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Flags-In at Arlington National Cemetery, where The Old Guard honors our country's fallen heroes by placing an American flag at each of the 260,000 headstones.
My son, Nicholas, advised me yesterday never to visit the Avenham and Miller Parks again. He said that the improvements that have been made would upset me too much.
The Flag Market looked better before the Victorian Gothic Town Hall was pulled down and replaced by a brutalist concrete construction, but since it is scheduled for improvement I thought that it might deserve a picture.
Artista: Anti-Flag
Fotografo: Francesco Castaldo
Data: 2 giugno 2011
Venue: Arena Fiera di Milano (Rho)
Città : Milano
Cadets from Army ROTC, Midshipmen from Navy ROTC and Cadets from Air Force ROTC participated in flag football competitions on Nov. 16 at Penn State. (Photo by Emily Peacock)
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Wales.
Day Nine .. A Stop at Caernarfon making our way to Hirael where we are staying the night. Sadly we missed having a look around it as it closed as we arrived!
Caernarfon Castle is recognised around the world as one of the greatest buildings of the Middle Ages.
This fortress-palace on the banks of the River Seiont is grouped with Edward I’s other castles at Conwy, Beaumaris and Harlech as a World Heritage Site. But for sheer scale and architectural drama Caernarfon stands alone.
Here Edward and his military architect Master James of St George erected a castle, town walls and a quay all at the same time. This gigantic building project eventually took 47 years and cost a staggering £25,000.
The castle was born out of bitter war with Welsh princes. So of course its immense curtain walls and daunting King’s Gate were designed to withstand assault. But the polygonal towers, eagle statues and multi-coloured masonry sent a more subtle message.
These echoed imperial Roman architecture, especially the walls of Constantinople. They also recalled the Welsh myth of Macsen Wledig, who dreamed of a great fort at the mouth of a river – ‘the fairest that man ever saw’.
So Caernarfon is a castle of dreams. A legend brought to life. Even after 700 years it still stirs the imagination like no other Welsh castle.
For More Info: cadw.gov.wales/more-about-caernarfon-castle
These fellows have a beautiful replica of a Civil war era flag (1863 - 1865). There was just enough breeze that day to allow me to get one or two brilliant shots.
From 1861 to 1863 the flag had 34 stars, the latest one representing Kansas. The 35th star added in 1863 represented the new state of West Virginia.
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