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One of my all time favorite photos. Taken from just the right angle, the rotted out trunk formed a sweet little heart in the midst of the brown, dead surroudings.
********IN AN EFFORT TO SANITIZE HISTORY, THIS AND THE OTHER STATUES ALONG MONUMENT AVENUE HAVE BEEN REMOVED*********
Lieutenant General "Stonewall" Jackson's full name was Thomas Jonathan Jackson. Jackson was given the nickname for bravery at the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), "standing like a stone wall." General Jackson was instrumental in the Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Antietem, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died at age 39, as a result of "friendly fire" at Chancellorsville in 1863, after some of his own men mistook him in the darkness and shot him. His monument was unveiled on Oct. 11, 1919 sitting at the corner of Monument Avenue and the Boulevard. His statue faces North with Jackson sitting on his horse holding his reigns in his left hand and his hat in his right.
********IN AN EFFORT TO SANITIZE HISTORY, THIS AND THE OTHER STATUES ALONG MONUMENT AVENUE HAVE BEEN REMOVED*********
Lieutenant General "Stonewall" Jackson's full name was Thomas Jonathan Jackson. Jackson was given the nickname for bravery at the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), "standing like a stone wall." General Jackson was instrumental in the Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Antietem, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died at age 39, as a result of "friendly fire" at Chancellorsville in 1863, after some of his own men mistook him in the darkness and shot him. His monument was unveiled on Oct. 11, 1919 sitting at the corner of Monument Avenue and the Boulevard. His statue faces North with Jackson sitting on his horse holding his reigns in his left hand and his hat in his right
********IN AN EFFORT TO SANITIZE HISTORY, THIS AND THE OTHER STATUES ALONG MONUMENT AVENUE HAVE BEEN REMOVED*********
Lieutenant General "Stonewall" Jackson's full name was Thomas Jonathan Jackson. Jackson was given the nickname for bravery at the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), "standing like a stone wall." General Jackson was instrumental in the Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Antietem, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died at age 39, as a result of "friendly fire" at Chancellorsville in 1863, after some of his own men mistook him in the darkness and shot him. His monument was unveiled on Oct. 11, 1919 sitting at the corner of Monument Avenue and the Boulevard. His statue faces North with Jackson sitting on his horse holding his reigns in his left hand and his hat in his right
Before departing from my visit with flickr contact John H. Bowman on April 24, 2012 , we took a quick
tour around Richmond's Capitol Square, quite close to the Main Street Station where I would board
the train for my trip home.
This monument to the Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) is on the
north side of Capitol Square. Considered the most talented Confederate commander after General
Robert E. Lee, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire in the battle of Chancellorsville and died eight
days later of pneumonia at Guinea Station, south of Fredericksburg (see adjoining photo in my photostream).
The Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery began as the burial ground for the old Lexington Presbyterian Church in 1789. General Stonewall Jackson, 144 Confederate veterens, two Virginia govenors, John Letcher and James McDowell, and Margaret Junkin Preston, the Civil War Poet Laureate of the South are buried in the cemetery.
Congressman Nadler, Secretary Jewell, NPS Director Jarvis, NPCA CEO Theresa Pierno pose with unveiling of Stonewall National Monument NPS sign
Photo Credit: NPCA
New York, N.Y. – After more than two years of building strong public support in the community, across the nation and in Congress, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) celebrates President Obama’s historic designation of Stonewall National Monument, the first national park site dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history. To coincide with national LGBT Pride Month, and just a few days before the 47th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, President Obama today officially designated the area surrounding Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park in New York City’s Greenwich Village as our 412th national park site.
NEW YORK - JUNE 26: People celebrate outside the Stonewall Inn after the U.S. Supreme court same-sex marriage ruling in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2015
Dawn, Stonewall Jackson Lake, Stonewall Resort, Near Roanoke, West Virginia; the Stonewall Resort is a real gem (Four Diamond Rated).
The View from the top of the Peak
I went up to Stonewall Peak last night to shoot star trails and Milky Way photography, but the clouds got in the way, so I decided to make the best of it and shoot some timelapse video while I was there.
National Park Service Rangers participated in the New York City Pride March celebrating the designation of Stonewall National Monument.
Stonewall dissolvable nicotine tablets in Java and Wintergreen; various brands & flavors of Swedish snus (plus one American-made by Camel). Snus are *sort* of like chewing tobacco, except they're NOT full of carcinogens (tobacco-specific nitrosamines) and DON'T taste like ass. These are all "portion" style -- little pouches made of teabag material filled with tobacco. I didn't think I'd like 'em, but I really do.
The Stonewall Jackson House, located at 8 East Washington Street in the Historic District of Lexington, Virginia, was the residence of Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson from 1858 to 1861.
The house is a two-story, four bay, brick dwelling with a large, stone rear addition. It has a side-gable roof and interior end chimneys.
The house was constructed in 1800, by Cornelius Dorman. r. Archibald Graham purchased the house and significantly expanded it in 1845 by adding a stone addition on the rear and remodeling the front and interior to accommodate his medical practice. Dr. Graham sold the house to then-Major Thomas Jackson, a professor at the nearby Virginia Military Institute, on November 4, 1858, for $3000. It is the only house Jackson ever owned. He lived in the brick and stone house with his second wife, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.
It housed Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital from 1907 until 1954; when it was converted to a museum. In 1979 the house was carefully restored to its appearance at the time of the Jacksons' occupancy. The house and garden are owned and operated as a museum by the Virginia Military Institute from April through December. Guided tours are given daily, every half hour, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 P.M.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The information above comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_House
8 April 2009
The Stonewall Inn was the location of the Stonewall Riots en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Riots , which is now considered to be the start of the modern LGBT rights movement