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Site of the July 3rd truce that led to the capitulation of the CSA forces in Vicksburg on July 4, 1863.
Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg, MS
This shot was taken an the Balanga, Bataan, the site where, on April 9 1942, Maj. Gen. Edward King met with Maj. Gen. Kameichiro Nagano to negotiate the surrender.
The surrender came after a fierce battle lasting 3 days. With 78,000 exhausted, malnourished, sick with malaria and dysentery, Major General King surrendered to the Japanese. It was, and still is, the single largest surrender of U.S. and Philippine Forces ever.
Weldon Hamilton recounts:
"General King got up in front of the troops and said, 'No one surrendered but me. If there's any blame it's mine. I ordered you to surrender. You didn't do anything but take orders.'
"He thought, and we all thought, he might get into trouble. We certainly know from history that Roosevelt said there would be no surrender; McArthur said there'd be no surrender. Wainwright said, but King was in the place. When he got his staff together that last night he asked, 'Can we last 24 hours?'
"They said, 'No.'
"He said, 'Can we do any important damage to the enemy?'
"They said, 'No.'
"He (King) said, "Then I'm going forward and surrendering."
Simon and Maja know what they want, and when they want it, and there's nothing I can do about it!
some sketches too, on my blog
Neither Union Maj Gen Ulysses Grant nor Confederate Gen Joseph Johnston were able to enact their final, decisive battle for Vicksburg, for the garrison commander, Lt Gen John Pemberton, finally had enough. His army was running out of ammunition, slowly starving, and dying of disease. An unknown letter, written as "Many Soldiers," stated that without food Pemberton had better surrender his army, or they would either desert or mutiny. Pemberton polled his commanders, asking if they thought a breakout was still possible. All four agreed it was not possible, and Maj Gens Martin Smith and John Bowen counseled their leader to surrender.
Pemberton opened negotiations with Grant on July 3, asking for the terms of surrender. As a Fort Donelson, Grant replied that he would only take unconditional surrender. Pemberton immediately refused, remarking that "you will bury many more of your men before you will enter Vicksburg." And so negotiations should have ended, if not for Bowen. Probably Pemberton's most capable subordinate, John Bowen was now dying of dysentery but he continued his efforts, lying to both Grant and Pemberton for a meeting that afternoon day. When both commanders showed up here, between the opposing lines, they immediately found Bowen's trick. Pemberton got up to leave, but Bowen stepped in, stating that he could see if he could reach an agreement with Maj Gen James McPherson. While Bowen and McPherson went off for further negotiation, Grant and Pemberton sat under a tree here, reminiscing about their mutual experiences fighting in the Mexican-American War. While the subordinate's meeting ended without any clearer terms, the two army commanders had broken the ice. Grant stated that he could present his final terms to Pemberton that night.
At 10PM on July 3, Grant sent out his proposal. Logistics had played a role, as Grant remained concerned about Johnston's relieving army in his rear, as well as the time and effort it would take to transport all the prisoners North to camps. Instead, Grant's terms were generous: the surrender remained unconditional, but he would allow Pemberton's men to be paroled. Pemberton agreed. After 47 days of siege, Vicksburg had fallen at a cost of 5000 Union and 3000 Confederate casualties.
On July 4, 1863, Lt Gen John Pemberton surrendered Vicksburg, along with 29491 men, 172 pieces of artillery, 50000 stand of arms and 600000 rounds of ammunition. It was the greatest single surrender of the American Civil War. Coupled with the defeat of Gen Robert Lee at Gettysburg on July 3, Vicksburg became the turning point of the great American conflict.
The tree under which the surrender ceremony took place was immediately torn to pieces by souvenir hunters after the surrender. A monument was later placed to mark where the surrender took place. That was also badly damaged by souvenir hunters, leading it to be removed and replaced by third marker seen here at the site.
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The show progressed from family values to harmless redneck to jingoistic patriotism to military support to lamenting the loss of the "War of Northern Agression." Suffice to say the latter themes garnered the most applause.
The summit of Stone Mountain was the site of the founding of the modern KKK. The Stone Mountain carving of famous Confederate generals was be funded by the KKK. The park is now owned by the state of Georgia.
Luke Skywalker surrenders to the Imperials on Endor.
"This is the rebel who surrendered to us. He was armed only with this."
I just received this as a link on my Facebook page.
This is the first tattoo that I know of, I guess it was done 2 years ago.
www.dali.com/blog/dali-prints-surrender-of-breda/
Lithograph
Changes in Great Masterpieces
1974
By Paul Chimera
Dali Historian
(Mr. Chimera worked directly with Dali Museum founder Reynolds Morse, as the publicity director of the original Dali Museum when it was located in Beachwood, Ohio)
No artist in history was revered by Salvador Dali more than the Spanish master who painted “Surrender of Breda,” the large masterpiece depicted here, and on which Dali deftly made some eye-fooling, surrealistic changes. That artist was Velasquez, who occupied the number one spot in Dali’s list of his favorite artists, along with such other iconic painters as Vermeer and Raphael – both of whom Dali pays homage to in other graphic works from this “Changes in Great Masterpieces” series.
Scholars often cite “Surrender of Breda” as being one of the most purely Spanish paintings ever created. Salvador Dali agreed. Not only was he profoundly inspired by the genius of his 17th century precursor, but he was especially moved by his monumental canvas, which hangs in Madrid’s Prado Museum – a place Dali visited often to study the brushwork of the masters.
Remarkably, this single Velasquez picture figures in not one but two important Dali works. The first instance was in Dali’s huge and extraordinarily complex and beautifully painted canvas, “The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus” of 1959. Dali paid homage to the Velasquez painting by borrowing the flags and tall lances in the background of the earlier work and recreating them in the background of “Columbus.”
And, of course, the second instance of “Surrender of Breda’s” influence is in the present lithograph. Notice how Dali cleverly implied the illusion of a tear in the Breda work, down the middle. And then again, showing the same see-through background by virtue of the “hole” in the horse at right.
Below the main image is a small sepia reproduction of “Surrender of Breda,” accompanied by Dali’s sketch of the two main figures from the Velasquez work, one handing the key to the city off to the victor.
What a remarkable piece of Dalinian art, created the same year Dali’s Teatro-Museo Dali (Dali Theatre-Museum) opened in his birth town of Figueras, Spain. A tribute to his favorite artist. Adroit tromp l’ oil (eye-fooling) technique. Whimsical sketching. All coming together as part of what has long been considered one of Dali’s most interesting, inventive and important graphics suites.
Croatian cliff diver. We were sitting at a bar overlooking the Adriatic when a body streaked past us from above. I grabbed the camera just in time to catch the second kid in mid-flight. I'd guess it was about 100 foot drop. Totally fearless.
I'm having a -I dont give a damn- days, everytime I give a damn it seems that I am the one who gets hurt and pushed down to my lowest point again !
I surrender..
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t:28th August 2005 p:Brighton, UK p:Bharatii, Moksadevii c:Panasonic DMC-FZ10
From the 'Bright On' set.
Despite the clone troopers superior weapons, they were no match against the overwhelming numbers of Green Army soldiers.
Same shot slightly different angle.
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Here the Dutch surrendered to General Zheng Chenggong after a one-year siege of Fort Zeelandia. The 300 survivors were allowed to carry everything of value back to Jakarta, including their slaves. Zheng Chenggong, better known in the west by his title Koxinga (國姓爺) is an interesting character: a capable if headstrong leader who was given to bouts of tactical brilliance as well as madness. He is well remembered in Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan for differing reasons: the PRC emphasized the fact that he drove away foreigners from Chinese territory in the name of the country, the Japanese (when they controlled Taiwan) emphasized his half-Japanese ancestry and his linkage to the "motherland", and Taiwan emphasized the fact that he took the island in the hopes of retaking the Mainland from the invaders, as the ROC had hoped to do.
Chihkan Tower (赤崁樓), Tainan (臺南市), Republic of China (中華民國)
At the moment of surrender
I folded to my knees
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me
I've been in every black hole
At the altar of the dark star
My body's now a begging bowl
That's begging to get back, begging to get back
To my heart
To the rhythm of my soul
To the rhythm of my unconsciousness
To the rhythm that yearns
To be released from control