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The hill was formerly the site of a fort which was later used as a prison. The Old Fort Prison complex is known as Number Four. The original prison was built to house white male prisoners in 1892. The Old Fort was built around this prison by Paul Kruger from 1896 to 1899 to protect the South African Republic from the threat of British invasion. Later, Boer military leaders of the Anglo-Boer War were imprisoned here by the British. The Old Fort prison was later extended to include "native" cells, called Section 4 and Section 5, and, in 1907, a women's section was added. An awaiting-trial block was constructed in the 1920s. Both political activists opposed to apartheid and common criminals were held at the prison. Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned here in 1906, and striking white mineworkers in 1907, 1913 and 1922.
Under the apartheid government, only whites were held in the Old Fort itself, except for Nelson Mandela, who was given a bed in the hospital section when he was as an awaiting-trial prisoner in 1962 prior to the Rivonia Trial. Joe Slovo, Bram Fischer, Albert Luthuli and Robert Sobukwe were also inmates.
This is Constance, the Constitution Cow. She was a member of CowParade Harrisburg 2004 a public art exhibition of fiberglass cows transformed by artists into pieces of art. Constance was hand painted with the lettering, signatures and text of the U.S. Constitution by Philadelphia artist Mari Hoggs. In 2004 she moved to Philadelphia and found her place in the National Constitution Center where I found her on our visit on 08APR2007. (BTW this concludes that Easter trip 2007. Thank you for all your comments, invites and faves).
A shot from a B&W long exposure architecture series I did this past summer using a set of NiSi ND filters.
Taken with an ND1000 (10 stop)
Processed mainly with Capture One Pro 12 with a round trip into Photoshop for levelling then Capture One for sharpening for web and print output.
Comments and constructive criticism welcome.
This was taken at aberwysteyth at sun set and a distress signal was set of at the top of the hill, So RAF Sea King came to the rescue.
My 1:1055 (LEGO Ent-D set scale) model of the Constitution class!
I think this is the fourth time I've made a model of this ship in various scales, somehow manage to fit more detail on it every time!
365 pieces, 27.5cm/10.8in long.
Instructions: liliumbrickyards.com/product/constitution-class/
constitution of the GDR, transparent paper, yarn.
more pics here: ines-seidel.de/en/geaenderte-verfassung/
Geänderte Verfassung.
Verfassung der DDR, Transparentpapier, Garn.
Mehr Fotos: ines-seidel.de/geaenderte-verfassung/
(Constitution Center, Philadelphia, visited in 2003)
Today, the world breathes a sigh of relief. America is again ruled by a president who embraces all the people and wants to communicate respectfully with states and institutions around the world. Congrats and good luck!
—an excerpt of a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy right after the U.S. Constitution was ratified, 1789.
American colonialists had grown deeply dissatisfied with not just Britain's monarch but also with the parliamentary weaknesses of a constitutional monarchy in representing their interests. Instead of living by the dictates and whims of a dictator, king, chief executive, or even a deliberative body, the United States decided to go another route. Americans wrote down on a parchment the laws that established the framework of its government. Where in other countries a personality might represent nationality and governance, here in America a document did so. The American Republic was established through the first written constitution in the world of self governance through rule of law, a pact by its people as adopted by representatives elected by those people. That concept can be seen in the first words of the U.S. Constitution, which begins: "We the people..."
In designing its modern Republic, many of America's founding fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, had studied the Roman Republic and its fall. After having a series of abusive kings, Romans decided that kings, even though popular in the ancient world, were not for it. Instead, Rome evolved a complex Republic that lasted nearly 500 years.
That is until Gaius Julius Caesar.
After his term of governor of Gaul had finished, the conquering general Julius Caesar was recalled to Rome. Caesar feared that without the protections of the office of governorship, he as a civilian would be successfully prosecuted for earlier crimes of corruption. So he defied centuries of tradition and marched his army across the Rubicon river straight into the city of Rome. After leading a Civil War against the Senate, against their champion, General Pompey, and winning, Julius Caesar was declared by the Senate dictator for ten years in order to restore the Republic to its years of former greatness. He was later declared dictator for life.
Wildly popular by the people, Caesar, an elite land-owning patrician by birth who leaned Populares or that is to say towards publicly favoring plebeian commoners, managed to thwart Rome's amazing system of checks and balances on power. The veneer of the Senate and the Republic continued but in reality a series of emperors from then on dictated the laws and government of the Roman Empire. (It still wasn't politically feasible among Romans to use the title of REX, king, so emperor would have to do as well as wordsmithing Caesar's family name, which became its own regal title.)
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The photograph above is a large bronze statue of Mr. Franklin that sits in front of the Louisville Free Main Library, Kentucky.
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The USS Constitution, compassionately known as “Old Ironsides,” is a ship constructed in 1794 as the beginnings of the new U.S. Navy. Far from simply being a great American icon, she represented a new path of shipbuilding. She was one of six frigates designed to be more heavily armed and armored than other ships of her size, while still being fast enough to evade enemy men-o-wars.
Her design proved effective and after winning the first victory against the British Navy in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was kept from the scrapyard. Now, she is the oldest ship still afloat—even sailing under her own sails and performing salutes for special occasions.
Here is your chance to have this world-famous ship sail its way across your desk or perform salutes from your shelf! This model is solidly designed from stem to stern and is highly detailed, allowing you to reenact all of your favorite battles.
Features:
A Full Compliment! The model is roughly to nanofigure scale and comes with several figures representing officers and crewmen.
Head Below! Two separately removable deck sections allow access to the gundeck. That deck is complete for display or play with, stairs, ladders, cannons, carronades, powder kegs, and even bilge pumps.
Stowing Away? A section of the hull may be removed to access the cargo hold belowdecks.
Raise Anchors! Spin the Capstan to raise the anchors. The pulleys are hidden out of sight so as not to distract from play or display.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Bottle: At nearly 2400 pieces, this model measures 74.1cm (2.4ft) long and 65.3cm (2.1ft) tall without the display base.
So unfurl the mains and set sail with this Eagle of the Sea!
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest ship still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The USS Constitution, compassionately known as “Old Ironsides,” is a ship constructed in 1794 as the beginnings of the new U.S. Navy. Far from simply being a great American icon, she represented a new path of shipbuilding. She was one of six frigates designed to be more heavily armed and armored than other ships of her size, while still being fast enough to evade enemy men-o-wars.
Her design proved effective and after winning the first victory against the British Navy in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was kept from the scrapyard. Now, she is the oldest ship still afloat—even sailing under her own sails and performing salutes for special occasions.
Here is your chance to have this world-famous ship sail its way across your desk or perform salutes from your shelf! This model is solidly designed from stem to stern and is highly detailed, allowing you to reenact all of your favorite battles.
Features:
A Full Compliment! The model is roughly to nanofigure scale and comes with several figures representing officers and crewmen.
Head Below! Two separately removable deck sections allow access to the gundeck. That deck is complete for display or play with, stairs, ladders, cannons, carronades, powder kegs, and even bilge pumps.
Stowing Away? A section of the hull may be removed to access the cargo hold belowdecks.
Raise Anchors! Spin the Capstan to raise the anchors. The pulleys are hidden out of sight so as not to distract from play or display.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Bottle: At nearly 2400 pieces, this model measures 74.1cm (2.4ft) long and 65.3cm (2.1ft) tall without the display base.
So unfurl the mains and set sail with this Eagle of the Sea!
Support now on Ideas at ideas.lego.com/projects/50bd7d8a-1383-438a-9b38-9d700837b1d2
The USS Constitution, compassionately known as “Old Ironsides,” is a ship constructed in 1794 as the beginnings of the new U.S. Navy. Far from simply being a great American icon, she represented a new path of shipbuilding. She was one of six frigates designed to be more heavily armed and armored than other ships of her size, while still being fast enough to evade enemy men-o-wars.
Her design proved effective and after winning the first victory against the British Navy in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was kept from the scrapyard. Now, she is the oldest ship still afloat—even sailing under her own sails and performing salutes for special occasions.
Here is your chance to have this world-famous ship sail its way across your desk or perform salutes from your shelf! This model is solidly designed from stem to stern and is highly detailed, allowing you to reenact all of your favorite battles.
Features:
A Full Compliment! The model is roughly to nanofigure scale and comes with several figures representing officers and crewmen.
Head Below! Two separately removable deck sections allow access to the gundeck. That deck is complete for display or play with, stairs, ladders, cannons, carronades, powder kegs, and even bilge pumps.
Stowing Away? A section of the hull may be removed to access the cargo hold belowdecks.
Raise Anchors! Spin the Capstan to raise the anchors. The pulleys are hidden out of sight so as not to distract from play or display.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Bottle: At nearly 2400 pieces, this model measures 74.1cm (2.4ft) long and 65.3cm (2.1ft) tall without the display base.
So unfurl the mains and set sail with this Eagle of the Sea!
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The USS Constitution, compassionately known as “Old Ironsides,” is a ship constructed in 1794 as the beginnings of the new U.S. Navy. Far from simply being a great American icon, she represented a new path of shipbuilding. She was one of six frigates designed to be more heavily armed and armored than other ships of her size, while still being fast enough to evade enemy men-o-wars.
Her design proved effective and after winning the first victory against the British Navy in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was kept from the scrapyard. Now, she is the oldest ship still afloat—even sailing under her own sails and performing salutes for special occasions.
Here is your chance to have this world-famous ship sail its way across your desk or perform salutes from your shelf! This model is solidly designed from stem to stern and is highly detailed, allowing you to reenact all of your favorite battles.
Features:
A Full Compliment! The model is roughly to nanofigure scale and comes with several figures representing officers and crewmen.
Head Below! Two separately removable deck sections allow access to the gundeck. That deck is complete for display or play with, stairs, ladders, cannons, carronades, powder kegs, and even bilge pumps.
Stowing Away? A section of the hull may be removed to access the cargo hold belowdecks.
Raise Anchors! Spin the Capstan to raise the anchors. The pulleys are hidden out of sight so as not to distract from play or display.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Bottle: At nearly 2400 pieces, this model measures 74.1cm (2.4ft) long and 65.3cm (2.1ft) tall without the display base.
So unfurl the mains and set sail with this Eagle of the Sea!
Support now on Ideas at ideas.lego.com/projects/50bd7d8a-1383-438a-9b38-9d700837b1d2
The USS Constitution, compassionately known as “Old Ironsides,” is a ship constructed in 1794 as the beginnings of the new U.S. Navy. Far from simply being a great American icon, she represented a new path of shipbuilding. She was one of six frigates designed to be more heavily armed and armored than other ships of her size, while still being fast enough to evade enemy men-o-wars.
Her design proved effective and after winning the first victory against the British Navy in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was kept from the scrapyard. Now, she is the oldest ship still afloat—even sailing under her own sails and performing salutes for special occasions.
Here is your chance to have this world-famous ship sail its way across your desk or perform salutes from your shelf! This model is solidly designed from stem to stern and is highly detailed, allowing you to reenact all of your favorite battles.
Features:
A Full Compliment! The model is roughly to nanofigure scale and comes with several figures representing officers and crewmen.
Head Below! Two separately removable deck sections allow access to the gundeck. That deck is complete for display or play with, stairs, ladders, cannons, carronades, powder kegs, and even bilge pumps.
Stowing Away? A section of the hull may be removed to access the cargo hold belowdecks.
Raise Anchors! Spin the Capstan to raise the anchors. The pulleys are hidden out of sight so as not to distract from play or display.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Bottle: At nearly 2400 pieces, this model measures 74.1cm (2.4ft) long and 65.3cm (2.1ft) tall without the display base.
So unfurl the mains and set sail with this Eagle of the Sea!
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751[b] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
This is one of the breathtaking views over Rome in Gianicolo's hill, and in that wall are engraved the very first constitutional phrases.
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The USS Constitution, compassionately known as “Old Ironsides,” is a ship constructed in 1794 as the beginnings of the new U.S. Navy. Far from simply being a great American icon, she represented a new path of shipbuilding. She was one of six frigates designed to be more heavily armed and armored than other ships of her size, while still being fast enough to evade enemy men-o-wars.
Her design proved effective and after winning the first victory against the British Navy in the War of 1812, the USS Constitution was kept from the scrapyard. Now, she is the oldest ship still afloat—even sailing under her own sails and performing salutes for special occasions.
Here is your chance to have this world-famous ship sail its way across your desk or perform salutes from your shelf! This model is solidly designed from stem to stern and is highly detailed, allowing you to reenact all of your favorite battles.
Features:
A Full Compliment! The model is roughly to nanofigure scale and comes with several figures representing officers and crewmen.
Head Below! Two separately removable deck sections allow access to the gundeck. That deck is complete for display or play with, stairs, ladders, cannons, carronades, powder kegs, and even bilge pumps.
Stowing Away? A section of the hull may be removed to access the cargo hold belowdecks.
Raise Anchors! Spin the Capstan to raise the anchors. The pulleys are hidden out of sight so as not to distract from play or display.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Bottle: At nearly 2400 pieces, this model measures 74.1cm (2.4ft) long and 65.3cm (2.1ft) tall without the display base.
So unfurl the mains and set sail with this Eagle of the Sea!
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat. Image was captured in Boston, MA.. The ship is free to tour but they do require that you pass through security checkpoints and metal detectors.
Swedish Training ship arrived at Boston
"The Swedish training ship Chapman is showing tying up to the pier at the Charleston Navy yard. Boston, Mass., August 3, beside " Old Ironsides," noted frigate. The Chapman, which will be at Boston for six days as part of her cruise, was towed in from 100 miles out because no favorable wind was blowing."
Credit Line ( ACME ) 8/3/34
On the far side of USS Constitution is USS Grebe (AM 43) which had towed the Constitution during her tour of the US in 1931 -1934 just before the Grebe entered a overhaul period after May of 1934. The Chapman with 190 cadets on board had been becalmed for 48 hours before the CG Cutter Ossipee was sent to tow her to Charlestown Navy Yard at the request of the Swedish Consulate, according to a 3 Aug article in the Boston Globe on page 6
www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/boende/stf-stockholmaf-cha...
www.navsource.org/archives/09/46/46021.htm