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This historic precedent of Colonial Georgian Architecture sits at the heart of Philadelphia's old city center. Independence Hall also played a crucial role in the founding of the United States, as its storied assembly rooms witnessed the signing of both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
Independence Day Parade on Euclid Street, July 4,2018, Ontario, California.
To watch more of this traditional parade go to my YouTube at this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1t-1QPjHWE
While we were in Ho Chi Minh City we took a look around Independence Palace, which was like a time capsule of the 1960s and 1970s.
Independence Palace (Dinh Độc Lập), also known as Reunification Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Thống Nhất), built on the site of the former Norodom Palace, is a landmark in Saigon, Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the President of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It was the site of the end of the Vietnam War during the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, when a North Vietnamese army tank crashed through its gates.
On 27 February 1962, two pilots of Diệm's Republic of Vietnam Air Force, Nguyễn Văn Cử and Phạm Phú Quốc, rebelled and flew two A-1 Skyraider aircraft towards the palace and bombed it, instead of going on a raid against the Việt Cộng. As a result, almost the entire left wing was destroyed. However, Diệm and his family escaped the assassination attempt. As it was almost impossible to restore the palace, Diệm ordered it demolished and commissioned a new building in its place. The new palace was constructed according to a design by Ngô Viết Thụ, a Vietnamese architect who won the First Grand Prize of Rome (Grand Prix de Rome) in 1955, the highest recognition of the Beaux-Arts school in Paris. He was also a laureate of the Prix de Rome awarded by the French government.
The construction of the new Independence Palace started on 1 July 1962. Meanwhile, Diệm and his ruling family moved to Gia Long Palace (today the Ho Chi Minh City Museum). However, Diệm did not see the completed hall as he and his brother and chief adviser Ngô Đình Nhu were assassinated after a coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh in November 1963. The completed hall was inaugurated on 31 October 1966 by the chairman of the National Leadership Committee, General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, who was then the head of a military junta. The Independence Hall served as Thiệu’s home and office from October 1967 to 21 April 1975, when he fled the country as communist North Vietnamese forces swept southwards in the decisive Ho Chi Minh Campaign.
In this historic building, both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution for the United States were debated and adopted.
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On August 24, 2021, I attended the Veterans’ Parade on Independence Day. This video shows veterans of the volunteer battalion 'Aidar' marching along Taras Shevchenko Boulevard (altogether, about 18,000 Donbas war veterans took part in the parade). While the veteran units were marching, as in this video, chants were constantly heard: 'Putin – huilo' ('dickhead') and 'Zelya – ssyklo ('bedwetter/pussy'). '
The first chant is an insult directed at the Russian ruler. It emerged and was thrown into the media space in the spring of 2014, when Russian troops annexed Crimea and the hybrid war in Donbas began. Initially, it was sung as a chant by the ultra fans of the Kharkiv football team 'Metalist.' From there, the media spread it widely, and numerous music tracks with this chant appeared. The Ukrainian people loved it, but personally, I thought back then that Putin would exact a heavy price for this unprecedented insult against him. And, in fact, that is what is happening now. Wars are not won with insults—especially when you are insulting an enemy far stronger, terrifying, and ruthless than yourself.
As for the second chant—I heard it for the first time that day, but it was clear to me why it was being shouted. In patriotic veteran circles, the view prevailed that Zelensky was afraid of Putin and was not acting firmly enough. The thing is, he ran for election under the slogan 'we just need to stop shooting' and promised to negotiate peace with Putin. That is why 73% of Ukrainian voters supported him, in contrast to Poroshenko, who at the time positioned himself as a supporter of a much tougher stance (his slogan was 'army–language–faith'). But once in the presidential chair, Zelensky was unable to fulfill his promises—among other reasons, due to active resistance from the national-patriotic part of Ukrainian society.
This actively-minded minority of society wanted the war to continue. They blocked the reopening of water supplies from the Kakhovka Reservoir to occupied Crimea and electricity supplies as well. They staged riots outside the Presidential Office on the day of the Putin–Zelensky meeting in Paris. Patriotic propagandists and bloggers criticized Zelensky’s decision to enforce a ceasefire along the contact line (allowing only return fire) and all his other attempts to reconcile with Russia. At his first presidential press conference, one well-known Ukrainian journalist directly demanded that Zelensky declare a state of war, establish a military command headquarters, and move Ukraine onto a war footing. In his YT broadcasts, he even mocked Zelensky, asking, 'Are you a president—or is it all just crap?' (Ironically, after the start of the full-scale invasion, this journalist did not go to fight at the front but fled from Kyiv to some village in the Carpathian mountains). At that moment, Zelensky’s approval rating had fallen below 30%..
Watching this video, I wonder: how many of these people are still alive today, and how many have been killed? How many have lost their health, their homes, their relatives and loved ones? How many have left Ukraine forever? Did they understand the consequences of their demands and wishes back then, four years ago? I think most of them did not. Not everyone is capable of overcoming their emotions and foreseeing the consequences of their desires, words, and actions.
Now, according to the latest Gallup polling, 69% of Ukrainians want an immediate end to the war through negotiations. This figure does not differ much from the 73% who voted for Zelensky in the 2019 elections (incidentally, Poroshenko also ran in 2014 with a promise to negotiate, and many of my friends voted for him precisely because of that promise (he gsined 55% back then).
The problem is that the Ukrainian people are not currently the decision-makers. Decisions are being made for us by global geopolitical players outside Ukraine, as well as by powerful clans inside the country. The Ukrainian people have been dragged into a war in which we had no real chance of victory, but every chance of losing our country—which is, in fact, what is happening now.
Today, I look at the actions of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and realize that I would like to see a politician of his caliber in Ukraine. Pashinyan did not give in to the emotional impulses of the ultra-patriotic part of Armenian society or the Armenian diaspora. He found the strength to make a painful decision connected with the loss of territory. He risked his political future. But by doing so, he preserved the life of his small, ancient country and its people.
It is precisely this type of politics that Ukraine currently lacks. Today, we celebrated the 34th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. I hope it will not be the last—though my feelings right now are uneasy.
Someday I'll have to go inside. I understand the interior view of the spiral is awesome. Independence, Mo.
Fireworks over Downtown Miami, Watson Island, Miami, FL
To continue my story... after seeking shelter under the I-395 bridge, the famous PINK! Bridge Al had this ingenious idea that we should climb up one of these big containers that were standing under thse bridge and shoot the fireworks from up there. I was like, these are 10 feet high, how am I supposed to get up there? Oh, they have stairs...
Yeah, they really did. So we climed up there with our tripods, put them into position and waited. It was still raining and we didn't know will there be fireworks or not? Well, the answer's in the picture. :-)
BTW, Al only told me afterwards that those were garbage containers... LOL. Didn't matter, though, (a) I sorta figured although I wasn't sure, (b) they were pretty clean (they had gotten a wash by the rain too).
View the fireworks larger on black.
In March, 1836 59 men elected from municipalities across the territory met in an unfinished frame building in Washington, TX and signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. They declared Texas independent from Mexico; penned a new constitution; and organized an interim government, giving birth to a new nation: the Republic of Texas. The building is a replica of the original Independence hall which was destroyed in a fire. The monument was donated by local school children to memorialize that "Here A Nation Was Born". The site is now part of the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park.
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The castells are one of the most original traditions of the Catalan folklore, closely linked to the celebrations of popular festivals. They consist in building human towers several stories high by amateur groups, by people seated on top of each other's shoulders. In 2010 Unesco has decided to include the castells in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, emphasizing that the human towers "are recognized by Catalan people as an integral part of their cultural identity, transmitted from generation from generation and providing community members a sense of continuity, social cohesion and solidarity".
The habit of raising human towers in places has a tradition of over 200 years and its origin is in the area of Camp de Tarragona. Over time the castells spread throughout Catalonia and ended up as a symbol of Catalan identity.
The flag on this belt is the red "Estalada", - a socialist flag for independence!
Sweetwater River from the top of Independence Rock in Natrona County, WY. The rock got it's name in pioneer days It was said that if a wagon train made it to this site by July 4th they should be able to get over the mountains before winter.
"Independence Day Fire"
These beautiful colors come with a tragic loss. As the spring mountains in Nevada are raging in fires over 10,000 acres of forest have been affected and the people who live in these mountains had to be evacuated for safety.
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Happy belated Independence Day everyone! I hope the day was well spent. And if you're not American or just couldn't care less in general, I hope the Monday was fun for you anyways.
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I am grateful to live in a nation where equality matters.
Where differences can be interesting as opposed to flawed.
And we can be who we want to be.
Who we're meant to be.
From sea to shining sea.
To the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
Happy 239th birthday, America!!
Independence day parade on Euclid Avenue in Ontario California.
To watch more of this traditional parade go to my YouTube at this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1t-1QPjHWE
For a long while now, I have had memories of seeing Independence day (July 4th) firework photos from a high vantage point overlooking a river in Austin. It took me a while before I realized that it was actually at the daftly named Pennybacker bridge overlook. But now, I had to find if and when the those fireworks would actually happen.
A bit of online search revealed that the elite Austin Country Club puts up shows, but the dates and the occurrence could not be confirmed.
And so, with much trepidation, I headed to the overlook 2 hours before the actual fireworks. Thankfully, my hypothesis was validated when I saw the small crowd of Austinites setting up for the evening show. Further validation was provided by the boats which were now arriving en-masse along the river, presumably also waiting for the show.
An hour passed by and the crowds slowly started building up. The sunset came and went, but all eyes were facing the direction of where the show would occur. Soon, it became standing room only, and it became a challenge to even keep my tripod stable in that area. Thankfully, I didn't have to wait long - the fireworks began just as the twilight blues began to fade from the sky.
It was a 20 min spectacle; and between the giant fiery explosions in the twilight blue sky, the graceful arch of the Pennybacker bridge, the trails of light in both the sky and on the road, and the throngs of boats dotting the glowing river, it was a visual treat.
And it was great to share it with the exciting crowd of people, as well as a couple of photographers, including Matt Ha.
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today is actually mexican independence day
62/365 aDaD "a duck a day"
www.timeanddate.com/holidays/mexico/independence-day
Independence Day (Día de la Independencia) is a Mexican holiday to celebrate the “cry of independence” on September 16, 1810, which started a revolt against the Spaniards. It follows from the day of the Cry of Dolores (El Grito de Dolores), on September 15.
Celebrate Independence Day
Mexicans celebrate their country’s Independence Day with fireworks, parties (fiestas), food, dance and music on September 16. Flags, flowers and decorations in the colors of the Mexican flag – red, white and green – are seen in public areas in cities and towns in Mexico. Whistles and horns are blown and confetti is thrown to celebrate this festive occasion. "Viva Mexico" or "Viva la independencia” are shouted amidst the crowds on this day.
Public Life
Independence Day is a national public holiday in Mexico. Banks, schools, government offices and many businesses are closed. Some streets and roads may be closed or restricted in major cities to make way for large celebrations. People intending on travelling via public transport in Mexico should check with public transit authorities on any timetable or route changes.
About Independence Day
Independence Day celebrates the day Miguel Hidalgo is believed to have made the cry of independence (El Grito de la Independencia) in the town of Dolores, in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Hidalgo was one of the nation’s leaders during the War of Independence in Mexico.
There is no scholarly agreement on what was exactly said by Hidalgo, but his speech, also known as the cry of Dolores (el Grito de Dolores), was made on September 16, 1810 to motivate people to revolt against the Spanish regime. Hidalgo’s army fought against the Spanish soldiers in the fight for independence, but he was captured and executed on July 30, 1811. Mexico's independence was not declared until September 28, 1821.
Happy Independence Day America! Our great land is now 244 years old and we have much to be proud of. We together write the next chapter of the American experience. In America, we can do anything, we can be anything, and we can achieve anything. Centuries from now, our legacy will be the cities we built, the leaders we crafted, the good that we did, and the monuments we created to inspire us all. America’s destiny is in our sights. America’s heroes are embedded in our hearts. America’s future is in our hands. Happy Fourth of July and God bless.
Swadhinata Stambha (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা স্তম্ভ) or Independence Monument is a national monument in Bangladesh to commemorate the historical events that took place in the Suhrawardy Udyan, previously known as Ramna Race Course ground regarding the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Government of Bangladesh took the initiative to build the monument in 1996. The construction began in 1999 and completed in 2013. Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury and Marina Tabassum designed the project. The main attraction of the project is a 50-meter high tower composed of stacked glass panels.
Rebuilding the 1803 Schooner 'Independence'
In the winter of 1803 on the banks of what is now American River, Kangaroo Island, crew from the US Brig Union, under Captain Isaac Pendleton, from Stonington, Connecticut, USA, constructed the first vessel to be built in, what was to be proclaimed, 33 years later, the State of South Australia.
Independence was born. The vessel was used for sealing operations around Kangaroo Island and as far afield as the Antipodes Islands, south of New Zealand. She was presumed lost with all hands when making her second voyage south in 1805.
Photos taken at the RIG Boathouse, American River. Information from their brochure.