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Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania
This is worth the time to read it.
- It's peacetime, but a storm is approaching.
- You are only 21 years old, you have never seen military action, but find yourself in command of 250+ regular troops and militia.
- You are ordered to build a road into wilderness, and it's French territory.
- You make a pact with the local indigenous tribe, whose chief informs you a French patrol is nearby.
- You take tribe members and some of your troops to surprise the French.
- They surrender, but the tribal chief has an axe to grind with the French...literally...and kills the patrol commander...after he had surrendered.
- Not good.
- You know the French will be furious and come at you with far more troops than you have in your command.
- Your indigenous friends, including the tribal chief, now abandon you.
- You build a fort, and name it Fort Necessity.
- The French and their Indian allies come storming at you...using the very same road you had just built.
- The French commander happens to be the brother of the French patrol leader who was murdered after he had surrendered.
- You screwed up and built your trenches within musket range of the surrounding tree line.
- Which fills up with French and Indians taking shots at you.
- It pours rain, filling your trenches with water and causing all your gunpowder to become useless.
- It's looking grim, but suddenly the French want to parlay, and offer what seems like an honorable treaty in exchange for your immediate withdrawal.
- But they make you sign a document in French...and you can't read French.
- Congratulations, you just signed an official document that states you assassinated the French commander of the patrol and the entire thing is your fault.
- Clever French.
- You return to Virginia thinking your career is finished in dismal shame.
- But the Governor and the state assembly thank you and reward you instead.
- Unfortunately, your actions lead to the start of the French and Indian War, which spreads to Europe in what is eventually known as the Seven Years War.
~ Your name? ~
- George Washington...yes that George Washington, famous adventurer, winning commanding general of the American Revolutionary War, and First US President, "the father of our country".
- A war he won against the British, whom he served here at Fort Necessity.
- The day George Washington was forced to leave Fort Necessity?
- July 4th, 1754. JULY 4th, what is now celebrated as US Independence Day.
True story. Better than the plots of most movies made these days. You might be wondering though why the US National Park Service, in its recreation of the stockade at Fort Necessity, has that very British-looking Red Ensign flag flying in front of the fort. It is because the American flag did not exist in 1754. It would take another 22 years before that storm burst upon North America.
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Francia, Bretannia, Fougères, Estate 2022
Fougères è un comune della regione della Bretagna, nel nord-ovest della Francia. Il castello di Fougères è stato costruito su un sito naturalmente protetto, una roccia che emerge da una palude circondata da un'ansa del fiume Nançon che funge da fossato naturale. Aveva tre diverse cinte murarie: la primo a scopo difensivo; la seconda per gli usi quotidiani in tempo di pace e per la sicurezza delle popolazioni circostanti in tempo di assedio; e l'ultima per la protezione del mastio. In tutto ha ben 13 torri.
Fougères is a commune in the region of Brittany in northwestern France. The Château de Fougères was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures: the first for defensive purposes; the second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege; and the last for the protection of the keep. In all it has an impressive 13 towers.
Francia, Bretannia, Fougères, Estate 2022
Fougères è un comune della regione della Bretagna, nel nord-ovest della Francia. Il castello di Fougères è stato costruito su un sito naturalmente protetto, una roccia che emerge da una palude circondata da un'ansa del fiume Nançon che funge da fossato naturale. Aveva tre diverse cinte murarie: la primo a scopo difensivo; la seconda per gli usi quotidiani in tempo di pace e per la sicurezza delle popolazioni circostanti in tempo di assedio; e l'ultima per la protezione del mastio. In tutto ha ben 13 torri.
Fougères is a commune in the region of Brittany in northwestern France. The Château de Fougères was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures: the first for defensive purposes; the second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege; and the last for the protection of the keep. In all it has an impressive 13 towers.
A flash flood on 16 August 2004 caused extensive damage to the village. Residents were trapped in houses as the roads turned into rivers: people were trapped on roofs, in cars, in buildings and on the river's banks. and the village's visitor centre was washed away. Two Royal Air Force Westland Sea King rescue helicopters from Chivenor, three Royal Navy Sea Kings from Culdrose, one RAF Sea King from St Mawgan and one Coastguard S61 helicopter from Portland searched for and assisted casualties in and around the village.
The operation was coordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) based at RAF Kinloss in Scotland in the largest peacetime rescue operation ever launched in the UK. A total of 91 people were rescued and there were no fatalities, only one broken thumb. Around 50 cars were swept into the harbour and the bridge was washed away, roads were submerged under 2.75 metres (9 ft) of water, making communication effectively impossible until flood-waters subsided. The sewerage system burst, and for this range of health and safety reasons Boscastle was declared temporarily inaccessible.
And we were on holiday in Cornwall and visited Boscastle the day before.
With the loss of 121 people out of 122 aboard, the loss of the wooden ship Dunbar had a major impact on Sydney. The wreck in 1857 is still the worst peacetime disaster to have occurred in New South Wales. It is remembered each year by memorial services held at St Stephens Church, Newtown, where many Dunbar victims were buried in a mass grave.
Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown
December, 2019
the value of individual liberty and free and democratic government. Today, let us renew our determination to keep faith with those who have so faithfully served and defended us. We can begin by remembering the cause for which they have labored and by working hard to ensure that their efforts have not been made in vain :-)
President George H. W. Bush, Veterans Day Proclamation, 1989
HBW!! Happy Veteran's Day!!
prunus mume, weeping japanese flowering apricot, 'Bridal Veil', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
They say that Vickers was once the largest employer in Britain employing tens-of-thousands of workers. The giant company has faded but it has left us with a legacy of quality that still continues to this today in its products. But why was this massive concern making sewing machines?
Now funny things happen with history. Just before the outbreak of WWI, around 1914, the giant Vickers Corporation started looking at sewing machines. The company had, throughout its history, continually diversified and expanded. At their peek the company was said to employ over 70,000 people around the country, from ship building to steel castings, torpedoes to machine guns.
In 1914 Vickers was looking to diversify and sought out products to make after the war had finished that could be profitable in peacetime. Everyone thought that the Great War that was supposed to be over by Christmas!
Their gaze fell upon the humble sewing machine that every household wanted and the market was expanding.
There was also another benefit. Many of the German manufacturers of sewing machines were not able to sell their products to The British Empire, leaving a huge hole in the market that Vickers could jump into. Even better, the giant German Frister & Rossmann company were about to launch a new sewing machine. Not only were Vickers going to copy their machine but they would steal their market as well. Well, what could the Germans do about it?
At the time Frister & Rossmann’s were being imported from Berlin by an importer called Pierssene. He must have known that importing from Germany, when they went to war, would be difficult if not impossible.
As the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said, 'every man knew war was coming.'
Pierssene possibly looked around Britain to find another manufacturer to supplement his supplies and keep his market going. His eye fell upon Vickers, or was it the other way around? Anyway it was a perfect match, he was an importer with all the designs, agents and markets, and they were a company that seemed to be able to make just about anything they set their minds to.
After some appraisals Vickers approved the idea and a site was sought to make their first sewing machines.
An image of industrial espionage jumps to mind of the former importer running off with the plans of F&R's new machine to Vickers. Mind you that, in turn, was just a copy of a Singer-with an added reverse stitch anyway. Most of the patents had run out by then and could not cover their new model, so basically anyone could copy it. There's no love lost in the sewing machine industry.
Article and photos here:
sewalot.com/vickers_sewing_machine_history.htm
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Eine Befestigung ist ein Bauwerk, das zum Schutz eines Ortes oder Gebiete errichtet wird. Im militärischen Bereich bezeichnet man sie auch als Fortifikation oder Wehranlage. Doch hier handelt es sich um einen Teil eines alten Bauernhofes von Pleisweiler.
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defence of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make"). This is not a part of the fortification of the nice village of Pleisweiler, but a part from an old court.
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The Lighthouse of Pointe-au-Père was also home to river pilots that rowed out to ships and offered services of piloting the seafaring vessels up river to deposit cargo or passengers ensuring a ships safe passage up the St Lawrence with their specialized local knowledge of winds, currents and depths.
On May 29 1914 well after midnight one such river pilot left the passenger ship the Empress of Ireland rowing into the pointe as she made her way to the ocean heading to Liverpool not knowing the unfortunate events that were to take place roughly an hour or so later.
After sighting the Norwegian steamship SS Storstad at roughly 6 miles apart heading up river a fog bank rolled in obscuring all visibility what happened next was the worst peacetime maritime disaster in Canada.
The Storstad crashed into the starboard side of the ocean bound liner opening up the lower decks immediately, due to late hour most passengers were sleeping and the ship went down in 14 minutes listing at such and angle as to make lifeboats almost impossible to launch.
Of the 1477 crew and passengers on board the 168m ship only 465 survived the freezing water as the Storstad commences rescue operations and several boats from Pointe-au-Père raced after receiving the Empress’s distress signals, all told 1012 perished.
I took this on Sept 20th, 2020 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 32mm 1/30 sec f/8 ISO200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Mid 12th century Dolbadarn Castle with The Lady of Snowdonia
face profile.
Gwynedd, North Wales.
THE LADY OF SNOWDON
When shadows at eventide steal o’er the land,
With darkness descending at nature’s command,
The Lady of Snowdon retires all alone,
To muse with the Pixie, the Fairy, and Gnome.
She never appears to be weary or tire,
Her eyes do not sparkle with love or desire,
But severe, and aloof, amidst boulder and tarn,
She reigns o’er Llyn Peris, and fair Llyn Padarn.
Her dignified mien can be noted afar,
With patience reposing in peacetime or war,
She has changed not or altered in eons untold,
The Lady of Snowdon will never grow old.
This virgin of nature, unsullied, and chaste,
Reigns Queen of this barren and desolate waste,
She’s wed to the mountains, no power can them sever,
The Lady of Snowdon will live for ever.
— W.M.
On April 15, 1912, Kate and Alice Herman, aged 24 both survived that Disastrous Night On Frigid North Atlantic. More than 1,500 were not so lucky, making the sinking at the time one of the deadliest of a single ship and the deadliest peacetime sinking of a super-liner or cruise ship to date.
Reportedly the last song played ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73kOrhAai4&list=PLB7BED2DB16...
Miss Kate Herman
Titanic Survivor
Born: Tuesday 6th December 1887 in Galhampton, Somerset, England
Age: 24 years 4 months and 9 days (Female)
Nationality: English
Marital Status: Single
2nd Class Passengers
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 220845, £65
Destination: Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States
Rescued
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Tuesday 18th January 1983 aged 95 years
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Buried: Williamette Crematory, Tigard, Oregon, United States
Miss Alice Herman
Titanic Survivor
Born: Tuesday 6th December 1887 in Galhampton, Somerset, England
Age: 24 years 4 months and 9 days (Female)
Nationality: English
Marital Status: Single
2nd Class Passengers
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 220845, £65
Destination: Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States
Rescued
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Sunday 23rd March 1947 aged 59 years
Source: Encyclopedia TITANICA
Francia, Bretannia, Fougères, Estate 2022
Fougères è un comune della regione della Bretagna, nel nord-ovest della Francia. Il castello di Fougères è stato costruito su un sito naturalmente protetto, una roccia che emerge da una palude circondata da un'ansa del fiume Nançon che funge da fossato naturale. Aveva tre diverse cinte murarie: la primo a scopo difensivo; la seconda per gli usi quotidiani in tempo di pace e per la sicurezza delle popolazioni circostanti in tempo di assedio; e l'ultima per la protezione del mastio. In tutto ha ben 13 torri.
Fougères is a commune in the region of Brittany in northwestern France. The Château de Fougères was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures: the first for defensive purposes; the second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege; and the last for the protection of the keep. In all it has an impressive 13 towers.
S'élevant sans concurrence au-dessus de la plaine environnante, le château de Jabreen est un spectacle impressionnant. Il n'a pas été construit en temps de guerre et n'est pas une fortification agrandie par différents imams au cours des siècles. Il s'agit essentiellement d'un palais construit en temps de paix en 1675 par l'imam Bil-Arab Bin Sultan, un souverain passionné de science et d'art et qui en a fait le plus beau château historique du Sultanat et un important centre d'apprentissage pour l'astrologie, la médecine et le droit islamique.
Coincé entre la montagne et une partie particulièrement aride du désert, il rôtit sous un soleil féroce pendant une grande partie de l'année d'où le falaj (canal d'irrigation) qui traverse la cour intérieure, non pas utilisé pour l'approvisionnement en eau mais comme système de climatisation.
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Rising unchallenged above the surrounding plain, Jabreen Castle is an awe-inspiring sight. It was not built in wartime and is not a fortification extended by different imams over the centuries. It is essentially a peacetime palace built in 1675 by Imam Bil-Arab Bin Sultan, a ruler with a passion for science and art, who made it the Sultanate's finest historical castle and an important center of learning for astrology, medicine and Islamic law.
Wedged between the mountain and a particularly arid part of the desert, it roasts under a ferocious sun for much of the year hence the falaj (irrigation channel) which crosses the inner courtyard, not used for supply in water but as an air conditioning system.
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A close-up photo of a sculpture at the ‘Welcome Home Soldier Monument’ located just west of Albia, Iowa. The public monument memorializes the active-duty peacetime and wartime veterans who have been honorably discharged in the past, present, and future.
Link: www.welcomehomesoldiermonument.com/
To my fellow veterans and those who continue to serve, thank you for your service, your bravery and your sacrifice. I salute you for honorably defending our freedom, our nation and our way of life.
Upon great reflection, I wonder?
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
Albert Camus
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants--everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor--anywhere in the world.
Franklin Roosevelt
Liberties aren't given, they are taken.
Aldous Huxley
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After the front view yesterday , here is a side view of the Bristol F2B B1162 here at The Shuttleworth Collection , Old Warden and between the wings you can also see a Lysander .
Shot while taking five from the Spitfire workshop which explains why I am airside taking this shot of the Bristol .
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The Bristol F2B from around one hundred years ago .
The Bristol Fighter was designed in 1916 as a replacement for the B.E. two-seaters. No.48 Squadron received the first production aircraft and introduced them into service during the Battle of Arras in April 1917. Flown in the tight defensive formations normal to two-seaters at the time, this baptism of fire was unsuccessful but it became an excellent fighting machine when the tactics were changed to allow it to be flown in the more aggressive manner of a single-seater. By the end of the war the type had been used for offensive patrols, photographic reconnaissance, escort fighting and ground attacks.
Having shown such versatility during the war it was one of the designs chosen by Hugh Trenchard to equip the peacetime Royal Air Force. Despite increasing age and poor flying conditions in many parts of the Empire, where it helped to establish the Royal Air Force’s role as aerial policeman, the Bristol Fighter soldiered on until 1932.
( info from -- RAF Museum webpage )
Long Beach, California, USA
On May 27, 1936, the Queen Mary departed from Southampton, England embarking on her maiden voyage. She boasted five dining areas and lounges, two cocktail bars and swimming pools, a grand ballroom, a squash court and even a small hospital. The Queen Mary had set a new benchmark in transatlantic travel, which the rich and famous considered as the only civilized way to travel. She quickly seized the hearts and imaginations of the public on both sides of the Atlantic, representing the spirit of an era known for its elegance, class and style.
Since her retirement from the sea as an active liner in 1967, the Queen Mary has never been more popular as an iconic Southern California attraction, hotel, and venue for special events. The ship carried some 2.2 million passengers in peacetime and 810,000 military personnel in the Second World War, but here in Long Beach, an estimated 50 million people have visited. The day the ship was launched in 1934, a well-known English psychic, Lady Mable Fortiscue-Harrison would predict, “The Queen Mary will know her greatest fame and popularity when she never sails another mile or carries another fare-paying passenger.” A compelling insight!
One of NYC's version of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.The Soldiers(right side statues)and Sailors(left side statues)Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza.An American Civil War memorial.Built 1889-1892 (ironically,the memorial arch in Washington Square Park was also built in the same period!).Stands 80 feet high (21m).Interpretation of the crowning sculpture on top:the crowning sculpture depicts the winged goddess of victory,following victorious battle (the Civil War)with instruments of war:swords,colors, flagstaff,and quadriga(the Union Army the work is honoring).Winged attendants are seen removing 2 of the 4 quadriga horses for peacetime use(postbellum recovery)while trumpeting the victory and freedom (Emancipation).Got it!The crowning sculpture was restored in 1976 after the figure in the chariot fell out.Oops!
The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, often referred to as the Sunshine Skyway Bridge or the Sunshine Skyway, consists of a pair of long beam bridges with a central cable-stayed bridge that spans Lower Tampa Bay to connect St. Petersburg, Florida to Terra Ceia. The current Sunshine Skyway opened in 1987 and is the second bridge of that name on the site. It was designed by the Figg & Muller Engineering Group and built by the American Bridge Company. The bridge is considered the flagship bridge of Florida and serves as a gateway to Tampa Bay. The four-lane bridge carries Interstate 275 and U.S. Route 19, passing through Pinellas County, Hillsborough County and Manatee County. It is a toll road, with a $1.50 toll assessed on two-axle vehicles traveling in either direction and collected via cash or the state's SunPass system.
The original Sunshine Skyway was a two-lane beam bridge with a central truss bridge built directly to the west of the current structure. It was completed in 1954, and a second span was added in 1971.
The original Skyway was the site of two major maritime disasters over a four-month period, the second of which resulted in the bridge's partial destruction and eventual replacement. On the night of January 28, 1980, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with the tanker Capricorn just west of the bridge, resulting in the sinking of the cutter with the loss of 23 crew members in the worst peacetime disaster in the history of the US Coast Guard. On the morning of May 9, 1980, the freighter MV Summit Venture collided with a support pier near the center of the bridge during a sudden squall, resulting in the catastrophic failure of the southbound roadway and the deaths of 35 people when several vehicles (including a Greyhound Bus) plunged into Tampa Bay. Within a few years, the damaged span was partially demolished, the surviving span was partially demolished and converted into a long fishing pier, and the modern Sunshine Skyway was built. The current bridge incorporates numerous safety features designed to protect the structure from ship collisions, as it spans one of the busiest shipping lanes in the United States.
(Wikipedia)
Boston Harbor, Rowes Wharf
In 1666 a protective battery called the "Sconce", or the "South Battery", was built at the foot of Fort Hill in the area now known as Rowes Wharf. In peacetime, the Battery had a company assigned to it in case of invasion, but had only one gunner. During the 1740s, the Battery was extended into the harbor and was defended by thirty-five guns. In 1764, John Rowe bought the land and built the first Rowes Wharf, which extended a short distance into Boston Harbor, and in 1765 Foster's Wharf was built on the site of the old Battery.
Foster's Wharf was originally called "Apthorp's Wharf". Charles Apthorp, being a staunch Tory, backed the losing side in the American Revolution, and it was his confiscated land and wharf that merchant William Foster bought for 6,266 pounds, 12 shillings in May 1782. Rowes Wharf, however, has carried its original builder's name since its inception. For the next 150 years or so, commercial shipping continued to be a main user of the area.
From Wikipedia
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While supposed to be at Shuttleworth on a Spitfire Photo Workshop , you can't help noticing any other planes out on the grass aerodrome !
This one is the Bristol F2B from around one hundred years ago .
The Bristol Fighter was designed in 1916 as a replacement for the B.E. two-seaters. No.48 Squadron received the first production aircraft and introduced them into service during the Battle of Arras in April 1917. Flown in the tight defensive formations normal to two-seaters at the time, this baptism of fire was unsuccessful but it became an excellent fighting machine when the tactics were changed to allow it to be flown in the more aggressive manner of a single-seater. By the end of the war the type had been used for offensive patrols, photographic reconnaissance, escort fighting and ground attacks.
Having shown such versatility during the war it was one of the designs chosen by Hugh Trenchard to equip the peacetime Royal Air Force. Despite increasing age and poor flying conditions in many parts of the Empire, where it helped to establish the Royal Air Force’s role as aerial policeman, the Bristol Fighter soldiered on until 1932.
( info from -- RAF Museum webpage )
David William-Ellis 2018
To recognize the men and women who lived, worked and died in the industry, in peacetime and in war, and to commemorate the major contribution fishing has made to the city's life and heritage.
In the name of who you are
all that you were
and all that your legacy brings
lessons today, tomorrow and on
never forgotten
lest we ever forget
a life that surpasses expectation
needs no better reward
than our own humble respect
it is today duly given
in greater amounts
by us the followers in your footsteps
what you have seen,
we shall never know
except for it's tutorial freedoms...
afforded us all in a peacetime
we seldom appreciate
let alone value truly
it takes a great man to show the way,
an even greater one to survive
to tell the tale
the tutelage of memory must serve us henceforth
in what you have given us all
from the community of remembrance today
you are giving still
you are reigning yet
you are guiding...until...
by anglia24
17h15: 07/01/2008
© 2008anglia24
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In memory of TBW who was cremated today. A great man, missed by many.
At a peacetime airshow, like this shot from the Blue Angels practice of April 23rd, afterburners can be seen.
In a time of war, an F-18 would have launched / dropped / shot its ordinance possibly miles away, long before it would be seen or heard. If at war you get to see afterburners, count your blessings and know that you were not the target.
Taken from NAS Pensacola, Florida.
The fort was built during the 17th and 18th centuries on the initiative of military engineers Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and Siméon Garangeau. The latter had the fort built in place of the simple redoubt that existed. Located 1,600 toises (3,118.4 meters) from Saint-Malo, its function was to protect the entrance to the Rance5, a period when several islands in the bay were fortified. It protects two of the access passes to Saint-Malo, the main central pass of Les Portes to the northeast and the smaller pass of Décollé along the Dinardaise coast1, to the south. It participates in the defense system of the port of Saint-Malo which also includes the forts of La Conchée, Petit Bé and Fort National. The fort had less than ten soldiers in peacetime, a figure which rose to 90 in wartime, including 60 men from the bourgeois militia of Saint-Malo.
In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression: everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way: everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want , which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants: everywhere in the world.
The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor: anywhere in the world.
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
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Nei giorni futuri che cerchiamo di rendere sicuri, attendiamo con impazienza un mondo fondato su quattro libertà umane essenziali.
Il primo è la libertà di parola ed espressione : ovunque nel mondo.
Il secondo è la libertà di ogni persona di adorare Dio a modo suo : ovunque nel mondo.
Il terzo è la libertà dalla povertà , che tradotto in termini mondiali significa intese economiche che garantiranno a ogni nazione una vita vissuta nella pace per i suoi abitanti: ovunque nel mondo.
La quarta è libertà dalla paura , che, tradotta in termini mondiali, significa una riduzione a livello mondiale degli armamenti a tal punto e in modo così completo che nessuna nazione sarà in grado di commettere un atto di aggressione fisica contro qualsiasi vicino: ovunque nel mondo.
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
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The Art Nouveau is the style of natural harmony. Its committed goal is the establishment of the concord of the beauty and function without compromise. This is the last comprehensive European style enriching the European culture in the applied art, the fine art and construction design. The art of the Hungarian masters enriched the unique idiom of the Art Nouveau. Being a rich resource of the trasures of this style, the Hungarian Art Nouveau is a worthy competiror of the heritages of the French, German, Belgian and Aystrian Art Nouveau. The permanent exhibition consists of paintings, furniture, ornaments and interiors. It provides and authentic sight of the atmosphere of the civic life of the “peacetime” of Budapest for the visitors. A cafe of friendly atmosphere and shop of original silver jewelries and ceramic copies waith the visitors.
Opening hours 10-17, closed on Sunday.
1054 Budaoest, Honved u 3. Hungary
www.magyarszecessziohaza.hu or
guideme.hu/place/house-of-hungarian-art-nouveau/
The building, designed by Emil Vidor, reflects the influence of Belgian and French architecture. At the same time, the facade of the building also incorporates Hungarian patterns, like the Zsolnay ceramics patterns. Not long ago, the building was entirely renovated. Besides the private museum operating in the establishment and displaying furniture, porcelain, ironwork and paintings, visitors can sit into a lovely café, too.
In 1907 the periodical Hungarian Competition (Magyar Pályázat) presents a description of the building in the Architectonic Chronicle section (Építőművészeti Krónika) with the title: Mr. Bedő Béla's Honvéd Street Palace. The designer, Emil Vidor, took good care of the building’s interior space as well, in the spirit of Gesamtkunstwerk (all objects in the same style).
This powerful unity of the arts and crafts in 1903 was a groundbreaking event in Hungary. The Bedő House was built only six years after the Belgian Victor Horta made his first fully Art Nouveau house, and in the same time with the Scottish architect, Mackintosh's famous arts house.
Even a contemporary description mentions the planned use of specially designed murals, the richly applied stained and ground glass, and generally the special design furnishing of the whole building.
On PBS Masterpiece Theatre “Vienna Blood” prodution the location was used and the Dr’s apartment was within this fine building.
Using my photo as base image created in DDG Text 2 AI filters.
Fourth image in the series.
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Fort Cronkhite, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
An evening view of Fort Cronkhite, a former army base that was part of the San Francisco Bay Area coastal defenses from World War II until it was decommissioned in 1974. It was later incorporated into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Various private non-profit organizaions still use some of the buildings.
The hills of the Marin headlands are behind the fort, with a trace of the high fog so common to the Golden Gate strait. Rodeo Beach is in the foreground.
To all of those who gave their lives to make ours better, I am so very grateful. You are heroes beyond words and you have my utmost respect. Thank you…
Thankfully, none of my family have ever died in battle…
But from my grandfather, who served in WW1, and lived through the hell of Mustard Gas, and performed heroically behind enemy lines, to my uncle who was on the Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, To my father and my uncles who all served during WWII, to my brother who went to Vietnam and my girlfriend who served in peacetime… They are knew and were willing to give their lives if need be. And to them, on this Memorial Day, I am also deeply thankful…
The Danish Royal yacht Dannebrog was early this morning in Öresund on her way to Copenhagen, without royal passengers.
"The Dannebrog, named after the flag of Denmark, was built in 1931–1932 at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen. She replaced the previous royal vessel, an 1879 paddle steamer, also called Dannebrog. The yacht has dual functions: she serves as the Royal Yacht during peacetime and can become a hospital ship during emergency alerts or war.
The ship's hull is of rivetted steel construction on transverse frames. The ship has a clipper bow and an elliptical ('counter') stern. Viewed from the side, the ship may be divided into two sections. Forward of the funnel there is space for the crew, any cargo, and the engine. At the rear is the Royal Apartment, which could accommodate patients if ever the yacht were needed as a hospital ship. During visits to Danish and foreign ports the covered quarterdeck is used for receptions."
(Wikipedia)
Anaheim Resort, Anaheim, California, USA
The Submarine Voyage was an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The attraction features vehicles designed to resemble submarines. It first opened on June 14, 1959, as one of the first rides to require an E ticket. It was part of a major expansion of Tomorrowland, which included the Matterhorn Bobsleds roller coaster, an expanded version of Autopia, the Disneyland Monorail, and the Motor Boat Cruise. The Submarine Voyage closed on September 8, 1998; at that time, it was reported that the attraction would reopen with a new theme by 2003, but that did not occur. The attraction ultimately reopened in June 2007 themed to Disney and Pixar's Finding Nemo, and now operates as Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.
The hulls (eight in all) for "one of the world's largest peacetime submarine fleets" cost $80,000 each to build. They were fabricated at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, California, then transported to the "Disneyland Naval Yard" in Anaheim for outfitting under the direction of retired Admiral Joe Fowler. Technical data and advice regarding the design were provided by General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, builder of the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered submarines, and also the first company in the world to manufacture submarines.
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📍 Kyiv 🇺🇦☮️
Saddening news of the Russian aggression towards Ukraine has had me revisiting my previously unedited & unposted photographic archive from my visit to Kyiv back in 2019...
Here you can see people of the city and tourists living in peace amongst a small street market.
The destruction brought upon this peaceful nation will change the lives of it's citizens and it's landscape for years to come. I just hope the courageous Ukrainian army can repel the invasion and rebuild.
Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 55mm | ƒ/9 | 1/100 sec | ISO 100 | Handheld | No filters | Lightroom & Photoshop | Taken at Kyiv on 10-05-2019
Copyright Andrew Hocking 2022
Picture theme : youtu.be/6hvYwN-VhlY
The RMS Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at around 23:40 (ship's time)[a] on Sunday, 14 April 1912. Her sinking two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 (ship's time; 05:18 GMT) on Monday, 15 April, resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.
Picture taken in Second Life
I'm a much bigger fan of Belle and Sebastian than Elvis Costello, I have to admit, though both musicians have amazing songs and catalogues. Stuart Murdoch reaches me on a completely different type of emotional level, though. I've been a Belle and Sebastian fan since my friend Josh gave me their cd Tigermilk after a trip to Scotland. That was in 1999 or maybe a little before, so I have been a fan for nearly 20 years. Here's a shot of Stuart Murdoch performing at the Riviera Theater in Chicago with the projection behind him. It's a more subtle shot because he's not dancing around like he can from time to time but it's a real sentimental shot for me and I love these lads looking out from the screen behind.
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In 708, a dream led Saint Aubert, the bishop of Avranches, to create a shrine to Saint Michael at this site. Mont Saint-Michel then became one of the major pilgrimage destinations in medieval Christendom
In 966, the Duke of Normandy entrusted the sanctuary to the care of the Benedictines of Saint Wandrille. The monks built a magnificent abbey which the Middle Ages considered as the image of the Heavenly Jerusalem on earth. In the 11th and 12th centuries, they constructed a Romanesque monastery with the church on the top of the hill. A part of this abbey burned down in 1204. It was replaced by the famous "bâtiment de la Merveille", a building constructed north of the church in a few years’ time that includes halls for the pilgrims and rooms strictly reserved to the monks (scriptorium, refectory). Then from the middle of the 13th century to the beginning of the 16th century, the monks completed the ring around the church on the east and south by constructing the abbot’s residence and buildings to house the abbey’s legal and administrative services. During the Hundred Years’ War, the village at the foot of the abbey was surrounded by massive ramparts.
The heroic resistance of Mont Saint-Michel to the English made the abbey a national symbol. The choir of the church, which collapsed in 1421, was replaced in peacetime by a Flamboyant Gothic structure. The abbey is thus an exceptional example of the full range of medieval architecture.
The days, and the days, and the days
where are they, have they now gone forever?
heroic friends fade away in a mysterious haze
then my mind was flying, now but a fluvial anchor
it's an unusual pain, more akin to suffocation
chocked emotions of lost realisations sinking-in
alerting me like raindrops only just beginning to waken
to touch the surface where numbness weigh's-in
without so much as a shout, more a whisper
ghostly silence follows, awaiting it's new life and new dawn
but why this heart remains earthbound and out of favour?
so many things I cannot answer where light has begone
forever outpaced by time, and again, these legs fail me
a dream begot the nightmare became the reality
how overt the pains outselling peacetime by degree
plummetting coldness holds fort in a Winter waging war surrealistically
where it came from no-one knows, for where it goes is voguish
it's easier to switch times when it's all used up
and to throw all away when it's very contents are all you cherish
the volant of illusionary wishes and mourning for the lives we so worship.
by anglia24
17h35: 08/01/2008
© 2008anglia24
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For two people who have passed away recently. Two fabulous characters who never knew one another, but link through me. I'll never forget them, brave souls....rest in peace Uncle Fernand, and TBW.
The Château de Fougères is a castle in the commune of Fougères in the Ille-et-Vilaine département of France. The castle was built on a naturally protected site, a rock emerging from a swamp surrounded by a loop of the Nançon river acting as a natural moat. It had three different enclosures, first for defensive purposes, second for day to day usages in peacetime and for safety of the surrounding populations in times of siege, the last enclosure was where the keep was situated. In all it has an impressive 13 towers.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Her Danish Majesty's Yacht Dannebrog (Danish: KDM Dannebrog) was launched by Queen Alexandrine at Copenhagen in 1931, and commissioned on 26 May 1932. The yacht now serves as the official and private residence for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and members of the Royal Family when they are on official visits overseas and on summer cruises in Danish waters. When at sea, the Royal Yacht also participates in surveillance and sea-rescue services.
The Dannebrog, named after the flag of Denmark, was built in 1931–1932 at the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen. She replaced the previous royal vessel, an 1879 paddle steamer, also called Dannebrog. The yacht has dual functions: she serves as the Royal Yacht during peacetime and can become a hospital ship during emergency alerts or war.
The ship's hull is of rivetted steel construction on transverse frames. The ship has a clipper bow and an elliptical ('counter') stern. Viewed from the side, the ship may be divided into two sections. Forward of the funnel there is space for the crew, any cargo, and the engine. At the rear is the Royal Apartment, which could accommodate patients if ever the yacht were needed as a hospital ship. During visits to Danish and foreign ports the covered quarterdeck is used for receptions.
The Royal accommodation comprises studies for the Queen and The Prince Consort, a Dining Saloon, Lounge, Bedrooms, etc. They have taken a personal interest in fitting out the vessel and the choice of furnishings. The Royal Apartment contains furniture and fittings from the previous 1879 Royal vessel.
The Royal Yacht Dannebrog is an independent command, administered by the Chief of the Queen's Naval Household, who is a member of the Royal Household. The crew of the Dannebrog comprises 9 officers, 7 sergeants, 2 enlisted able-seamen and 34 conscripts. The officers are normally seconded for periods of two to four years, whereas the conscripts stay for just one summer.
Since she was commissioned in 1932, the Dannebrog has travelled more than 400,000 nautical miles (700,000 km) and visited most of the ports of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. The yacht has also visited European ports, especially in France and cruised the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Seas.
A major overhaul was carried out in 1980/81 to extend the life of the yacht into the 21st century. She is still in excellent condition, with major improvements having been carried out, including replacement of the main engines.