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Charleston in the Antebellum Era.
Also in the central square is a statue of Senator John Calhoun high on a stone column. It is said the statue is so high to prevent the former slaves from defacing it! But who could blame them as Calhoun was a rabid racist. He was one of many racist slave owners who dominated the Sth Carolina legislature. It enacted new slave codes in 1800 and 1820 to make manumission (freeing so slaves) almost impossible. Calhoun in Washington was the one who led the crisis about secession in 1832. Sth Carolina threaded to secede from the Union over a tariff bill. Sth Carolina and its politicians were always champions of slavery and states’ rights. Then in 1822 Denmark Vesey, a slave who had purchased his freedom before the new laws of 1820, planned a major bloodbath in Charleston. Thousands of slaves in Charleston knew about the planned uprising but eventually two ratted on Vesey and he was arrested before the uprising began. 131 slaves were charged with conspiracy and 35 hung, including Vesey. His little house in Charleston (probably not the actual one) is now a National Landmark. It was also a Sth Carolinian Congressman in 1835 who got the “gag rule” passed in Congress to stop Abolitionist pamphlets and mail going to the South. It passed in 1836 and was known as the Pinckney Resolution. It was finally rescinded in 1844 when the Northern Democrats got control of Congress. Later in 1856 it was Congressman Preston Brooks of Sth Carolina who led the attack on the pro-slavery Northerner Charles Sumner on the floor of the US Senate. Sumner (a Republican like Lincoln) was bashed with a cane whilst pro-slavery Southern friends of Brooks protected him from irate Northern Senators who could do nothing to help Charles Sumner. Sumner took over three years to recover from this attack. This was one of the finale events that polarised anti-Southern and pro-slavery abolition support in the North. Sth Carolina always led the vanguard of propaganda against the Abolitionists and against the North. But they also had much to fear. In coastal Sth Carolina slaves outnumbered whites and when the white planters retreated to Charleston for the summer season, many rural counties became 98% black slave. In the 1850s Sth Carolinians became more and more militant and not surprisingly they were the first state to vote for secession upon the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. They wanted to protect their privileged and gracious life style of which we can see remnants today in Charleston –the beautiful mansions and public buildings. In this antebellum period Charleston was extremely wealthy as the major importing and exporting port of the South. It handled the cotton from upstate and a large part of the slave market. The international slave trade was banned from 1808 but many shiploads of black slaves still entered American illegally after that date. The wealthy planting class imported their chandeliers from France, their fine furniture and porcelain from England and their silk fabrics for the ladies ball gowns from Paris. In your free afternoon you can enter some of these mansions and see theirs and their slaves’ living conditions especially at the Aiken-Rhett house.
Charleston during the Civil War.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired in Charleston Harbour by the Confederates but few shots were fired at Charleston by the Union forces. A small battle outside the city in 1862 saw the Confederates being victorious and the Unions forces retreating. That ended any immediate threat of land invasion of Charleston. Charleston Harbour had always been well protected with forts in addition to Fort Sumter in case of Spanish or British attack. The Confederates used these forts to protect the city. But the Anaconda Plan meant that from the start of the Civil War the Union naval blockade was reasonably successful. Gun runners still managed to bring supplies into Charleston from France but goods were limited. In the latter stages of the Civil War, Charleston like other areas of the South was basically without food for whites or slaves. People were starving. Yet despite this in the final year of the Civil War the Charlestonians still had their grand balls for the season with French ball gowns smuggled into the city when some were starving. At the same time General Vance with his North Carolina Army was enduring the freezing winter of northern Virginia with his troops in thread bare uniforms and worn boots. But resources from Sth Carolina were not advanced to help the troops from North Carolina. They were kept aside for Sth Carolina. This was one of the many great weaknesses of the Confederacy- blind obsession with states’ rights. The continuing extravagances of the Charlestonian elite also angered starving Southerners and added to the decline in morale in the South. In February 1865 when General Sherman advanced towards Charleston from Savannah the Confederate General Beauregard, ordered the evacuation of Confederate troops from Charleston. The Mayor of Charleston was then able to surrender to Sherman and avoid the city being bombarded or destroyed. We must be thankful for that and the decision of the ladies of Charleston to preserve as many historic houses as they could. They began this around 1955.
Building the Mansion c1855-73
William LeighThe purchaser of the Woodchester Estate was William Leigh, a wealthy recent convert to Roman Catholicism. He paid £170,000 for the property in 1845. In 1815, at the age of 13, he had inherited £100,000 and the Roby Hall estate at Huyton, near Liverpool, from his father. Leigh senior was a successful merchant trading in salt, tobacco and foodstuffs in and out of the port of Liverpool. William Leigh was born in Liverpool in 1802 and educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford. He settled at Little Aston Hall in Staffordshire following his marriage to Caroline Cotterell in 1828. After his reception into the Roman Church at Leamington in 1844 he moved to Gloucestershire with the aim of creating a Catholic community in the area. A zealous convert, his first action was to start building a Catholic church and monastery at South Woodchester, adjacent to the eastern end of his estate.
In January 1846 Leigh asked the pre-eminent Victorian architect A.W.N. Pugin to survey the existing Spring Park Mansion, presumably with a view to Pugin improving the house for William and his wife, son and two daughters. Pugin visited Woodchester and condemned the existing building, saying “... a more hopeless case of repairs I never saw.” He recommended starting anew, and sent Leigh an estimate of £7118 and a design for a new house. Later that year Pugin drew up plans for the church and monastery at Woodchester for Leigh, but resigned from the commission in August 1846. Leigh then turned to the Bristol based Catholic architect Charles Hansom to build the church and monastery. The former, the Church of the Annunciation, was completed in 1849 and the latter in 1853. Meanwhile, the Leighs lived in an extended gardener’s cottage on the south side of the valley towards Nympsfield, known as “The Cottage”, which remained the family home until the First World War. Leigh’s contribution to the growth of Catholicism in Victorian England was significant and Woodchester was central to this expansion.
the langholm war memorial, stands in the buccleuch park. langholm, dumfriesshire, scotland. view large
Taken just before the 2nd Gulf War errupted. Everyone wanted to do the smelly diaper thing but I liked this better. I don't emphasize any religion (I'm an atheist) but I wish that the crucifix pendant was more visible.
a co-worker used to create war dioramas with amazing detail, and he lent me this background; thanks heaps, cs;
here I added some McFarlane figs., which I could have spent all day art directing them to get that desired shot; I was orginally aiming for 3 figs. to achieve that "odd number / triangle" look, but seemed to have overshadowed the background; excuse the non-matching army fatigues as I didn't have matching figs.
Explore / Interesting, March 26, 2009, best ranking at 408—thanks heaps all
Phaselis ---- Phaselis (griechisch Φασηλίς) war eine antike Stadt in Lykien (Kleinasien, heute Türkei), die rund 53 Kilometer südwestlich von Antalya unmittelbar an der Küste lag. Sie wird seit 1811 archäologisch erforscht und befindet sich, wie Olympos, im Nationalpark Olimpos Beydağları weit abseits der nächsten modernen Ortschaft. Als Handelsstadt mit drei Häfen in unmittelbarer Nähe zum persischen Einflussgebiet in Kleinasien hatte sie bis zur Gründung von Attaleia (Antalya) um 150 v. Chr. herausragende Bedeutung und war wirtschaftlich außergewöhnlich wohlhabend. Erhalten sind die Prachtstraße, Agoren, Theater, Thermen, Hafenmauern, Aquädukt und byzantinische Ruinen.Die Stadt soll den Quellen nach um 690 v. Chr. als rhodische Kolonie gegründet worden sein. Im 6. Jahrhundert war sie in der Handelsniederlassung Naukratis in Ägypten vertreten, u.a. mit Rhodos, Knidos und Halikarnassos.[1] Phaselis, das in den ersten Jahrhunderten seiner Existenz zu Pamphylien gerechnet wurde, gehörte ab etwa 550 v. Chr. lange Zeit dem Perserreich an – eine Stellung, die für viele kleinasiatische Griechenstädte kulturell und wirtschaftlich wichtig war. Politisch wurde dies in Athen jedoch zum Vorwand genommen, um die athenischen Aktivitäten des Attischen Seebundes als antipersisches Kampfbündnis zu tarnen. So wurde Phaselis 469 v. Chr. „zwangsbefreit“ und in den Seebund gezwungen – als blühende Handelsstadt mit hohen Tributen in strategisch wichtiger Lage ein bedeutender Zugewinn für Athen.
Nach 411 v. Chr. abermals persisch, ergab sich Phaselis 334 v. Chr. Alexander dem Großen, der dort im Winter 334/333 vor der Schlacht bei Issos überwinterte. Laut Pausanias befand sich im Athena-Tempel, dem Hauptheiligtum der Stadt, der Speer von Achilleus. Auch das mag ein Grund für Alexander gewesen sein, sich hier aufzuhalten, da er sich für den "neuen Achilleus" hielt. Plutarch berichtet, der vom Wein berauschte Alexander habe auf dem Heimweg von einem Trinkgelage mit seinen Gefährten das Denkmal des Theodektes mit Kränzen verziert. Während der Diadochenkriege war die Stadt zunächst ptolemäisch (bis 197 v. Chr.), dann bis 187 v. Chr. seleukidisch. Danach wurde es von den Römern bis 167 v. Chr. unter rhodische Herrschaft gestellt, zusammen mit Lykien, zu dem Phaselis fortan gezählt wurde. Ab 167 v. Chr. war es Mitglied des von den Römern für unabhängig erklärten Lykischen Bundes. Der starke Konkurrent Attaleia als Hafen- und Handelsstadt brachte Phaselis einen ersten Niedergang, der es Anfang des 1. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. gemeinsam mit Olympos zu einem Schlupfloch kilikischer Seeräuber herunterkommen ließ.
Unter Domitian, Trajan und Hadrian (der Phaselis etwa im Jahr 129 besuchte) wurde die in den Seeräuberkriegen zerstörte Stadt Ende des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. repräsentativ wieder aufgebaut und erlebte eine zweite Blüte. Aus dieser Zeit stammen die meisten der heute erhaltenen Ruinen. Von den späteren Einfällen der Piraten und Araber in der Mitte des 7. Jahrhunderts erholte sich Phaselis jedoch nie mehr, auch wenn es als byzantinischer Flottenstützpunkt im 8. Jahrhundert vorübergehend noch einmal wirtschaftlich aufstieg. Seit dem 10. Jahrhundert diente es nur noch als Steinbruch für Antalya, das Material für seine Befestigungen benötigte.
Phaselis liegt auf einer kleinen Halbinsel am Fuße des Taurosgebirges. Das wenige Hinterland ist weitgehend sumpfig. Der besonderen Form verdankte Phaselis seine einzigartige Bedeutung als Stadt mit drei weitgehend natürlichen Häfen. Im großen Nordhafen sind noch die antiken Wellenbrecher zu erkennen. Dort führt auch der auf rund 400 Metern gut erhaltene kaiserzeitliche Aquädukt entlang zur Stadt.
Der sogenannte Stadthafen mit seinen mächtigen Kaimauern ist heute eine beliebte Badebucht. Von dort führt die über 20 Meter breite Prachtstraße mit den bedeutenden römischen Bauten beidseits zum Südhafen, der durch eine Mauer geschützt ist. Auf der nordwestlichen Seite reihen sich die drei Agoren (Marktplätze) aus den Zeiten Hadrians, Domitians und der Spätantike aneinander. Dort befinden sich auch Reste der Thermen und byzantinische Ruinen. Auf der gegenüberliegenden Südostseite hatte man das Stadttheater in Hanglage errichtet. Die oberhalb gelegene Akropolis von Phaselis zeigt noch Hausreste der letzten Bewohner, die seit dem 7. Jahrhundert die Stadt aufgegeben und sich auf dem Bergrücken verschanzt hatten. Die übrigen Wohnviertel mit Straßen und Häusern sind nahezu vollständig abgetragen.
Theodektes, geboren etwa 400 v. Chr., war in Athen Redenschreiber und Verfasser von Theaterstücken. Er nahm 353 v. Chr. in Halikarnassos bei den Begräbnisfeiern für Mausolos an einem Redewettkampf teil. In Athen lernte er den jungen Aristoteles kennen, den späteren Lehrer Alexanders des Großen. Als dieser nach Phaselis kam, war Theodektes bereits tot. Phaselis errichtete seinem berühmten Bürger ein Standbild auf der Agora.-------------------------------------------
Phaselis (Ancient Greek: Φασηλίς) is an ancient Lycian city in the province of Antalya in Turkey. It is located between the Bey Mountains and the forests of Olympos National Park, 16 km west of the touristic town of Kemer and on the 57th kilometre of the Antalya–Kumluca highway. Phaselis and other ancient towns around the shore can also be accessed from the sea by daily yacht tours.The town was set up by the Rhodians in 700 BC. Because of its location on an isthmus separating two harbours, it became the most important harbour city of the western Lycia and an important centre of commerce between Greece, Asia, Egypt, and Phoenicia, although it did not belong to the Lycian League. The city was captured by Persians after they conquered Asia Minor, and was later captured by Alexander the Great.
After the death of Alexander, the city remained in Egyptian hands from 209 BC to 197 BC, under the dynasty of Ptolemaios, and with the conclusion of the Apamea treaty, was handed over to the Kingdom of Rhodes, together with the other cities of Lycia. From 190 BC to 160 BC it remained under Rhodeian hegemony, but after 160 BC it was absorbed into the Lycian confederacy under Roman rule. Phaselis, like Olympos, was under constant threat from pirates in the 1st century BC, and the city was even taken over by the pirate Zekenites for a period until his defeat by the Romans. In 42 BC Brutus had the city linked to Rome. During the Byzantine period, the city became a bishopric, although in the 3rd century AD, its convenient harbor had fallen under the threat of pirates once again. So it began to lose importance, suffering further losses at the hands of Arab ships, until totally impoverished in the 11th century AD. There was a temple of Athene at Phaselis, where the lance of Achilles was exhibited. It was the birthplace of the poet and orator Theodectes. It was also renowned for its roses, from which the essence was extracted.[1] When the Seljuqs began to concentrate on Alanya and Antalya as ports, Phaselis ceased to be a port of any note.
Phaselis has three harbours: the 'Northern Harbour', the 'Battle Harbour' and the 'Protected (Sun) Harbour', of which the last is the most important today. A 24-metre-wide ancient street runs through the middle of the city. The 'Hadrian Waterway Gate' is on the southern part of the street. There are ruins of shops and stores on the sides of the street and near these are ruins of public places such as Roman baths, agoras and theatres. These structures are dated to the 2nd century BC. There are water canals between the town centre and the 70 m plateau. There are also numerous sarcophagi. ---------------------- More info and other languages available at:
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Paploo, the Ewok
Front: Kenner, 2x Hasbro, 2x Lego, Kubrick, & Bearbrick
Back: Black Series and "Power of the Jedi" with Speeder Bikes
I love Star Wars. Love, love, love! Grew up on the movies, and have even watched some scenes frame by frame with my dad. When I got this order I knew what I wanted to do. I have been oogling Rosey Sugar's Star Wars Set since my first day on Flickr, and as a matter of fact, Darth Vader was my first ever Flickr FAVE. She graciously granted me permission to use her idea, which was inspired by another Flickr-er, although I cannot remember his name. Anyway, I am definitely no Rosey, I had the time of my life making these! I added Chewy and Yoda because they are old friends, LOL, and am kicking myself for not going ahead and doing Jaba, and a Storm Trooper...and, and, and...I CAN'T WAIT until next time! Thanks a million, Yukiko!
Also I wanted to mention, Death By Cupcake had an icing issue she posted the other day...same problem here in Luke and Leia's hair. I really think it is from using "old" as in yesterday's icing without mixing it enough or adding some fresh icing to thicken it up....not sure, but since she posted that it's happened to me twice!
Mierlo War Cemetery is a Commonwealth field of honor east of the Dutch village of Mierlo. The field came into existence in the spring of 1945, around the end of World War II. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for the cemetery.
Christchurch, New Zealand,
March 23rd 2024.
The image depicts a Waka taua, a traditional Māori war canoe that exemplifies the rich craftsmanship and cultural significance of the Māori people. Waka taua were used by Māori tribes in New Zealand primarily for warfare, serving as a means to transport warriors to battle. They also symbolized prestige and tribal identity.
A defining feature of these canoes is the tauihu, the intricately carved prow located at the front of the vessel. These carvings often depicted ancestral figures, guardians, or symbolic patterns with profound spiritual meaning, representing the mana, or spiritual authority, of the canoe and its people. Equally significant is the taurapa, the elaborately carved stern at the back of the canoe. Like the tauihu, the carvings on the taurapa balanced the visual and spiritual weight of the canoe, adding to its ceremonial importance.
The carvings on Waka taua showcase the exceptional wood-carving skills of Māori artists, known as whakairo, with intricate designs that often symbolized genealogy, spiritual beliefs, and tribal narratives. These canoes were typically crafted from large tree trunks, such as tōtara, which were hollowed and shaped with precision using traditional tools. They were often adorned with lashings and decorative patterns, sometimes inlaid with paua (abalone shell) to enhance their visual appeal.
Waka taua were impressive in size, often reaching up to 30 meters in length and capable of carrying between 80 and 100 warriors, depending on the specific design and purpose. They were more than just a mode of transportation; they embodied the history, unity, and strength of the tribe. The launching of a Waka taua was a highly ceremonial event, accompanied by rituals to invoke protection and ensure success. This photo beautifully captures these cultural and historical elements, highlighting the intricate carvings of the tauihu and taurapa, along with the elegant shape and craftsmanship that make Waka taua iconic within Māori culture.
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"We have decreed that war shall be waged in the path of God with the armies of wisdom and utterance, and of a goodly character and praiseworthy deeds."
Baha'u'llah
These photos are from my visit to France in August, on the west side of France in the South of Brittany. The Quiberon peninsula where these photos were taken is littered with these gun placements.
They are from the second world war when France was occupied by Germany. The Germans had an assortment of large caliber canon amassed in the early days of the war to protect their U-Boats.
Some of these guns could send a 700 pound shell 21 miles!
The artwork on the bunkers makes them more attractive than they would otherwise be
Watch the Gameplay Trailer for Star Wars Battlefront: Battle of Jakku DLC. The Star Wars Battlefront The Battle of Jakku will be available December 8th on PS4, PC and Xbox One.
Turning Point is a vast Star Wars Battlefront game mode for 40 players, included in The Battle of Jakku. This mode...
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The Vietnam War
March -16- 1968- marked the anniversary of one of the most gruesome acts committed by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War--the My Lai massacre, by United States soldiers of as many as 500 unarmed civilians. The newspaper published photographs of the My Lai massacre in December 1969. It was prosecuted for "The quality of lacking" but misbehavior against Move quickly later dropped. The military mission was clear: search and destroy the My Lai.
Report of the Department of the Army Review
Volume I, The Report of the Investigation. Dated 14 March 1970
Volume II, The volume is divided into 33 books
Volume III, Exhibits. The exhibits
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Dark skies
image 01
(see the video for overview!)
Soldier 1:
.... they destroyed this beautiful city.....
.... they have killed many of our friends...
..... do not let them kill your spirit....
Soldier 2:
Do not waste your breath friend!
You will get out of this!
....
Soldier 1:
..... Never .... give up.... without a... fight..........
Soldier 2:
NOOO!!!
War...... this is why it should not happen ever again.
Civil War Reenactment.
My fascination with the history of the Civil War brings me to these events for a look & understanding at the sacrifices of those who so nobly fought & died.
Carte de visite by an unidentified photographer A little girl holding a basket of flowers sits in an ornate chair with her bare feet hanging over the side of the seat. The image probably dates from early in the Civil War period.
The edges of the cardboard mount have been severely cut, which indicates that the original owner trimmed the card to fit into a photograph album. The individual was following directions that were included by album manufacturers to avoid the image being bent on insertion into the stiff pages.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.
I was really inspired by some of the images in the Unseen War pool, so I figured I would add a few shots of my own.
These are 1/72 soldiers lit from behind with a novelty fibre optics toy light.
In the howlin' wind
Comes a stingin' rain
See it drivin' nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain.
From the firefly
A red orange glow
See the face of fear
Runnin' scared in the valley below....
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
from U2's Bullet the Blue Sky ( selected lyrics )