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self portrait he sent me, this one a few months ago entitled "it's a living"
scott was an exceptional person, my interweb friend for over a year now, he was as hilarious as he was truly empathetic to the human condition. i plan to collect our electric correspondence together for his young daughter, should she ever wish to know his opinions on woody allen movies, the experience of american baseball, or how she was his every hope and thought.
he was killed by a roadside bomb last week in Iraq.
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Edwin Stanton was an improbable choice to be part of Lincoln’s cabinet during the war. As the U.S. Attorney General under Buchanan, Stanton had opposed secession. However, he politically opposed Lincoln during the 1860 campaign. Yet his love for the Union was strong. Stanton agreed to become the legal advisor to Secretary of War Simon Cameron. Within the year it became clear to Lincoln that Cameron was ineffective and the real man for the job was Stanton.
Putting aside their political differences, Stanton joined the Cabinet in January of 1862, replacing Cameron as Secretary of War. With his legal background, Stanton used the power of court-martial against officers suspected of supporting the South. Stanton made it clear not to trifled with him. Officers not supporting him or the Union could expect an inglorious end to their military career. One of the most high profile court-martial cases was against Major General Fitz John Porter. As chief of staff under McClellan he had risen quickly, but with McClellan’s departure Porter quickly followed. Arrested in November of 1862 for his actions at the Second battle of Bull Run (2nd Manassas) which had been fought in August of that year, Porter was quickly found guilty and in January of 1863 dismissed from the Army.
Lincoln recognized that Stanton was both an effective Secretary and an overbearing tyrant. Feeling that the strong arm approach worked best with the Military, Lincoln allowed much of Stanton’s orders to stand. He then worked behind the scenes to minimize possible negative impact on the Army. When Stanton became unpopular and was vilified in the press, popular opinion called for him to replace Stanton. Lincoln, however, came to his support stating, “Without him I should be destroyed.”
After Lincoln had been shot, Stanton arrived at the boarding home and took charge of the scene. As Mary Lincoln became inconsolable and eventually unbalanced, Stanton ordered her from the room and insisted that she not be allowed back in. Upon Lincoln’s death, it was Stanton, his one-time political rival that spoke the words, "Now he belongs to the ages”.
During the Johnson administration Stanton continued as Secretary of War. Nevertheless, he clashed often with the new President. In 1868 Johnson chose to replace Stanton with Lorenzo Thomas. The Senate felt that since the President needed their approval to confirm a Cabinet Secretary, they must also confirm his dismissal, which they did not. Stanton refused to leave and barricaded himself in his office.
The Senate saw this as pure breach of Presidential powers and moved to impeach Johnson. By a single vote Johnson was able to survive, but Stanton was out.
Later that year Grant was elected. In 1869, when an opening on the Supreme Court became available, Stanton was nominated and confirmed. Four days after the confirmation, and prior to swearing in, Stanton died. Since he never took the oath, he is not listed as a Supreme Court Justice. Today, he is remembered as the catalyst for Johnson’s impeachment and for the immortal words he uttered upon Lincoln’s death.
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Miedziana Góra koło Kielc -rekonstrukcja historyczna walk obronnych w kampanii wrześniowej 1939
Historical reenactment-
Polish campaign 1939
This is in TIFF format. When I was younger, my buddies and I built model ironclads and fought sea battles in the pond.
Kincraig War Memorial
NH 83002 05792
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1914 - 1918
IN MEMORY
MISS JESSIE GRANT, Q.M.A.A.C.
CAPT. A.J. BURGESS, R.A.O.C.
PTE. D. CAMERON, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. T. CUMMING, GORDON HIGHRS.
PTE. D. DOUGLAS, M.M., CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. J. FRASER, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. D. GRANT, CANADIAN INF.
PTE. C.E. HOSSACK, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. T. JACKSON, GORDON HIGHRS.
PTE. G. McCULLOCH, SEAFORTH HIGHRS.
SGT. P. MACDONALD, CAMERON HIGHRS.
CPL. A. MACDONALD, SEAFORTH HIGHRS.
CPL. P.G. MACDONALD, S. AFRICAN ENG.
PTE. A. MACDONALD, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. J. MACDONALD, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. J. MACDONALD, R.A.F.
SGT. D. MACINTOSH, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. A. MACKINTOSH, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. W. MACKINTOSH, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. P. MACKINTOSH, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. A. MACKINTOSH, R.S.F.
W.O. D. MACKINTOSH, MER. MARINE.
PTE. A. MACKINTOSH, R.S.F.
LIEUT. J. MORRISON, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. W. MUNRO, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. H. OBEE, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. G. RALPH, R.S.F.
PTE. D. RALPH, R.A.M.C.
PTE. J.B.T. RAMSAY, ROYAL SCOTS F.
PTE. H. SMITH, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. D. SMITH, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. A. TAYLOR, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. J. TAYLOR, ROYAL SCOTS.
PTE. F. TAYLOR, ROYAL SCOTS.
PTE. J. WALMER, CAMERON HIGHRS.
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1939 - 1945
IN MEMORY
PTE. J.M. CLARK, SEAFORTH HIGHRS.
SGT. W. DUFF, CAMERON HIGHRS.
L.CPL. D.J. KENNEDY, A AND S HIGHRS.
SGT. W. KENNEDY, CAMERON HIGHRS.
C.S.M. W. MACPHERSON, CAMERON HIGHRS.
PTE. D.A.G. MACDONALD, SEAFORTH HIGHRS.
C.S.M. A. ROBERTSON, ROYAL SCOTS.
L. CPL. J. ROSS, LOVAT SCOUTS.
SGT. A. SIMS, R.A.F.
TPR. A. WILSON, LOVAT SCOUTS.
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Site Type WAR MEMORIAL (20TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 318736
Site Number NH80NW 50
NGR NH 83002 05792
Council HIGHLAND
Parish ALVIE
Former Region HIGHLAND
Former District BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY
Former County INVERNESS-SHIRE
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*I really like this figure*
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This is Chige Nyime, an Apatani shaman, conducting a ritual in preparation for a punitive expedition of Apatani warriors and Assam Rifles. Following this ritual in the Apatani valley, the expedition, led by anthropologist Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf and Capt. Davy, marched against the Nyishis of Licha, in the Kiyi River valley. Here,... Chige Nyime holds a ritual fan with hornbill feathers and wears a war helmet and shoulder armour of the blackened fibres of the sago palm. The bamboo altars have been built to summon the dangerous spirit Karun, whose support is sought in war and hunting. To the right of the altar is a pile of shoulder armour. To the left is a dog, which was later sacrificed. Fürer-Haimendorf described the ceremony in his diary: 'Later Chige Nime in full war dress, with black fibre hat and rain cloak, leading a small black dog on a string and carrying a bamboo in leaf, came to perform the rite which precedes a raid. In the part of our camp lying nearest to Licha he began the preparations for the rite. A small tree was erected and others set around it. Nime put his spear into the ground and tied the dog to a peg. Then, looking in the direction of Licha, he and his assistant squatted down and started the peculiar diaphonal chant typical of most Apa Tani rites. Chige Nime invoked the spirits of heaven, forest, water and earth as witness that the fault of the quarrel between Apa Tanis and Daflas [Nyishis] lay with the Daflas of Licha and not Apa Tanis. Licha itself was responsible for this war: so that no evil may befall the Apa Tani warriors participating in the expedition against Licha, may their daos [machetes] and spears be sharp, but may the arrows and daos of Licha be blunt and incapable of harming Apa Tanis.' The chant continued most of the night, and in the morning the dog was sacrificed, the warriors danced and the expedition set out from the Apatani valley toward Licha.(1944)
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Civil War Reenactors recreate the Battle of Day's Gap at Blountsville, Alabama. The original battle took place on May 3rd, 1863 during Streight's Cavalry Raid into Northern Alabama. Nathan Bedford Forrest chased Streight through Alabama eventually defeating him and capturing most of his raiders.
The reenactor in this photo is a Confederate Infantryman. The gentleman behind him on horseback was playing the part of General Forrest.
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War-Horse unveiled in 2018 to commemorate one hundred years since the end of WW1 and remember those from Featherstone who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Iraq and Syria war protesting on the streets of Bath today
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I was really surprised after I took this photo of a Vietnam drawing how it turned out, in honor the FALLEN HEROES of the Vietnam War.
Took this pic in Tampa,Fl.
camera-canon t/3 1100D
lense-canon 75-300mm
War Memorial, erected in 1924 in the centre of the north end of the Cathedral Green. Llandaff. The monument consists of three standing bronze figures on three separate granite plinths, two soldiers with a female figure in the centre. The sculptor was W. Goscombe John RA, and the plinths were designed by J. P. Grant.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 11 November 2009.