envisioned a scene of Betsy & the 1st flag set in her shop • to fill in details of the story, characters & setting, he drew on period portraits, the testimony of living descendants & the 22 yr. old Canby paper

 

• with no authentic image of Betsy in existence (according to her relatives), Weisgerber painted a composite taken from images of 4 of her daughters & a granddaughter who was said to closely resemble her • the resulting portrait was critiqued by relatives who had known her & modified accordingly • Weisgerber then created a massive 9' x 12' painting • portrayed the young Widow Ross, saintly matriarch of a new nation, as she presents the 1st American flag to 3 revered American patriarchs

 

• "the image was [said] …by Mrs. Ross' grandson, George Canby, to be the only correct likeness of [her]" — he was 7 yrs. old when Betsy Ross died —The Times (Philadelphia) 15 Jun 1893

 

• the flag depicted in the painting — with no evidence to support the authenticity of its design — has since been known as the "Betsy Ross flag," the standard for celebrating the U.S.A.'s birthday each 4th of July

 

The Apotheosis

 

• Weisgerber's painting won the $1,000 prize & in 1893 was showcased in the Pennsylvania Building at Chicago’s Columbian Exposition • seen by millions of visitors • contributed to the nascent reverence for Betsy Ross & the flag as sacred symbols of the emerging, quasi-religious American civil religion • politicians, patriotic societies & public sentiment propelled the flag's transformation into an object of veneration, its role expanding well beyond the customary military & govt. functions

 

On Flag Day, 1894, the Colonial Dames gathered 500 schoolchildren to honor “the adoption by Congress . . . of the flag made by Betsy Ross from the design submitted to her by Gen. Washington” • by 1895, 10 states had laws requiring public schools to display the flag on all school days — Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, loc. cit.

 

• in 1897 the City of New York bought thousands of lithographs of Weisgerber’s painting for its public schools: “It is thought that the representation which is declared historically correct, together with such lectures as the teachers may deliver, will add much to the pupil’s knowledge and keep alive a proper reverence for the country’s emblem.” —New York Times, 14 Feb, 1897

 

• in 1885, NYC school principal George T. Balch (1821-1908), a vet. of the Indian & Civil Wars, wrote Salute to the Flag, the U.S.A.'s first pledge of allegiance

 

"I give my hand and my heart to my country — one nation, one language, one flag."

 

• the heightened patriotism of the era inspired a movement to organize schoolyard flag raising ceremonies • the American Flag Assn. was founded in 1897 for the "fostering of public sentiment in favor of honoring the flag in our country and preserving it from desecration" • Natl. Flag Day was proclaimed in 1917

 

Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), who worked in the premium dept. of The Youth's Companion magazine, wrote a new U.S. Pledge of Allegiance (1892) for his employer • created as part of the magazine's campaign to sell American flags to public schools • goal was a flag in every classroom • 25,000 schools acquired flags the 1st yr. • though priced "at cost," banner sales proved profitable

 

• Bellamy also choreographed a salute — the "Bellamy Salute" — to accompany the pledge • because of its similarity to the Nazi heil it was replaced by a right-hand-over-heart gesture during World War II • another Youth's Companion employee, James Upham, headed a flag-centric project designed to engage public schools in the commemoration of the U.S.A.'s 1st Columbus Day (Oct. 1892)

 

The Verdict

 

• for nearly a century-and-a-half, historians have debated the available evidence in an attempt to prove that Betsy Ross either did or did not produce the 1st American flag: "There’s no good historical evidence that she did. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t. There’s simply a lack of documentation. Most historians believe the story is apocryphal." —Marc Leepson, author of Flag: An American Biography, The Truth About Betsy Ross

 

• the identity of the woman who sewed America's 1st flag may never be certain, but there is good reason to believe that its designer may have been Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) • the NJ representative to the Continental Congress & signer of the Declaration of Independence is the only person entered into the Congressional record for designing the 1st American flag

 

• it has been speculated that on 14 June, 1777, it was Hopkinson who replaced the British crosses in the Continental Colors with white stars on a blue field • no original sketch of a Hopkinson flag exists, but surviving rough sketches including his design for the Great Seal of the U.S. incorporate elements of 2 of his flag designs —Wikipedia

 

On 25 May, 1780, Hopkinson wrote to the Continental Board, requesting "a Quarter Cask of the public Wine" as payment for several itemized "patriotic designs" he had completed, most notably, "the flag of the United States of America" • submitted another bill on 24 June for "drawings and devices," including "the Naval Flag of the United States"

 

• the Treasury Board rejected his request for payment because he "was not the only person consulted on those exhibitions of Fancy" & furthermore was not entitled to compensation as he was already on the government payroll —Did Francis Hopkinson Design Two Flags?, Earl P. Williams, Jr.

 

• Hopkinson is also considered America's 1st poet-composer • written at age 21, his song My Days have been so Wondrous Free (1759) is regarded as the earliest surviving American secular composition [listen] —UPen•edu

 

Saving Betsy's House

 

• by 1859, 239 Arch St. was occupied by the family of German immigrant (Carl) Philip Mund (1822-1883), who operated a tailor's shop on the 1st floor • the landlord, after collecting rent for the first year, never returned • over the succeeding rent-free decades, the Munds operated a variety of businesses in their retail space

 

• after Canby's 1870 speech identified the location of Betsy Ross's house as Arch between 2nd & 3rd, the Munds — occupants of the block's last standing colonial house — posted a sign: "First Flag of the US Made in this House" • in 1876, as visitors poured into the city for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, the Munds ran an ad for their latest 1st floor business: "Original Flag House, Lager, Wine and Liquors. This is the house where the first United States flag was made by Mrs. John Ross." —Historic Philadelphia

 

• after Philip Mund died his wife Amelia, who objected to running a saloon, converted the space into a cigar store & candy shop which operated until 1892 — her son Charles then devoted the space to a museum/souvenir shop [photo] —The Betsy Ross House Facts, Myths, and Pictures by G.A. Anderson

 

• c. 1897 citizens led by Charles Weisgerber organized the American Flag Soc. & Betsy Ross Memorial Assn. • goal was to rescue the house from imminent demolition • intended to purchase it from Charles Mund, restore it to its 18th-c. appearance, preserve the memory of Betsy Ross & honor the American flag

 

• to raise the funds for purchasing the Betsy Ross "American Flag House," the Association devised a rudimentary multi-level marketing strategy • sold lifetime memberships for 10 cents • each member was encouraged to recruit others & form a group of 30; each group founder received a chromolithographograph of Weisgerber's painting • over 2 million monochrome certificates were sold at ten cents each • the colorful chromoliths were available at addl. cost (frame not included) —Enjoying Philadelphia

 

• the Association leased the house in 1898, purchased it in 1903 • Weisgerber & his family moved in • lived upstairs, kept the museum & a souvenir shop on the 1st floor • in 1902 they named their newborn son Charles Vexil Domus, Latin for "flag house" [photo] • he would later replace his parents as custodian of the house —G.A. Anderson, loc. cit.

 

• by 1936 the house was on the verge of ruin • in 1937 Philadelphia Mayor Davis Wilson proposed a restoration by WPA workers • this provoked "a storm of protest" from critics

 

• Pennsylvania Historical Soc. members wrote off the Betsy Ross story as "hokum" and "the bunk" • the protests from scholars & historians sparked an unwinnable faith vs. reason culture war with patriotic organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution & the Patriotic Order Sons of America

 

• amid the controversy, Philadelphia radio manufacturer & philanthropist A. Atwater Kent (1873-1949) offered to pay up to $25K for the restoration • Historical architect, Richardson Brognard Okie (1875-1945) won the commission

 

• the design for the restoration was derived from evidence & conjecture • goal was to return the bldg. to its c. 1777 appearance • surviving architectural elements were preserved when possible • materials salvaged from demolished colonial era homes were also used • in 1941, the Association gave the property to the city • the house now stands as one of Philadelphia's most popular tourist attractions

 

Postscript

 

• in 1929 Hugg's tavern, where Betsy Griscom defied family & church to marry John Ross, was demolished to make way for the Proprietor's Park swimming pool, which no longer exists • the Revolutionary War-era Hugg-Harrison-Glover House (1764), built on property owned by the Hugg family as early as 1683, was razed in the face of fervent opposition, March, 2017 —Facebook

 

• 178 yrs. after Betsy's wedding & just 5 blocks from where Hugg's once stood, another American legend was born at the Twin Bar [photo] when Bill Haley (and the Saddlemen) performed there in the early 1950s [poster] • in 1952 Haley's band laid down a cover of Rock the Joint [listen], an historic 1949 recording by Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians [listen] • each of these recordings has been cited as a candidate for the title of first rock 'n' roll song • Gloucester City thus became one of several U.S. sites that claims the title "Cradle of Rock 'n Roll"

 

Charles H. Weisgerber died in 1932 • his magnum opus, The Birth of the American Flag lay rolled up & hidden away in a barn loft & later in the back of a South Jersey dye-making workshop • his grandson Stuart (son of Vexil Domus) found it — still rolled up — in his mother's basement • its poor condition precluded exhibition: in the 50s, hanging in the old State Museum at Harrisburg, it had been vandalized, then incurred additional damage from repeated unrolling

 

• Weisgerber sought a Philadelphia home for the massive work but was unsuccessful • after a $40K restoration in 2002 the painting, it's appraised market value just $50K, returned to the State Museum at Harrisburg

 

• in 1976 the remains of Betsy Ross & 3rd husband John Claypoole were moved from Mount Moriah cemetery, Yeadon, PA, to the garden on the west side of the Betsy Ross House courtyard

Manhattan, NY (settled 1624, pop. 16MM) • SoHo

 

• 468-472 West Broadway (1885) Romanesque Revival style design by architect/magician Oscar S. TealeAIA Guide: ”magnificent maroon painted arches"

 

• SoHo Cast Iron Historic District, National Register # 78001883, 1978 • designated U.S. National Historic Landmark District, 1978 • designated New York City Landmark, 1973

Alfred 23 Harth played a key role in connecting avant-garde artists to the waschSalon Galerie, drawing on his extensive touring and personal networks since the mid-1970s. Among his early contacts was Vollrad Kutscher, with whom Harth had a longstanding friendship dating back to 1975; Kutscher later staged both exhibitions and performances at the waschSalon Galerie in Frankfurt.

 

In the mid-1980s, Harth also formed new connections as with endart Berlin and with the Paul Pozozza Museum artist group from Düsseldorf, including Robert Knuth, Hilmar Boehle, Marcel Hardung, Adolphe Lechtenberg, and Julia Lohmann. This collective, founded in 1984, was dedicated to experimental formats, conceptual openness, and international collaboration, aiming to work beyond the confines of classical museum structures. As a result of this network, members of the Paul Pozozza Museum group were invited to show at the waschSalon Galerie (1984 - 1991), with documented exhibitions occurring there in 1986 and 1987.

These exchanges reflected Harth's ongoing commitment to connecting musicians and visual artists and supporting new artistic encounters across the European avant-garde scene

 

Photo taken from the book "Jazz in Frankfurt" (1990) : www.goodreads.com/book/show/4753497-jazz-in-frankfurt

Art objects by Robert Knuth, Düsseldorf.

yenip yenmediğine dair net bir bilgiye ulaşamadım.

at dili, dere kirazı, tavşan kirazı, yalova mercanı, gelin küpesi isimleriyle de bilinir.

bitkisi her zaman yeşil bir çalıdır.

meyvesi 1-1,5 cm boyunda olabilir ve kışın da kırmızıdır.

 

bu bitkinin kardeş türü sayılabilecek ruscus aculeatus ise kaynak kitapta 'küçük yapraklı dikenli mersin' olarak geçer; onun meyvesi de benzerdir ancak fotoğraftaki gibi küçük ve büyük iki yaprak arasına gizlenmez, küçük bir yapraktan aşağı sarkar.

  

latince: ruscus hypoglossum

ingilizce: mouse thorn, spineless butcher's broom, horse tongue lily

 

www.wikiwand.com/en/Ruscus_hypoglossum

www.wikiwand.com/en/Ruscus_aculeatus (ruscus aculeatus)

www.wikiwand.com/tr/Tav%C5%9Fanmemesi (ruscus aculeatus)

www.agaclar.net/forum/karadeniz-bolgesi/3436.htm (ruscus aculeatus & hypoglossum)

 

kaynak kitap: www.goodreads.com/book/show/10662496-t-rkiye-nin-a-a-lar-...

No American president has been closer to the working life of the West than Theodore Roosevelt. From 1884 to 1886 he built up his ranch on the Little Missouri in Dakota Territory, accepting the inevitable toil and hardships. He met the unique characters of the Bad Lands—mountain men, degenerate buffalo hunters, Indians, and cowboys—and observed their changes as the West became more populated. "Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail" describes Roosevelt's routine labor and extraordinary adventures, including a stint as a deputy sheriff pursuing three horse thieves through the cold of winter. Whether recounting stories of cowboy fights or describing his hunting of elk, antelope, and bear, the book expresses his lifelong delight in physical hardihood and tests of nerve. [Source: Goodreads website at www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737273.Ranch_Life_and_the_Hu...]

Kachinas are spirit beings in western Pueblo religious beliefs, often represented through masks and dolls, as shown here. This snapshot is from a wonderful book by Barton Wright entitled ‘Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary’, which Adam got for me in a recent trip to New Mexico. I devoured it from cover to cover — and it’s given me a vision for my next art project: an interactive Kachina World with animatronics dolls. Each of the kachinas depicted in these pictures could be characters in that interactive play, dancing to the music and giving you inspiration about the spirits they represent. It was so nice of Adam to give me this marvelous book — he immediately thought of me and thought I should have it. :)

 

Learn more about Kachinas:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachina

 

Learn more about the Kachinas book:

www.goodreads.com/book/show/1966616.Kachinas

 

View photos of our related Wonderbots experiment:

bit.ly/wonderbot-photos

De

Arlyn Quinn.

 

#ArlynQuinn #autora #creativecommons

 

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