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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
After the wedding, I met with my cousin Aaron and his wife Anna. We went for a drive up the nearby Colorado National Monument looking for my Great Great Great Grandfather's grave.
Vue d'ensemble
C’est au Château d’Aigle, en plein vignoble du Chablais, que les Musées de la Vigne, du Vin et de l’Etiquette ont trouvé le lieu idéal où préserver près de 2000 ans d’histoire et de patrimoine.
Taken on 28 August 2017 in Hungary around Budapest (City Park, Budapest, Hungary) (20170828-IMG_20170828_135414)
Monument to Sir Isaac Brock, a Canadian hero of the War of 1812 against the USA.
These men are dressed in War of 1812 British/Canadian uniforms.
The Washington Monument is the most prominent structure in Washington, D.C. The 555-foot, 5-1/8" marble obelisk honors the nation's founding father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory, and then became the nation's first president under the Constitution.
Taken from the top step at the Lincoln Memorial. The reflecting pool in front, and the World War II memorial in the far ground, in front of the Washington Monument.
Monument Valley Sunset
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This bus is awesome! The owner has made it a mobile monument to our armed forces. It also goes like the clappers with a supercharged V6 Calais motor pushing it along. Swivel lounge chairs in the back with TV DVD etc
Monument to Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi established one of the first Spanish settlements in the East Indies and the Pacific Islands in 1565. He was the first Governor-General of Spanish East Indies (present day as Philippines). After obtaining peace with various indigenous tribes, Miguel López de Legazpi made the Philippines the capital of the Spanish East Indies in 1571. Augustinian Friar Andrés de Urdaneta, (Order of St. Augustine) was a Spanish Circumnavigator and explorer. He achieved the "second" world circumnavigation in 1536 (the first was led by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano and their crew in 1522)
A partly-cloudy sky provides a striking backdrop for the Washington Monument.
Washington Monument Grounds
Washington Monument, District of Columbia
Dave and Emily's wedding was in the Columbia Club, right on Monument Circle in the center of Indianapolis. The Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument is really pretty, and you can go all the way up to the top (though we didn't).
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
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Centrum, Fatih District, Istanbul, TR
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A monument in a park surrounded by flags in a park with mountains in the background
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With victory at Port Gibson, Maj Gen Ulysses Grant's Northern army turned East, moving parallel to the Big Black River along the old Natchez Trace routes. Confederate Lt Gen John Pemberton was confused. The expected attack on Vicksburg from the South did not come, and with his cavalry still busy with Grierson's Raid he was effectively blinded to Grant's movements. Grant however had figured out an important fact: Vicksburg was still reliant on the railroad for supplies and reinforcements, and unless those were cut off the Confederate interior lines would quickly move enough of both to overwhelm his small army. Consequently, Grant's now 30000 troops moved towards the Mississippi State Capitol and transportation center of Jackson.
Pemberton (and his superior Gen Joseph Johnston) were indeed planning on using Jackson as a marshaling ground. They hoped to box Grant in between the Big Black River and the town of Raymond, forcing the Federal forces to attack one side or the other, exposing their rear to a Confederate counterattack. The left of the Confederate position would be the small town of Raymond. The first forces to arrive were the 4400 troops of the expanded brigade of Brig Gen John Gregg from Port Hudson, the rest having been delayed by Grierson's Raid. After an exhausting march, they received word of a Federal unit in Raymond. With word that Grant's main force remained further to the West, Gregg decided the isolated force was perfect to ambush and destroy. Gregg sent the 7th Texas under Col Hiram Granbury to decoy the Federal troops across Fourteen Mile Creek, where the rest of his forces lay in wait, after which two regiments would slip to the rear and trap Grant's troops on both sides of the creek.
Around mid-morning of May 12, 1863, the 23rd Indiana of Col John Smith's brigade blundered into the Confederate trap. Granbury's troops shattered the 23nd, and threw the 20th Ohio, into confusion, it's commander, Col Manning Force, panicked, ordering the 20th to charge into the creek bed. Despite being far in front of the rest of the brigade rapidly assembling and suffering heavy casualties, the 20th managed to hold its position as Gregg's Confederates attacked all around them. Meanwhile the flanking Confederate forces crossed the creek, aiming to trap the beleaguered Federals in Fourteen Mile Creek-and immediately came upon the entirety of Maj Gen John Logan's Federal division, arrayed in battle formation. For several days, Maj Gen John McPherson's XVII Corps had moved silently Eastward, and seeing the position along Fourteen Mile Creek had laid a trap of his own. When without cavalry Gregg attacked, he faced not a lone brigade but 12000 troops. The flanking force quickly withdrew as Logan threw his forces against Granbury's troops. It sharp fighting, the Confederate attackers were shattered in turn. Hearing of the commotion, Col Randal McGavock led a desperate counterattack into the midst of the Federal attack, throwing back his red cape to inspire his men. The attack succeeded in driving back the Federals, though McGavock fell riddled with bullets. With his reserve, Gregg managed to rally enough troops for a stand at "McGavock's Hill", holding off McPherson long enough to organize his force for a withdraw. By afternoon the Battle of Raymond was over. McPherson had successfully predicted a trap and set off a trap of his own, suffering 446 casualties, while Gregg, blinded without cavalry, had blundered badly and suffered for it, losing 820 troops. Gregg retreated to Jackson.
Grant moved both McPherson's Corps on Maj Gen William Sherman's newly arrived XV Corps to pursue Gregg and take Jackson. On May 9, Confederate Gen Joseph Johnston was ordered to "proceed at once to Mississippi and take chief command of the forces in the field." He arrived at Jackson on May 13, just as Grant's forces were approaching the city. "I am too late" Johnston wired the Confederate government, quickly finding out from Gregg that only 6000 troops were available to defend the city. He ordered an evacuation.
Early on May 14, McPherson troops encountered Gregg's defenses on the O. P. Wright farm. A sudden rainstorm put a halt to fighting until midmorning, after which the Federal troops attacked by bayonets and drove the Confederate troops back into the earthworks of Jackson. To the South, Sherman's troops were held up by a creek, before being able to flank the mostly empty fortifications in the area by 2:00PM. Around this time, Gregg found that his army wagon trains had successfully withdrawn from the field. With overwhelming forces approaching, Gregg broke off contact and retreated. The small Battle of Jackson was over, costing 300 Federal and 850 Confederate casualties.
Grant's troops quickly unfurled a United States flag atop the Mississippi state capitol. Deciding against occupying the city and using up his limited manpower, Grant ordered all military assets destroyed. While Sherman remained behind to destroy machine shops and factories, cut telegraph lines, and destroy railroad tracks, Grant immediately moved out with the rest of his army towards Vicksburg.
The Battles of Raymond and Jackson are seen as more lost opportunities for the Confederate forces. Reinforcements were indeed streaming towards Vicksburg, and it is generally agreed that had Johnston managed to hold out longer at Jackson he would have soon received some 15000 reinforcements, enough to prevent Grant from quickly removing the threat to his rear. As it was, the loss of the capitol of Mississippi was a blow to morale, the loss of industry a blow to Confederate industry, and Johnston's forces were now scattered all over the state, unable to respond to Grant's move back towards Vicksburg.
Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The monument was erected in 1904, by public subscription, in memory of 148 men from Buckinghamshire who died
during the Second Boer War. The monument was almost totally destroyed by lightning in 1938 and was rebuilt in the same year. It was again badly damaged by a lightning strike in the early 1990s and spent several months in repair. It is now equipped with lightning conductors to prevent this from happening again.
Monument on top of the Law Hill in Dundee, In black and white, with Tay Rail Bridge in the background.
Standing high on the Blackdown Hills, the Wellington Monument, at 175ft, is the tallest three-sided obelisk in the world.
The idea to erect a monument to the Duke of Wellington was first proposed in 1815 following the Duke's victory at the Battle of Waterloo. Following an architectural competition, Thomas Lee Jnr was appointed to design the monument. He proposed a triangular pillar supported on a plinth and surmounted by a massive cast iron statue of the Duke himself. The whole structure was intended to be 140 feet (43m) high.
Funds ran out in a matter of months and building work ceased, by which time the pillar was only 45 feet (14m). When construction eventually resumed it continued in fits and starts for a number of years. By this time public interest in the project had waned and as a result the original design was pared down considerably. It was finished in the 1820s with the pillar the proposed height. The cast iron statue was never commissioned however and so in effect the monument became an obelisk rather than a plinth and statue as originally intended.
Lightning strikes in 1846 and possibly again in the early 1850s caused serious structural damage. Charles Giles, a local architect, declared it a public danger. Giles was instructed to prepare a scheme for the repair and completion of the monument. These events coincided with the death of the Duke of Wellington.
Giles came up with something very different from the original plan. He set out to transform the monument from a statue bearing pillar into the tallest obelisk in Britain.
However by 1892 the monument had again fallen into disrepair. The top of the plinth was rebuilt and the shaft extended to the height we see today. Thereafter it has been subjected to repeated restoration work of a major nature but its character has remained unchanged.
The National Trust took over management responsibility for the monument in 1934.
Work continues on making it fit for the future.