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Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945) was the Royal Navy's foremost expert in amphibious warfare during the Second World War. Working from the underground tunnels beneath Dover Castle, he was responsible for Operation Dynamo, the Dunkirk evacuation which rescued 338,000 British and allied troops trapped in France by German forces in 1940.
As Naval Commanding Officer, Eastern Task Force, Ramsay prepared the amphibious landings during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943. A year later, as Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force, he oversaw Operation Neptune, the naval contribution to the invasion of Normandy. This is still regarded as the greatest amphibious operation in history. He was killed in a plane crash on 2 January 1945.
This statue, commemorating the man and his achievements, is in the grounds of Dover Castle and overlooks the English Channel - where, perhaps, he had his finest hour.
Bristol's last four surviving Civil War veterans, May 30, 1926 in front of the West Cemetery Civil War monument.
From left to right are: George H. Bates, George B. Chapin, Walter H. Hutchinson, and Edward H. Allen.
The brownstone monument was dedicated in 1866, less than a year after the end of the Civil War.
SOLDIERS MONUMENT, Bristol, is significant historically because of its early date, January 20, 1866. The selectmen were authorized to buy the land the previous year, dating the monument's origins from 1865. It is one of the first Civil War monuments in Connecticut.
Josiah F. Peck, Sr., a prominent Bristol citizen, organized the committee for the monument. He may have been motivated by the fact that four members of the Peck family, Albert C., Noble, Richard L., and Henry A. Peck, served in Bristol's Company I, 25th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, one of the units named on the monument. Josiah F. Peck, Sr., purchased the site, furnished transportation for the monument, and paid James G. Batterson, the supplier, $1,500. In addition, there was widespread support from small contributors; the Bristol Public Library has 17 small notebooks listing individual "Subscriptions of $1.00 no more no less."
It is an early example of the obelisk-type Civil War monument with lettering of men lost and battles engaged, modestly embellished with trophies. It is essentially a cemetery monument, typical of funerary art of the time, on a large scale.
This overall design was to continue for about two decades, before being gradually supplanted by more sophisticated and elaborate designs. The supplier of the monument, James G. Batterson of Hartford, at the end of the Civil War built up his cemetery monument business purposefully and efficiently to become a major producer of Civil War monuments.
The monument is a square tapered brownstone column made up of stylobate of three risers, pedestal, and shaft. It is crowned by a brownstone eagle, which faces east. The cornice at the top of the shaft carries an egg-and-dart molding. The east face of the shaft is decorated with two trophies, in addition to the three bands of lettering naming battles in which the memorialized soldiers fought. The lower trophy is a pair of shields encircled by swags. The upper trophy is a composition of crossed flags, musket, and sword with a cartridge box hanging from the musket.
ERECTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS OF BRISTOL
WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN BEHALF OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WAR OF THE GREAT REBELLION
THE SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN
Men from Bristol who died in the Civil War
Inscriptions on the Civil War Monument in West Cemetery, Bristol
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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.
It's an AT-AT for your lawn……and perfect $40 future stolen lawn ornament. ibornforthis.com/star-wars-fallen-at-at-lawn-ornament/
N. Illinois Reenactment - July 11th and 12th 2009.
Processed with Aperture 2.0 and Nik Silver Effects Pro.
Sar Wars Unofficial Galaxies at Peterborough Cathedral.
One of the largest private Sar Wars collections in the world.
Unofficial Galaxies is rarely seen in the UK and among the most exciting exhibits in the 120+ piece collection are a full-size Landspeeder purchased from London’s Elstree Studios, and the desk and chair of young Anakin Skywalker from the 1999 film The Phantom Menace.
Also on display will be an array of original production items, as well as costumes for characters such as Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Vader and many more. Much prized Star Wars toys dating from 1977 to 1999 will also be on show.
Yoda Grand Master of the Jedi Order.
Darth Vader has been listed among the greatest villains and fictional characters ever.
Kit Fisto is a Nautolan Jedi Master and member of the Jedi Council. He dies when attempting to arrest Darth Sidious.
LEGO Star Wars Summer Sets 2013
Release: August 2013:
LEGO Star Wars 75015 - Corporate Alliance Tank Droid ($19.99, 271 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75016 - Homing Spider Droid ($29.99, 295 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75017 - Duel on Geonosis ($39.99, 391 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75018 - Jek-14s Stealth Starfighter ($69.99, 550 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75019 - AT-TE ($89.99, 794 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75020 - Jabbas Sail Barge ($119.99, 850 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75021 - Republic Gunship ($119.99, 1,175 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75022 - Mandalorian Speeder ($24.99, 211 pieces)
LEGO Star Wars 75024 - HH-87 Starhopper
LEGO Star Wars 75025 - Jedi Defender-Class Cruiser (927 pieces)
Release: September 2013:
LEGO Star Wars 75023 - Advent Calendar ($39.99, 254 pieces)
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It has been a while since I posted anything because I'm not invested in Lego as much as I used to be :)
While I was watching The Rise of Skywalker for the second time earlier today, I had the idea for this lightsaber hilt. It's a custom design, but I think I saw something quite similar in The Clone Wars once.
War-Horse unveiled in 2018 to commemorate one hundred years since the end of WW1 and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Naturally, like a lot of you (I hope), I've been watching "The War," a program The New York Times criticized for being too Americocentric. While I could see their point, that the Brits and the Canadiens and the Ruskies and a whole host of others were fighting alongside us, from a dramatic standpoint I think Ken Burns and his crew made the right decision, and I'm sure they made the practical decision, for the vantage of selling the series to their sponsers.
When "The War" started, the video images, the home movies, the newsreels and the
battle footage, were disconcerting. Of course I thought that "The Civil War" series was the greatest thing ever, and as you know, I'm a a still photo, black-and-white kind of guy. With the moving image, you're not really left with anything---it comes and washes over you and moves on---you might say that a moving image is an experience, and a still picture is a moment of stais, a stilpunkt (forgive my German spelling), a denkmal, a interaction in a way the moving image is not.
But those were my thoughts before the series ran its course. Having watched almost every second now, I feel overwhelmed, traumatized, emotionally devastated.
When you write short stories, you discover that there are scenes you have to write, scenes that can't be avoided, scenes the challenge of which you must write up to.
I thought this series did "The Obligatory" scenes very well.
The series had one over-riding theme, Death, and the pounding relentlessness of Death, Death Death became almost unbearable, at times.
Wasn't that the point? Wasn't that the daily reality for our fathers and mothers (well, your grandfathers and grandmothers)? My stepfather went into North Africa, and got bogged down with the 38th Texas Infantry at Montecassino. My mother spent the later half of the war years down in Florida, at the requisitioned Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, where she ministered (as a very pretty young woman) to the wounded soldiers and fended off sixteen marriage proposals.
"The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude," Willie Morris says. But Ken
Burns brought plenty of grief to "The War," and it seemed altogether fitting. He has a contract with PBS through 2026, or something like that, and the last leg of his war trilogy is going to be Viet Nam. I hope that I live long enough to see it. One can imagine someone, someday, making "The Iraq War," when our pride in our country [and the nobility of our leaders] will be replaced with unending nausea.
The back of this photo has a censor's stamp, and the number "45," which may, or may not, refer to the date. It looks more like Germany than Okinawa, but who knows.
Title: Star Wars - Rey
This is an original Star Wars oil painting by Christopher Clark, fine artist, officially licensed through Lucasfilm Ltd. Determined, intelligent, and gorgeous, here she stands impervious to the desert winds of Jakku. This painting showcases Christopher’s ability to capture striking portraits, and here with bold and flowing brushwork to add action and interest.
Oil paint on stretched canvas.
To purchase prints of this painting or the original, click here.
I am available for custom commission paintings of all kinds. #christopherclarkart
"War horse" Jagermeister in portrait during the Knights of Mayhem jousting show at the London Bridge Renaissance Faire in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, U.S.A. (Mar. 16, 2019)
Photo © 2019 Marcie Heacox, all rights reserved. For use by permission only. Contact mheacox87 [at] hotmail.com .
This week's Star Wars Deliveries:
Disney - Droid Factory R2-BNE
Hasbro - Black Series: Carbinized Ahsoka Tano & HK-87 Assassin Droid
Hasbro - Vintage Collection: 344 Star Wars Luke Skwalker
Hasbro - Vintage Collection: 345 Acolyte Jedi Master Indara
Hasbro - Vintage Collection: 347 Ahsoka Anakin Skywalker
Hasbro - Vintage Collection: 348 Ahsoka Clone Trooper Lieutenant
Berlin, Germany
HDR from one RAW shot
Best view on black:
Das Sowjetische Ehrenmal befindet sich im Großen Tiergarten im Berliner Ortsteil Tiergarten (Bezirk Mitte) an der Straße des 17. Juni. Die Anlage wurde 1945 errichtet, um die im Zweiten Weltkrieg gefallenen Soldaten der Roten Armee zu ehren.
(aus Wikipedia: deutsch)
The Soviet War Memorial is one of several war memorials in Berlin, capital city of Germany, erected by the Soviet Union to commemorate its war dead, particularly the 80,000 soldiers of the Soviet Armed Forces who died during the Battle of Berlin in April and May 1945.
(from wikipedia: english)
Nikon D70 - f/10 - 1/200 sec.
Tamron 18-200mm F3.5-6.3
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Navy corpsmen assist in moving a wounded marine from his bunker on Siberia Hill, Korea. [Korean War.] [Scene.] Negatives - Korean War.
8/9/1952
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The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Newquay as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was sited as a prominent landmark on the headland, constructed on the site of an earlier structure, a Napoleonic lookout, the remains of which are likely to exist in the foundations of the memorial. A watchtower is recorded on the 1840 Tithe Map and the site is enclosed by a curvilinear earthwork seen on aerial photographs taken in 1966.
The memorial cost £1000 and commemorates 89 fallen local men. It was unveiled on 24 May 1921 by HRH Prince of Wales KG, Duke of Cornwall. He stated that he knew what the memorial meant to the district, recording as it did the sacrifice of Newquay men who gave their lives in the war. The memorial was dedicated by the Bishop of Truro. Historic photographs show that the memorial was sited within a small enclosure defined by low granite posts and chain link fence.
Following the Second World War, an inscription dedicated to 59 men who lost their lives in that war, was added. Further names have since been added for one who fell at Aden (1964), one during the Falklands Conflict (1982) and one in Afghanistan (2006).
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Originally taken and posted for the GWUK group.
Now replaced with a wider and better photo
Guessed by Graham Maxwell