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Kehinde Wiley, Femme Piquee par un Serpent, 2008, Oil on canvas, 102 x 300 inches (259.1 x 762 cm), Source Imagery: Auguste Clesinger,
Scouts Camporee on Omaha Beach Honors Heroes and Promotes Peace.
By Robert Turtil
U.S. Scouts gathered April 24 to 27 for the 2014 Omaha Beach Camporee, in event held every three years in Normandy, France. This years Camporee was particularly special, because it was recognized as the opening event of the 70th anniversary of the D Day landings planned for June. Hundreds of Scouts from France, Britain, Poland, Switzerland, the BeNeLux and Scandinavian countries, Germany and other nations joined for a weekend of remembrance.
U.S. embassy personnel and active duty service members brought their families from facilities around Europe and North Africa. More than a few F-16 fighter jockeys directed AstroVans from the Autobahn to the AutoRoute to the D-514, while others followed the more historic route across, or below, the English Channel. Some Scouts flew from American cities over their spring break, and as usual, moms led the charge when dads couldn’t get away. All converged on a welcoming destination for Americans on the French coast.
Nearly 4,200 troops and their supporting families battled sometimes horizontal rain to re-live the history, and recognize the sacrifices of American and Allied soldiers, many close to their own age, who have fought and died fighting for freedom and peace. World War Two Veterans were honored, and sacrifices made during The Great War, Korea, Vietnam and The War on Terror were also recognized by scout leaders and other volunteers, many of whom are U.S. Veterans, the traditional backbone of scouting in America.
Campsites were pitched in the rain, the mud and the dark; pots of pasta were swamped by tent malfunctions. The elements provoked short-term tears and tantrums, and perhaps a sleepless night. But complaints were mitigated with stories of invasion boats packed with seasick assault troops, mud filled foxholes, and cold k-rations, as Scouts peered at the sogginess of this Norman spring. But, as EVERY Scout knows, only fun will be remembered of the mud and chill of this weekend.
Scout convoys raced around the invasion coast following ambitious schedules: Utah Beach, Point D’Hoc, Sainte Mere Eglise, Arromanches, the Pegasus Bridge and many museums. Scouts and Veterans were the special guests of honor at the historic and grand Notre Dame Cathedral of Bayeux where clergy, along with national and local leaders, christened a newly forged Bell of Peace and Freedom. The Cathedral was a packed and flowing sea of international scout uniforms, flags and neckerchiefs… all highlighted by sunbeams streaking through stained-glass windows.
90 year-old, World War ll Army Air Force Veteran Captain Samuel Wiley Hammersmith, B-25 pilot with 28 missions in the Pacific, mingled with Scouts throughout the weekend.
New Eagles and candidates for the Order of the Arrow were sworn in at an Omaha Beach campfire in the most meaningful of ceremonies for Scouts and their families. A French Air Force flyover, a military band and youth choir opened the Messengers of Peace multimedia presentation, bringing home the sacrifices made in the past and the promise of peace Scouting seeks to contribute worldwide. That evening, friendships were made, neckerchiefs swapped, and Paella shared at sunset on the beach, followed by a fusillade of fireworks.
Sunday’s closing ceremony was held in the drizzle at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. Each Troop flew its colors and laid a wreath at the base of the huge bronze statue, The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves. Scouts and their families then joined hundreds of others walking the many acres of markers, looking for specific names, or just looking, at the beauty- with history, the sense of sacrifice and a touch of tears that the damp, perfect green grass of the cemetery envokes. Slowly the parking lot emptied as each American Troop and Patrol headed in every direction across Europe and the ocean… home.
If you would like to support the Scouts quest to preserve Omaha Beach as a UNESCO World Heritage site, follow this link and sign the petition:
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Photos Courtesy Robert Turtil
wiley and india head back to school after christmas break -- it was definitely over too soon! (i had to fly home that same day)
This adorable lil' guy
oh man,
sleepin' in my bed,
attackin' my toes,
running to me when i come home,
following me around the house,
nuzzlin' at me all the time,
lovin' on me,
he's the best.
I love him.
Maricopa County Air Quality Director Bill Wiley speaking at the 2013 Air Quality Conference hosted by the Arizona Manufacturers Council in Tempe, Arizona.
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Kehinde Wiley's paintings combine images of contemporary young black men in poses and settings taken from 18th and 19th Century European Art. He paints against backgrounds of bright color and textures thereby combining the realistic style of traditional portraiture with elements of contemporary art.
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I went to Formby point on Sunday enroute to Crosby to look at the
Anthony Gormley statues, more of which later. We were just about to get in the car when I spied a couple of ladies taking photographs, I walked over and thought this fox was stuffed, it was literally 10 feet away from us. Apparently it is that used to humans it pretends to have a limp to gets food from passers by who feel sympathy for it...it has been doing this for four years!!!!.....it has even taught it's cubs to do this...amazing!!
Maricopa County Air Quality Director Bill Wiley speaking at the 2013 Air Quality Conference hosted by the Arizona Manufacturers Council in Tempe, Arizona.
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Wiley Post was one of this country's aviation pioneers and was the first person to fly solo around the world and is also known for his work in high altitude flying. Wiley Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits, which is on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Post was good friends humorist and entertainer Will Rogers who often visited Post at the airport in Burbank, California. During one of these visits Rogers decided to accompany Post on a flight to Alaska. A few miles from Port Barrow, Alaska the two became lost in bad weather and landed in a lagoon to ask directions. The engine quit when they tried to take off again and the plane plunged into the lagoon, causing the right wing to shear off, and both Wiley Post and Will Rogers men died instantly. Wiley Post is buried in section 48 of the Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Maricopa County Air Quality Director Bill Wiley speaking at the 2013 Air Quality Conference hosted by the Arizona Manufacturers Council in Tempe, Arizona.
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Maricopa County Air Quality Director Bill Wiley speaking at the 2013 Air Quality Conference hosted by the Arizona Manufacturers Council in Tempe, Arizona.
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Kehinde Wiley (Los Angeles 1977) is één van de meest succesvolle kunstenaars van dit moment. Hij schildert voornamelijk historische portretten van adellijke figuren. Maar hij vervangt de blanke machthebbers door zwarte mensen, waardoor het werk een sterke politieke lading krijgt.
In het Parijse museum 'Petit Palais' is tot 15 januari 2017 zijn werk 'Lamentation' te zien, 5 gebrandschilderde ramen en een paar schilderijen. Klein maar fijn.
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County of Riverside Historical Marker Number 11.
On our way back from Phoenix, we broke up the trip by stopping at a reststop to stretch our legs and our normal biological business. Found a bit of interesting trivia on this marker. Can't really imagine doing this same trip by horse and wagon. A tough breed.
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Jenny Wiley (1760 - 1831)
- was captured by Indians in 1789 at Walker's Creek, Virginia, after watching her young brother and all but her youngest child murdered. She escaped after many months from little Mud Lick Falls to Harmon's Station in Floyd (now Johnson) County, kentucky and eventually reunited with her husband in Walker's Creek. The Wileys retruend to and settled permanently in Johnson County
Kehinde Wiley (Los Angeles 1977) is één van de meest succesvolle kunstenaars van dit moment. Hij schildert voornamelijk historische portretten van adellijke figuren. Maar hij vervangt de blanke machthebbers door zwarte mensen, waardoor het werk een sterke politieke lading krijgt.
In het Parijse museum 'Petit Palais' is tot 15 januari 2017 zijn werk 'Lamentation' te zien, 5 gebrandschilderde ramen en een paar schilderijen. Klein maar fijn.
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Kehinde Wiley (Los Angeles 1977) is één van de meest succesvolle kunstenaars van dit moment. Hij schildert voornamelijk historische portretten van adellijke figuren. Maar hij vervangt de blanke machthebbers door zwarte mensen, waardoor het werk een sterke politieke lading krijgt.
In het Parijse museum 'Petit Palais' is tot 15 januari 2017 zijn werk 'Lamentation' te zien, 5 gebrandschilderde ramen en een paar schilderijen. Klein maar fijn.
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