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The Royal Canadian Air Force is providing support on Ex MAPLE RESOLVE 2023 with CH-147F Chinook and CH-146 Griffon helicopters. This ranges from combat support to lift missions for participants on the exercise. Ex MAPLE RESOLVE runs from May 8th to May 22nd 2023 in Wainwright, AB.
L'Aviation royale canadienne fournit du soutien à l'exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 2023 avec des hélicoptères CH-147F Chinook et CH-146 Griffon. Ce soutien va de l'appui au combat à des missions de transport pour les participants à l'exercice. L'exercice MAPLE RESOLVE se déroule du 8 au 22 mai 2023 à Wainwright, AB.
Photo: Corporal / Caporal Bélynda Casse
U.S. Soldiers of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division board a M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle after conducting cordon and search training during exercise Combined Resolve VI at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 22, 2016. Exercise Combined Resolve VI is designed to exercise the U.S. Army’s regionally allocated force to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility with multinational training at all echelons. Approximately 570 participants from 5 NATO and European partner nations will participate. The exercise involves around 500 U.S. troops and 70 NATO and European partner nations. Combined Resolve VI is a preplanned exercise that does not fall under Operation Atlantic Resolve. This exercise will train participants to function together in a joint, multinational and integrated environment and train U.S. rotational forces to be more flexible, agile and to better operate alongside our NATO Allies. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lloyd Villanueva/Released)
“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.” --Andrew Carnegie
The Madison Library was built in 1905 with funds from a $8,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. The building continues to serve as a public library.
This is part of a continuing project to photograph the remaining 48 Carnegie library buildings in Minnesota.
This is a candidate for my Water Works Photo Set series. It seems the ripples are rising with the breeze. The grasses along the bank are burned and sere; The sky just shows in the slight ripples and keeps it as part of the image was probably best in this shot when I returned to visit old haunts. We have been subject to some days with dud skies and I was determined to take advantage of happening skies. The breeze generated the rippled reflections on the water around the snags. Seasons were a'changing; I have resolved that I had to shoot the details. I am still not willing to let this autumn slip away even though the foliage is largely gone. I made another loop of the path because we had a break in the overcast and some still waters. Drama reflected by the waters.
I needed a lot more exercise because I have spent too much time at the computer. I got a couple of shots of the foliage in the distance but it is deteriorating so I let it go dark but processed like crazy. I guess this scene just grabbed me emotionally for some reason. I think the close-in water looks like textured shower curtain glass and I like it. I decided to recapture earlier shots. I made the most of the clouds. I see too many scenes ruined by flare from blank skies posted on Flickr and feel sorry for their selection of glass on their cameras. I wish they would opt for better single-focal length lenses instead of those 12-16X zooms.
Fall was over; I resolved that my best autumn ever was at a close. I am still not willing to let this autumn slip away and I made another loop of the path because we had a break in the overcast and ripples on the water. In the still visible distance, the flotilla is off to seek better "Ducking" waters. I needed a lot more exercise because I have spent too much time at the computer. I got a couple of shots of the foliage in the distance but it is deteriorating so I let it go dark but processed like crazy. I guess this scene just grabbed me emotionally for some reason. I think the close-in water looks like textured shower curtain glass and I like it. I decided to recapture earlier shots. I made the most of the clouds. I see too many scenes ruined by flare from blank skies posted on Flickr and feel sorry for their selection of glass on their cameras. I wish they would opt for better single-focal length lenses instead of those 12-16X zooms.
I am out here at Golden Ponds, the Longmont, Boulder County greenbelt and rec area and fortunately, the turn-off is only a half-dozen blocks down Hover St. I wanted to look for possible locations even though the sky has been the pits lately. I wandered the green space and took some detail shots that were available, These drying cattails jumped from the background pond. The bold sky is gone, the rippling water gone, the bold clouds gone, my favorite cottonwood, brown and most cattails seeding the next year's supply. I shot few pictures and kept the sky out of the frame but it's presence shows in the water. The colorful autumn foliage is gathering around the ponds and under the water. I love shooting high contrast scenes with this camera and lens.
Members of the 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment (2RCR) take cover behind a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV 6) as they enter a simulated village in the training area of Wainwright, Alberta during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 21, 2022.
Please Credit: Master Sailor Dan Bard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Des membres du 2e Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment (2RCR), se mettent à l’abri derrière un véhicule blindé léger (VBL 6) alors qu’ils arrivent dans un village simulé dans le secteur d’entraînement de Wainwright, en Alberta, au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 21 mai 2022.
Photo : Matelot-chef Dan Bard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
Troops depart their main base of operations for the training area on May 9, 2023, as Ex MAPLE RESOLVE kicks off. Combat arms and support vehicles left in convoys as defined by the order of battle.
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Les troupes quittent leur base d'opérations principale pour la zone d'entraînement le 9 mai 2023, au début de l'Ex MAPLE RESOLVE. Les armes de combat et les véhicules de soutien partent en convoi, conformément à l'ordre de bataille.
Photo: Bdr Maxime Côté
Private Nichola Goulet, a member of 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, looks through a C9 machine gun during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE at Wainwright, Alberta on June 2, 2016.
Photo: Master Corporal Precious Carandang, 4th Canadian Division Public Affairs
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Le soldat Nichola Goulet, membre du 1er Bataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment, regarde dans le viseur d’une mitrailleuse C9 au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, à Wainwright, en Alberta, le 2 juin 2016.
Photo : Caporal chef Precious Carandang, Affaires publiques de la 4e Division du Canada
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Members of the Canadian Armed Forces conduct a road move towards the training area at the 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Detachment in Wainwright, Alberta at the start of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22, May 10, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Aimee Rintjema, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes entreprennent un mouvement routier vers la zone d’entraînement du détachement Wainwright de la Base de soutien de la 3e Division du Canada, en Alberta, au début de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, le 10 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporale Aimee Rintjema, photo des Forces armées canadiennes
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces emerges from a Light Artillery Vehicle in preparation of a simulated attack during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE in Wainwright, Alberta on May 15, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Aimee Rintjema, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Un membre des Forces armées canadiennes sort d’un véhicule blindé léger en préparation à une attaque simulée au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, à Wainwright, en Alberta, le 15 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporale Aimee Rintjema, Forces armées canadiennes
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces conduct a road move towards the training area at the 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Detachment in Wainwright, Alberta at the start of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22, May 10, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Aimee Rintjema, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes entreprennent un mouvement routier vers la zone d’entraînement du détachement Wainwright de la Base de soutien de la 3e Division du Canada, en Alberta, au début de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, le 10 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporale Aimee Rintjema, photo des Forces armées canadiennes
General Walter Natynczyk (retired), Chief of the Defence Staff fires a Leopard 2A6M tank round with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadian) Regiment during his visit to Exercise Maple Resolve in Wainwright, Alberta on October 19, 2012.
Le général Walter Natynczyk (retraité), Chef d’état-major de la Défense, fait feu à l’aide de l’arme du char de combat Leopard 2A6M en compagnie de membres du Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) lors de sa visite à Wainwright (Alberta), dans le cadre de l’exercice Maple Resolve, le 19 octobre 2012.
Photo : Cpl Tina Gillies
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An Opposition Forces (OPFOR) member from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group faces the “enemy” during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE’s final training battle at the simulated village of Rocky Ford in the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright training area, Wainwright, Alberta, May 21, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Melissa Gloude, Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician
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Un membre des forces d’opposition du 2e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada fait face à un ennemi simulé lors du dernier combat d’entraînement de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, dans le village simulé de Rocky Ford, dans le secteur d’entraînement de la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright, à Wainwright, en Alberta, le 21 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporale Melissa Gloude, technicienne en imagerie des Forces armées canadiennes
Two armoured tanks and a Badger engineer armoured vehicle are on alert for an order during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 16 in Wainwright, Alberta on June 4, 2016.
Photo: Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette, CF Combat Camera
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A vehicle convoy consisting of members from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group conducts a road move to Wainwright training area to commence Exercise Maple Resolve 22 on May 10, 2022.
Please Credit: Corporal Jonathan King, Canadian Forces Support Group (Ottawa/Gatineau) Imaging Services.
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Un convoi réalisé par des membres du 2e Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada entreprend un mouvement routier vers la zone d’entraînement de Wainwright pour débuter l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, le 10 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporal Jonathan King, Services d’imagerie du Groupe de soutien des Forces canadiennes (Ottawa-Gatineau)
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division move through a breached obstacle during a training exercise in Hohensfels, Germany, Oct. 24. Combined Resolve III is designed to provide a complex training scenario that focuses on multinational unified land operations and reinforces the U.S. commitment to NATO and Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment).
A CH-147F Chinook helicopter from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is static on the ground for a simulated aircraft crash during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 19, 2017.
Un hélicoptère CH-147F « Chinook » du 450e Escadron d’hélicoptère tactique est fixé sur terre pour un écrasement simulé lors de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 19 mai, 2017.
Photo: Sgt JF Lauzé
A girl stumbled up the path and stood upon the height of the lofty cliff, panting as if after a long run, and gazed about on spectacle displayed before her eyes. The eerie stillness was broken only by the whistling wind, yet there stole slowly upon it the tread of human feet, softly at first, but growing constantly louder and more distinct, 'til it could be clearly heard. Suddenly a soldier burst upon the scene, his silver helmets and spear glistening in the light as he emerged from the woods. Here came another, and another! They approached the path up the cliff, yet she knew her strength was spent. Her heart began to beat rapidly as they climbed. They neared rapidly, it would not be long 'til they reached her. Suddenly an idea flitted through her mind. She thought back for a moment on her past, her father, her mother. Her idea grew into a determination, her determination into resolve - she would not fall into the hands of these men! Gathering her remaining strength for one last tremendous effort, she hurled herself from the cliff into the boiling waters below.
Inspired by Ian Spacek's Myriad. I hope that the story can be connected easily with the music. This was an excellent idea for a contest and probably one of my favorites I have ever participated in!
These shots were taken from video stills captured in 2016 on the first Sony A7s camera at a time when I was learning how log images worked and how best to color grade them in Resolve. Captured in Slog2 / S-Gamut.
The original resolution wasn't very high for a still, so I upscaled it using Gigapixel AI, which works pretty darn well!
I don't remember exactly how I colored these, but I'm pretty sure the foundation was a filmic color emulation based on a Kodak print stock.
The lighting setup was a 300W halogen stage par bounced off of a sheet of unbleached muslin and dimmed for a more golden color. The rim light from the right was a desk lamp pointed at Ayesha :)
Lens wise I want to say it was an older adapted Contax Zeiss 50mm?
Brush Type 4 Class 47 Co-Co diesel locomotive 47769 'Resolve' awaiting heavy overhaul outside the Harry Needle Railroad Company workshops at Barrow Hill Railway Centre near Chesterfield in Derbyshire (UK).
47769 was built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and entered service as D1753 on July 21st 1964.
My Class 47 57 album flic.kr/s/aHsjD3B7KV
Photography courtesy of my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.
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i'm not american, and i don't live in the u.s. - but we are too close for comfort if anything goes wrong there... so i'm really hoping all the reasonable people are going to go out and vote in large numbers.
u may be interested in watching this video by GQ's Keith Olbermann as he tallies 176 of the most outrageous of Donald Trump's offenses.
A Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) III advances cross-country during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta on May 26, 2016.
Photo: MCpl Kurt Visser, Directorate of Army Public Affairs Imagery Technician
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Un véhicule blindé léger (VBL) III avance à travers champs au cours de l’exercice A MAPLE RESOLVE, à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright, en Alberta, le 26 mai 2016.
Photo : Cplc Kurt Visser, Technicien en imagerie de la Direction des affaires publiques de l’Armée de terre
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A crewmember from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron approaches a CH-146 Griffon helicopter at Airfield 21 in Wainwright, Alberta during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 16 on May 29, 2016.
Photo: Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette, CF Combat Camera
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Un membre d’équipage du 408e Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères s’approche d’un hélicoptère CH-146 Griffon sur le terrain d’aviation 21, à Wainwright, en Alberta, au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 16, le 29 mai 2016.
Photo : Caporal chef Jonathan Barrette, Caméra de combat des FC
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U.S. Soldiers of Alpha Company, 3rd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division cover their sectors of fire in a M1A2 Abrams tank, left, and a M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle while conducting movement to contact training during exercise Combined Resolve IV at the U.S. Armyâs Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 25, 2015. Combined Resolve IV is an Army Europe directed exercise training a multinational brigade and enhancing interoperability with allies and partner nations. Combined Resolve trains on unified land operations against a complex threat while improving the combat readiness of all participants. The Combined Resolve series of exercises incorporates the U.S. Armyâs Regionally Aligned Force with the European Activity Set to train with European Allies and partners. The 7th Army JMTC is the only training command outside the continental United States, providing realistic and relevant training to U.S. Army, Joint Service, NATO, allied and multinational units, and is a regular venue for some of the largest training exercises for U.S. and European Forces. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Cress Jr./Released)
I'm resolved - - - resolved to accomplish some of my goals this year. :D
Here is one - To Grow My Business.
Hey so it is a new year - 9 whole days into it. I am doing a 52 week project with another local photographer - so you will see me at least once a week. I realize I missed the first week - but I will make up for it sometime over the year. :D
I look damn goofy here.
CH-147F Chinook helicopters from 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron sit on Airfield 21 in the Wainwright Garrison training area during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 25, 2016.
Photo: Sgt Jean-Francois Lauzé, Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Des hélicoptères CH-147F Chinook du 450e Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères se trouvent sur le terrain d’aviation 21 du secteur d’entraînement de la garnison Wainwright au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 25 mai 2016.
Photo : Sgt Jean-Francois Lauzé, Service d’imagerie de la garnison Petawawa
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A CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron conducts a reconnaissance flight during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 21, April 29, 2021.
Photo by: Corporal Connie Valin, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Un hélicoptère CH-146 Griffon du 430e Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères effectue un vol de reconnaissance au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 21, le 29 avril 2021.
Photo : Caporal Connie Valin, Forces armées canadiennes
Three CF-188 Hornets with Air Task Force-Romania, fly over Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Constanta, Romania during Exercise RESILIENT RESOLVE on March 10, 2016.
Photo: Cpl Eric Girard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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Trois chasseurs CF-188 Hornet de la Force opérationnelle aérienne en Roumanie survolent la base aérienne Mihail Kogalniceanu, à Constanta, en Roumanie, au cours de l’exercice RESILIENT RESOLVE, le 10 mars 2016.
Photo : Cpl Eric Girard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
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We're Here! talking about resolutions.
This past year I didn't have any, but to fulfill the long-term goal of stepping down from full-time employment, which I did in July. Now, for the new year, it's time to put that time to work. I've picked up a couple of artist's kits of paints and a couple of canvases to get started and see if that's what I really want to do. (I had started college as a fine arts major, but dropped out to join the Navy).
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, prepare to transport a platoon of Ukrainian T-64BM Tanks from Grafenwoehr Training Area to Hohenfels Training Area in order to participate in Combined Resolve VIII, May 23, 2017. The Ukrainian Tanks will make their trip on British Oshkosh 1070F Tank Transporters operated by American Soldiers after competing in the Strong Europe Tank Challenge at Grafenwoehr Training Area. (MAJ Neil Penttila, 7th Army Training Command)
Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre stands in the turret of A Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV 6) while traveling the training area of Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 12, 2022.
Please credit: Master Sailor Dan Bard, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Le général Wayne Eyre, chef d’état major de la Défense du Canada, se tient debout dans la tourelle d’un véhicule blindé léger (VBL 6) qui circule dans le secteur d’entraînement de la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright, au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 12 mai 2022.
Photo : Matelot chef Dan Bard, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
A member of the Royal Canadian Regiment falls back to safe position during the final attack of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22, at Rocky Ford in the 3rd Canadian Division Support Group detachment Wainwright, on May 21, 2022.
Photo by Corporal Daniel Chiasson, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Un membre du Royal Canadian Regiment se replie vers une position sûre lors de l’attaque finale de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, à Rocky Ford, dans le détachement Wainwright du Groupe de soutien de la 3e Division du Canada, le 21 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporal Daniel Chiasson, Forces armées canadiennes
Members the Royal Canadian Regiment provide combat first aid to a simulated casualty during a company attack on Saville Farm in the Wainwright training area during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 17, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Daniel Chiasson, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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Des membres du Royal Canadian Regiment administrent les premiers soins à une pseudo victime lors d’une attaque menée par la Compagnie sur la ferme Saville, dans le secteur d’entraînement de Wainwright, au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 17 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporal Daniel Chiasson, Forces armées canadiennes
Jackson, MS (est. 1821, pop. 165,000)
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"On May 28, 1961, a Greyhound bus with nine Freedom Riders aboard arrived here, the third group of Riders into Jackson. The first two came on Trailways buses May 24. That summer 329 people were arrested in Jackson for integrating public transportation facilities. Convicted on "breach of peace" and jailed, most refused bail and were sent to the state penitentiary. Their protest worked. In September 1961, the federal government mandated that segregation in interstate transportation end."
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"Greyhound Bus Station This former Greyhound bus station was the scene of many historic arrests in 1961, when Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation in Jackson’s bus and train stations and airport. The Freedom Riders, part of a campaign created by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), pressured the federal government to enforce the law regarding illegal racially separate waiting rooms, rest rooms, and restaurants—common in public transportation facilities across the South.
"On May 4, 1961, thirteen Riders—blacks and whites, men and women—left Washington, D.C., on two buses. Trained in nonviolent direct action, they planned to desegregate bus stations throughout the South. They integrated stations in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia with few incidents but were attacked by vicious mobs in Anniston, Birmingham, and Montgomery, Alabama. The Kennedy administration implored them to stop, a call echoed by the media and some civil rights leaders. The Riders, however, reinforced with new volunteers from the Nashville Student Movement, were determined to continue.
"On May 24, two buses of Freedom Riders left Montgomery bound for Jackson, with highway patrolmen and National Guardsmen as armed guards. Instead of a protest mob, policemen met them in Jackson, urging them to “move on” when the Riders tried to use facilities denied them. When the Riders refused, they were arrested, charged with “breach of peace,” and quickly convicted.
"Embracing the "jail-no bail" tactic, they invited new Riders from around the country to join them in Jackson. Within three weeks the city’s jails were full, and the Riders were transferred to the state penitentiary at Parchman, where most served six weeks, suffering indignities and injustices with fortitude and resolve. Between May 24 and September 13, 329 people were arrested in Jackson—half black, half white, and a quarter of them women. Most were between the ages of eighteen and thirty. They came from thirty-nine states and ten other countries; forty-three were from Mississippi.
"On September 23, the Interstate Commerce Commission mandated an end to segregation in all bus and train stations and airports. The victorious Freedom Riders left a legacy of historic changes, proving the value of nonviolent direct action, providing a template for future campaigns, and helping jump-start the movement in Mississippi."
Old Greyhound Station History
• in the mid-1930s, as America struggled through Great Depression, Greyhound Lines adopted a Streamline Moderne design for their buses & terminals, echoing the speed lines of their Super Coaches which, like the Greyhound logo, promised a swift, state of the art ride • brought in engineer Dwight Austin (1897-1960) to create the new Super Coach design & Louisville architect William Strudwick Arrasmith (1898-1965) to reimagine Greyhound terminal design
• in 1937, Greyhound Lines contracted for a Streamline Moderne style terminal in Jackson, topped by a vertical, illuminated "Greyhound" sign • the bldg. was faced with blue Vitrolux structural glass panels and ivory Vitrolite trim • included a coffee shop with a horseshoe-shaped counter & bathing facilities for women (a bath tub) and men (a shower)
• the design is widely believed to be one of the ~60 Moderne Greyhound stations credited to Arrasmith, although photographic evidence suggests that Memphis architect William Nowland Van Powell (1904-1977) — working with George Mahan Jr. (1887-1967) — was responsible for the design, with or without Arrasmith as the consulting architect
• restoration architect Robert Parker Adams acquired the then threatened bldg. in 1988, moved in after restoration, retaining the original neon sign —Wikipedia
The Farish Street Historic District
“but out of the bitterness we wrought an ancient past here in this separate place and made our village here.” —African Village by Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
• during the Reconstruction era that followed the American Civil War, white Southerners struggled to reclaim their lives as millions of black Southerners sought new ones • with the stroke of a pen, the Emancipation Proclamation had transformed African slaves into African Americans & released them into hostile, vengeful & well-armed white communities amid the ruins of a once flourishing society
• the antebellum South had been home to over 262,000 rights-restricted "free blacks" • post-emancipation, the free black population soared to 4.1 million • given that the South had sacrificed 20% of it's white males to the war, blacks now comprised over half the total population of some southern states • uneducated & penniless, most of the new black Americans depended on the Freedman's Bureau for food & clothing
• the social & political implications of this disruptive shift in demographics fueled a violence-laced strain of American racism • in this toxic environment, de facto racial segregation was a given, ordained as Mississippi law in 1890 • with Yankees (the U.S. Army) patrolling Jackson & Maine-born Republican Adelbert Ames installed in the Governor's Mansion, the Farish Street neighborhood was safe haven for freedmen
• as homeless African American refugees poured into Jackson from all reaches of the devastated state, a black economy flickered to life in the form of a few Farish Street mom-and-pops • unwelcome at white churches, the liberated slaves built their own, together with an entire neighborhood's worth of buildings, most erected between 1890 & 1930
• by 1908 1/3 of the district was black-owned, & half of the black families were homeowners • the 1913-1914 business directory listed 11 African American attorneys, 4 doctors, 3 dentists, 2 jewelers, 2 loan companies & a bank, all in the Farish St. neighborhood • the community also had 2 hospitals & numerous retail & service stores —City Data
• by mid-20th c. Farish Street, the state's largest economically independent African American community, had become the cultural, political & business hub for central Mississippi's black citizens [photos] • on Saturdays, countryfolk would come to town on special busses to sell produce & enjoy BBQ while they listened to live street music • vendors sold catfish fried in large black kettles over open fires • hot tamales, a Mississippi staple, were also a popular street food —The Farish District, Its Architecture and Cultural Heritage
“I’ve seen pictures. You couldn’t even get up the street. It was a two-way street back then, and it was wall-to-wall folks. It was just jam-packed: people shopping, people going to clubs, people eating, people dancing.” — Geno Lee, owner of the Big Apple Inn
• as Jackson's black economy grew, Farish Street entertainment venues prospered, drawing crowds with live & juke blues music • the musicians found or first recorded in the Neighborhood include Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II & Elmore James
• Farish Street was also home to talent scouts & record labels like H.C. Speir, & Trumpet Records, Ace Records • both Speir & Trumpet founder Lillian McMurry were white Farish St. business owners whose furniture stores also housed recording studios • both discovered & promoted local Blues musicians —The Mississippi Encyclopedia
• Richard Henry Beadle (1884-1971), a prominent Jackson photographer, had a studio at 199-1/2 N. Farish • he was the son of Samuel Alfred Beadle (1857-1932), African-American poet & attorney • born the son of a slave, he was the author of 3 published books of poetry & stories
• The Alamo Theatre was mainly a movie theater but periodically presented musical acts such as Nat King Cole, Elmore James & Otis Spann • Wednesday was talent show night • 12 year old Jackson native Dorothy Moore entered the contest, won & went on to a successful recording career, highlighted by her 1976 no. 1 R&B hit, "Misty Blue" [listen] (3:34)
• in their heyday, Farish Street venues featured African American star performers such as Bessie Smith & the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington & Dinah Washington —Farish Street Records
• on 28 May, 1963, John Salter, a mixed race (white/Am. Indian) professor at historically black Tougaloo College, staged a sit-in with 3 African American students at the "Whites Only" Woolworth's lunch counter in downtown Jackson • they were refused service • an estimated 300 white onlookers & reporters filled the store
• police officers arrived but did not intercede as, in the words of student Anne Moody, "all hell broke loose" while she and the other black students at the counter prayed • "A man rushed forward, threw [student] Memphis from his seat and slapped my face. Then another man who worked in the store threw me against an adjoining counter." • this act of civil disobedience is remembered as the the signature event of Jackson's protest movement —L.A. Times
"This was the most violently attacked sit-in during the 1960s and is the most publicized. A huge mob gathered, with open police support while the three of us sat there for three hours. I was attacked with fists, brass knuckles and the broken portions of glass sugar containers, and was burned with cigarettes. I'm covered with blood and we were all covered by salt, sugar, mustard, and various other things." —John Salter
• the Woolworth Sit-in was one of many non-violent protests by blacks against racial segregation in the South • in 1969 integration of Jackson's public schools began • this new era in Jackson history also marked the beginning of Farish Street's decline —The Farish Street Project
"Integration was a great thing for black people, but it was not a great thing for black business... Before integration, Farish Street was the black mecca of Mississippi.” — Geno Lee, Big Apple Inn
• for African Americans, integration offered the possibility to shop outside of the neighborhood at white owned stores • as increasing numbers of black shoppers did so, Farish Street traffic declined, businesses closed & the vacated buildings fell into disrepair
• in 1983, a Farish St. redevelopment plan was presented
• in 1995 the street was designated an endangered historic place by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• in the 1990s, having redeveloped Memphis' Beale Street, Performa Entertainment Real Estate was selected to redevelop Farish St
• in 2008, The Farish Street Group took over the project with plans for a B.B. King's Blues Club to anchor the entertainment district
• in 2012, having spent $21 million, the redevelopment — limited to repaving of the street, stabilizating some abandoned buildings & demolishing many of the rest — was stuck in limbo —Michael Minn
• 2017 update:
"Six mayors and 20 years after the City of Jackson became involved in efforts to develop the Farish Street Historic District, in hopes of bringing it back to the bustling state of its heyday, the project sits at a standstill. Recent Mayor Tony Yarber has referred to the district as “an albatross.” In September of 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sanctioned the City of Jackson, the Jackson Redevelopment Authority, and developers for misspending federal funds directed toward the development of the Farish Street Historic District. Work is at a halt and "not scheduled to resume until December 2018, when the City of Jackson repays HUD $1.5 million." —Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History
• Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District, National Register # 80002245, 1980
Just taking a shot of my new Guitar with the Fujifilm 80mm macro lens. I continue to be astounded by the image quality out of this lens. The only image adjustments after processing the RAW file were dust removal. The lens is so sharp it resolves every single piece of dust.
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 13, 2022) - Canadian Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment conduct surveillance and overwatch of a defensive position during a ground battle exercise at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 13, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (13 mai 2022) – Des soldats de l’Armée canadienne affectés au 1erBataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment assurent la surveillance et la protection d’une position défensive lors d’un exercice de bataille terrestre à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice Maple Resolve 2022, le 13 mai 2022.
(Photo de la U.S. Navy prise par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment take cover behind a Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV 6.0) during an attack of a simulated village in Wainwright, Alberta as part of Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 29, 2017.
Photo by Sgt JF Lauzé Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Des membres du 2e Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, se mettent à lâabri derrière un véhicule blindé léger (VBL 6.0) pendant une attaque menée contre un village fictif, à Wainwright, en Alberta, dans le cadre de lâexercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 29 mai 2017.
Photo : Sgt JF Lauzé, Imagerie de la garnison Petawawa
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My resolution for 2014: to ride at least 5000km on my bicycle(s). This to me is more concrete than "lose weight" or "get in shape", which will happen in due course, provided I stick to it.
Since it's -22°C as I write this, I'm pretty much resigned to starting off indoors. Given the Ottawa winters we endure, I likely won't be riding outside until late March (unless someone comes around and evicts Old Man Winter).
Thankfully I have Netflix to keep me company - there are few things more mind-numbing than going nowhere fast. Tonight I caught up on MI-5 ("Spooks" isn't exactly a friendly colloquialism on this side of the Atlantic) and put down 17km in 45 min. Only 4983km to go!
WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (May 13, 2022) - Canadian Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, conduct a patrol of a defensive position at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright during Exercise Maple Resolve 2022, May 13, 2022.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach)
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WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, Canada (13 mai 2022) – Des soldats de l’Armée canadienne affectés au 1er Bataillon du Royal Canadian Regiment patrouillent en position défensive à la Base des Forces canadiennes Wainwright au cours de l’exercice Maple Resolve 2022, le 13 mai 2022.
(Photo de la U.S. Navy prise par le spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe Ryan Seelbach)
Private Colin Azcona from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment observes on sentry duty during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 25, 2017 in Wainwright, Alberta.
Photo by Sgt JF Lauzé Garrison Imaging Petawawa
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Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the United States Army retrieve a simulated casualty for air transport as part of a medical evacuation exercise during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 22, at Canadian Forces Base in Wainwright, Alberta, May 11, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Aimee Rintjema, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Des membres des Forces armées canadiennes et de l’armée américaine récupèrent une pseudo victime en vue de son transport par hélicoptère dans le cadre d’un exercice d’évacuation médicale au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE 22, à la Base des Forces canadiennes de Wainwright, en Alberta, le 11 mai 2022.
Photo : Caporale Aimee Rintjema, Forces armées canadiennes
This photo has been digitally altered for operational security purposes.
Members of the United States Army Special Forces escort a member of the Canadian Armed Forces during a move and clear exercise in the Wainwright training area during Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE on May 11, 2022.
Please credit: S1 Zach Barr, Canadian Armed Forces photo
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L’image a été modifiée numériquement pour des raisons de sécurité opérationnelle.
Des membres des forces spéciales de l’armée américaine escortent un membre des Forces armées canadiennes lors d’un exercice sur le mouvement et le dégagement dans le secteur d’entraînement de Wainwright, au cours de l’exercice MAPLE RESOLVE, le 11 mai 2022.
Photo : Mat 1 Zach Barr, Forces armées canadiennes