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Approaching City Island from the East.
The legend is this: During the American Revolution, the British would bring Colonialist sympathizers out to the rocks at low tide and chain them to the rocks. They would then slowly drown as the tide flooded the Sound. Local lore tells of the ghosts of the executed haunting the rocks. A lighthouse was erected in 1847-9 (with $25,000 appropriated from Congress). Because of the legends, any lighthouse keeper who asked for transfer from assignment there was granted one with no questions asked.
Apparently, all folk tales of midnight executions and hangings on the rocks are just that: legends and folk tales.
On one of the earliest charts of Long Island Sound dating back to the early or mid-1700s, the rocks are marked simply as The Executioners. They are mid-channel at the opening of the Sound and one would assume that there would be safe passage there. Many ships hit them and sank before the lighthouse was erected.
The Town of Bedlam: Scene 68
[Yanlin] Thank you for coming. The Queen is holding court. Wait in the back and she'll be with you shortly.
[Chunshan] Yesterday we spoke with your accuser. He told this court that you ran out of his store carrying a 50 pound bag of rice without paying for it. He brought two witnesses who both claimed they saw you do it. He showed us video footage of your crime. How do you plead?
[Hung] I beg the Queen for mercy.
[Queen Ming] Mercy you ask for? Have I not already done so twice before? The first time I gave you a warning by taking one of your hands. Last time I took your other hand for stealing also. I have shown you mercy but you continuously throw it right back at me. My goodness has it's limits, and we must set an example for everyone to follow.
[Fang] *slice* I love how this sword slices through flesh like butter.
[Heng] My Queen, Tex has arrived.
[Tex] That feller was as yellow as mustard but without the bite.
[Queen Ming] Just the person I wanted to see. Are you hungry? Let's go next door and enjoy our Chinese New Year's feast. I prefer to talk business while eating.
The Town of Bedlam: Scene 68
[Yanlin] Thank you for coming. The Queen is holding court. Wait in the back and she'll be with you shortly.
[Chunshan] Yesterday we spoke with your accuser. He told this court that you ran out of his store carrying a 50 pound bag of rice without paying for it. He brought two witnesses who both claimed they saw you do it. He showed us video footage of your crime. How do you plead?
[Hung] I beg the Queen for mercy.
[Queen Ming] Mercy you ask for? Have I not already done so twice before? The first time I gave you a warning by taking one of your hands. Last time I took your other hand for stealing also. I have shown you mercy but you continuously throw it right back at me. My goodness has it's limits, and we must set an example for everyone to follow.
[Fang] *slice* I love how this sword slices through flesh like butter.
[Heng] My Queen, Tex has arrived.
[Tex] That feller was as yellow as mustard but without the bite.
[Queen Ming] Just the person I wanted to see. Are you hungry? Let's go next door and enjoy our Chinese New Year's feast. I prefer to talk business while eating.
An advertisement for the "newspaper" of a fictional-setting wargame campaign set in the mid-18th Century.
Red Death gave a hand signal to the droid manning the controls to the prison. The droid hit a button.
The Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian (1832 - 1867) was installed in Mexico as a puppet emperor by Napoleon III in 1863. He was dependent on the support of the occupying French army and when Napoleon withdrew his troops Maximilian was captured by Mexican forces loyal to their legitimate republican government. He was executed alongside two of his generals, Mejía and Miramón, on 19 June 1867.
The left-hand section of the canvas showing General Mejía was probably cut off by Manet himself. After the artist's death the canvas was cut up into smaller fragments, some of which were sold separately. Edgar Degas eventually purchased all the surviving fragments and reassembled them on a single canvas. A sketch for a group of soldiers, formerly in the Gallery and now in the British Museum, was once thought to have been made in preparation for this work, but its attribution to Manet is no longer certain.
This is what happens when you try to photograph yourselves and feed each other at the same time. Phil's head is not actually that much larger than mine in real life.
Henri Regnault: Exécution sans jugement sous les rois maures de Grenade. Ölgemälde, 1870.
Musée du Quay d'Orsay, Paris
September 18, 2024, Superintendent at Washington State Department of Corrections deliver remarks during the official closing ceremony of Washington state's execution chamber in the state penitentiary in Walla Walla, WA,
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Fortune Impact Initiative 2022
Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
Atlanta, GA
4:00 - 5:00 PM
IMPACT ROUNDTABLES
Closing The Execution Gap
Hosted by Project Management Institute (PMI)
Pressure is on to turn intentions into impact. For leaders, it’s imperative to find a way to integrate their organization’s mission, sustainability and social impact strategies in a unified way. By doing so, leaders responsible for what has traditionally been divided into “environmental,” “social” and “governance” (ESG) will be able to speak the same language and execute unified goals. Recent research on ESG from Project Management Institute reveals that two-thirds of surveyed executives worldwide believe that COVID-19 acted as a catalyst for increased action on ESG initiatives, but 70% don’t know where to get started. This discussion will focus on how to unify teams to identify the “how” and co-create an executable path forward, resetting expectations to identify gaps and opportunities to achieve strategic clarity, and defining collaborative frameworks and priorities with clear performance metrics.
Discussion Leaders
Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Joe Cahill, Chief Customer Officer, PMI
Kathleen McLaughlin, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart
Caroline Roan, Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Health and Social Impact, Pfizer
Moderator: Peter Vanham, Executive Editor, FORTUNE
Photograph by Erik Meadows/Fortune
Engraving
artist unknown
Temporary gallows were erected on several occasions at Cheapside between the 14th and 17th centuries. They were in place for over 100 days in 1554 following the execution of two rebels involved in a Protestant uprising against Mary I. On 8 May a dead cat, dressed as a priest with a shaven monk's head, was found strung up on the scaffold as an act of Protestant defiance.*
From the exhibition
Executions
(October 2022 – April 2023)
Exploring how public executions shaped Londoners’ lives and the city’s landscape in a major exhibition.
Public executions were a major part of Londoners’ lives for centuries.
From Smithfield to Southwark, from Banqueting House to Newgate Prison, executions became embedded in London’s landscape from the 12th century right through to the 19th. Even today, hints of this uncomfortable past can still be seen across the capital.
The Museum of London Docklands brought the rarely told and often tragic human stories behind these events to a new exhibition. Executions showcased a range of fascinating objects, paintings and projections, including the vest said to have been worn by King Charles I when he was executed, a recreation of the Tyburn gallows with an immersive projection, last letters of the condemned, and much more. Many of the items on display had rarely been seen in public.
[*Museum of London Docklands]
Taken in the Museum of London Docklands