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Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Confederate Force at Attention / Dignity in Defeat / Stacked Arms # 4
Lee's Surrender overshot blanket, ready to weave. This felt good!
I assume that this weaving pattern came from sometime around the Civil War, given the name. I can't wait to actually have it finished!
Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Confederate Force at Attention / Dignity in Defeat / Stacked Arms # 1
This visit was part of a press trip I ‘attended' on behalf of Visit Aberdeen for FoodFest15 (www.foodfest15.com). FoodFest15 is Aberdeenshire’s take on 'The Year Of Food & Drink Scotland’ 2015 - and if it’s anything like the experience I had, a grand old time it shall be for anyone who goes. It runs all the way through January to December, though I only showed up for a few days at the end of June. As far as I’m concerned, it’s ALWAYS the year of food and drink - I don’t care where I am, or what year it is. Anyway, I shall now talk about the place you can see before you...
Crathes castle was probably the only non food related stop in the tour, but I’m a history nerd as well as a roving camera stomach so this was also fine. Crathes is a 16th-century castle in the Aberdeenshire region, located near Banchory. The castle and grounds are owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland and are open to the public all throughout the year (it’s actually the only castle that does this). The castle itself is surrounded by 240 hectares of rolling Scottish countryside, and ‘formal’ gardens. The Ranger Service provides guided walks in the summer months (we didn’t get to do one of those), and it’s also home to the north-east’s only Go Ape.
The castle is an L-plan in shape, and six stories at its tallest points. The interior is extremely well preserved (I’m not entirely sure how or why but I’ll assume that the people who used to live inside it contributed to the upkeep for a few centuries!). Who used to live there, you ask? The Burnett family. The land on which the castle sits was given to them as a gift by King Robert the Bruce in 1323, and they lived there for many hundreds of years to follow. Obviously it wasn’t just them who were there, as a noble family they had many servants ensuring that their needs were seen to and the place functioned (and it would take quite a few people to do this, since the place ain’t small!). The building contains a huge collection of portraits and art, plus extremely rare, well preserved original Scottish renaissance painted ceilings. The Burnett family later went on to produce a series of admirals, generals, judges and bishops, even a Governor of New York! (not sure when this was).
The only time that the castle saw anything close to military action was in 1644 when the Marquis of Montrose and his Royalist army turned up at Banchory. Montrose asked Sir Thomas Burnett to surrender, he did, they had a nice dinner - and nobody had to get killed. Seems like a good way to do business. Today things are, on the main part, more peaceful - and they have an event space called The Horsemill (which I presume used to be a mill powered by horses?). Fun fact - the place is said to be haunted by ‘The Green Lady’ - there’s a room known as 'The Green Lady’s Room' where a bunch of spooky shit has happened over the decades. I did’t see anything suspicious, but everyone loves a ghost story, right? ^_^
Lee's Surrender overshot blanket, ready to weave. This felt good!
I assume that this weaving pattern came from sometime around the Civil War, given the name. I can't wait to actually have it finished!
Lee's Surrender overshot blanket, ready to weave. This felt good!
I assume that this weaving pattern came from sometime around the Civil War, given the name. I can't wait to actually have it finished!
“Unconditional Surrender” which is based on the “A kiss to Remember” photograph.
Picture taken at USS Midway Museum • San Diego California.
“Unconditional Surrender,” is 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue by world-renowned artist J. Seward Johnson commemorating a famous World War II photo. (photos)
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The Fine People At Wikipeda have this to say about the original picture(s) this was based on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945, that was originally published in Life magazine. (The photograph is known under various names: V-J day in Times Square, V-Day, etc.[1])
Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events during the V-J celebrations he didn't get a chance to get names and details. The photograph does not clearly show the faces of either kisser and several people have laid claim to being the subjects. The photo was shot just south of 45th Street looking north from a location where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
However it does seem this statute is based on another photo taken at the same time by a navy photographer. (from the same Wiki entry):
U.S. Navy photo journalist Victor Jorgensen captured another view of the same scene, which was published in the New York Times.[4] This photograph shows less of Times Square in the background and does not show the full body of either the sailor or the nurse. Unlike the Eisenstaedt photograph, this photograph is in the public domain (by virtue of being produced by a federal government employee on official position).
No sunny late-fall pictures today. A grey sky, light rain, and the remaining leaves being driven from the trees.
Headed out of Austin again with Brenna Larkin for a pretty neat photo shoot at Longhorn Cavern State Park in Marble Falls, Texas. We stopped by train tracks on the way there.
March 28, 2015
Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 15 republics of the Soviet Union following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (9 May Moscow Time). The Soviet government announced the victory early on 9 May after the signing ceremony in Berlin. Although the official inauguration occurred in 1945, the holiday became a non-labor day only in 1965.
In East Germany, 8 May was observed as Liberation Day from 1950 to 1966, and was celebrated again on the 40th anniversary in 1985. In 1967, a Soviet-style "Victory Day" was celebrated on 8 May. Since 2002, the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has observed a commemoration day known as the Day of Liberation from National Socialism, and the End of the Second World War.
The Russian Federation has officially recognized 9 May since its formation in 1991 and considers it a non-working holiday even if it falls on a weekend (in which case any following Monday will be a non-working holiday). The holiday was similarly celebrated while the country was part of the Soviet Union. Most other countries in Europe observe Victory in Europe Day (often abbreviated to VE Day, or V-E Day) on 8 May, and Europe Day on 9 May as national remembrance or victory days.
Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Confederate Force Approaches # 1
Actress Lindsay Lohan attends a probation revocation hearing at the Beverly Hills Courthouse on July 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Lindsay Lohan was found in violation of her probation for the August 2007 no-contest plea to drug and alcohol charges stemming from two separate traffic accidents, she is scheduled to surrender on July 20, 2010 to serve her 90 day jail sentence.
Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Confederate Force at Attention / Stars and Bars Raised # 6 / Touch the Flag
A piece about letting go and surrendering to the messiness of life. by ginger deverell, 2012. Mixed media on cradled wood panel. Collaged with type, paper, ink and paint.