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This is a monument to a glider that crashed in the field behind this monument. The monument is in the car park of the red lion pub in Axford. The glider took off from Ramsbury airfield where Easy and the rest of the 1st and 2nd battalions took off from for practise jumps. It does not appear that any of the 506th were on board when the glider crashed.
The Yorktown Victory Monument commemorates the victory at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, that led to the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. The monument was authorized by Congress in 1781, but was not built until 1884. The figure of Liberty was replaced in 1956 after the original was damaged by lightening in 1942.
Colonial Historical National Park.
Stirling Highland Games 2007
The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish hero.
The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign, which accompanied a resurgence of Scottish national identity in the 19th century. In addition to public subscription, it was partially funded by contributions from a number of foreign donors, including Italian national leader Giuseppe Garibaldi. Completed in 1869 to the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead at a cost of £18,000, the monument is a 67-metre (220 ft) sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style.
The tower stands on the Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The monument is open to the general public. Visitors climb the 246 step spiral staircase to the viewing gallery inside the monument's crown, which provides expansive views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth Valley.
A number of artifacts believed to have belonged to Wallace are on display inside the monument, including the Wallace Sword, a 1.63-metre (5 ft, 4 in) long sword weighing almost three kilograms.[3] Inside is also a Hall of Heroes, a series of busts of famous Scots, effectively a small national Hall of Fame. [Wikipedia]
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the early Continental Army and the first American president.
The monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 555 feet 5 1⁄8 inches (169.294 m) tall. Taller monumental columns exist, but they are neither all stone nor true obelisks.
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"
You can see two boys playing with a broken office chair on the top-most level, while monks swathed in saffron robes return to the pagodas for their afternoon sessions. When you see a monk in Cambodia, you always know what time it is...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Pullman National Monument, also known as The Pullman District and Pullman Historic District, is located in Chicago and was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The district had its origins in the manufacturing plans and organization of the Pullman Company, and became one of the most famous company towns in the United States, as well as the scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. It was built for George Pullman as a place to produce the famous Pullman sleeping cars.
Originally built beyond the Chicago city limits, it is now in what is the Pullman community area of Chicago, the district includes the Pullman factory and also the Hotel Florence, named after George Pullman's daughter. Also within the district is the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, named for the prominent labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, which recognizes and explores African American labor history. Parts of the site, in recent decades have been owned by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency prior to gifting them to the federal government. Additional grounds remain owned by the state, as The Pullman State Historic Site. The Pullman District, including the national monument, state historic site, and private homes is east of Cottage Grove Avenue, from East 103rd St. to East 115th St. It was named a Chicago Landmark district on October 16, 1972. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.
Source: Wikipedia
This controversial monument is next to the multidisciplinary technical lyceum №1501 and is a symbol of the institution, which is like a chicken-hen, warms his warm eggs, hatching chicks learn to take the first steps in the development of science and helps them to make the first flight in life.
Этот неоднозначный памятник находится рядом со зданием многопрофильного технического лицея №1501 и является символом данного учебного заведения, которое как курица-наседка, согревает своим теплом яйца, учит вылупляющихся птенцов делать первые шаги в освоении наук и помогает совершить им первый полет в своей жизни. Автор неизвестен.
This striking monument commemorates the American-French victory over the British in the Siege of Yorktown (1781), which effectively ended the Revolutionary War. The Yorktown Monument to the Alliance and Victory was designed by architects R.M. Hunt and Henry Van Brunt and sculpted by J.Q.A. Ward in 1881. Lightning damaged the statue of liberty atop the column and Oskar J.W. Hansen sculpted a replacement in 1957.
The monument is adorned with symbolism, including four high relief sculptures depicting military aspects of the American-French alliance. Thirteen neoclassical female figures represent the thirteen original colonies forming the United States of America. Beneath them is written, “One country, one constitution, one destiny.” Thirty-eight stars on the column represent the 38 states at the time the monument was erected. And of course, Lady Liberty stands at the top.
Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin',
And I'm bound to keep on ridin'.
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no,
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
A.B...
Flew into D.C. in a rain/snow storm.
But today was a perfect cool day. Could have used a few clouds though.
Six shot HDR, click on image to see it on black.
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Monument in the Plaza de Espana commemorates the centenary of the declaration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 in the city.
Colorado National Monument.
It's not visible in from this angle, but climbers put an American flag on top of this formation every July 4. It was up when we saw it in the morning, but the flag was gone when we viewed Independence Monument from above that afternoon.
looking north towards monument valley from arizona hwy u.s. 160 near the navajo enclave of kayenta, az.
The Battle of Mohács was fought on August 29, 1526 near Mohács, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
The Hungarians had long opposed Ottoman expansion in southeastern Europe, but the fall of Nándorfehérvár, (present-day Belgrade, Serbia) and Szabács in 1521 meant that most of southern Hungary was left indefensible. King Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, entered into marriage with Mary of Habsburg in 1522. The Ottomans saw that growing alliance as a threat to their power in the Balkans and worked to break this alliance. Even in peacetime the Ottomans raided Hungarian lands and conquered small territories (with border castles), but a final battle still offered a glimmer of hope. To such ends, in June 1526, an Ottoman expedition advanced up the Danube River.
On 29 th of August 1526, 20 000 Hungarian tryed to defense its home vs. 80-100 000 turks. The battle was short and unbalanced and followed by a huge massacre where no inhabitants were captured and kept alive, but killed.
Following this Ottomans kept occupied Hungary including the capital, Budapest, for more than 150 years.
Mohács is seen by many Hungarians as the decisive downward turning point in the country's history, a national trauma that persists in the nation's folk memory. For moments of bad luck, Hungarians still say: "more was lost at Mohács" (Több is veszett Mohácsnál). Hungarians view Mohács as marking the end of an independent and powerful European nation.
more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs
Memorial in the north nave aisle at Gloucester to Sarah Morley who died at sea in 1784. The sculptor was John Flaxman.
Gloucester Cathedral is one of England's finest churches, a masterpiece of medieval architecture consisting of a uniquely beautiful fusion of Norman Romanesque and Perpendicular Gothic from the mid 14th century onwards. Until the Reformation this was merely Gloucester's Abbey of St Peter, under Henry VIII it became one of six former monastic churches to be promoted to cathedral status, thus saving the great church from the ravages of the Dissolution.
The most obviously Norman part is the nave, immediately apparent on entering the building with it's round arches and thick columns (the exterior is the result of Gothic remodelling). Much of the remainder of the building is substantially the Norman structure also, but almost entirely modified in the later Middle Ages inside and out, the result of the great revenue brought to the abbey by pilgrims to the tomb of the murdered King Edward II in the choir. It was this transformation of the Norman church that is credited with launching the late gothic Perpendicular style in England.
The gothic choir is a unique and spectacular work, the walls so heavily panelled as to suggest a huge stone cage (disguising the Norman arches behind) crowned by a glorious net-like vault adorned with numerous bosses (those over the Altar with superb figures of Christ and angels) whilst the east wall is entirely glazing in delicate stone tracery, and still preserving most of it's original 14th century stained glass. The soaring central tower, also richly panelled with delicate pinnacles, is another testament to the abbey's increasing wealth at this time.
The latest medieval additions to the church are equally glorious, the Lady Chapel is entered through the enormous east window and is itself a largely glazed structure, though the original glass has been reduced to a few fragments in the east window, the remainder now contains beautiful Arts & Crafts stained glass by Christopher and Veronica Whall.
The early 16th century cloisters to the north of the nave are some of the most beautiful anywhere, being completely covered by exquisite fan vaulting, with a seperate lavatorium (washing room) attached to the north walk as a miniature version of the main passages.
There is much more of interest, from 14th century choir stalls with misericords to the comprehensive collection of tombs and monuments of various dates, including the elaborate tomb of Edward II and that of Robert Duke of Normandy, eldest son of William the Conqueror. The stained glass also represents all ages, from the 14th century to the striking contemporary windows by Tom Denny.
Further areas of the cathedral can be accessed at certain times, such as the Norman crypt under the choir and the triforium gallery above.
My visit coincided with the major 'Crucible' exhibition of contemporary sculpture (September-October 2010), examples of which I will upload in due course.
The Great Column at Haifa station, erected for the opening ceremony 1905 as monument commemorating the achievement of the project.
Monument: Vicrtory War Memorial (Cupid's Bow).
Location: Located in the south-west of Fort St George. The thirteen kilometer long Marina beach commences from this point. Before this there was coastal belfry at this location.
Architecture: The Victory War Memorial is actually constructed using marble. The circular enclosure is contructed using granite.
History: The Victory War Memorial was constructed with two objective:
1. To commemorate the victory of allied armies in World War I (1914 - 18).
2. To honor the martyrs who laid their lives in World War I. Later it was also treated as a war memorial for World War II (1939 - 1945). It was specifically constructed in memory of those from the Madras presidency who lot their lives in the wars. Now, inscriptions from the Kashmir Aggression (1948), Chinese Indo-China War / Aggression (1962) Indo-Pakistan War and Kargil Operation have been added there.
Customary homage is paid to the martyrs by the Armed Forces during Army Day (January 15), Infantry Day (October 27), NCC Day (November 18), Navy Day (December 3) and Vijay Diwas (December 16).
Erected in 1850, a replica of Eddystone lighthouse in memory of Sir John Barrow, explorer, member of Britains 1st mission in China, secretary of the Admiralty and a founder of the Royal Geographic society.
During the erection of this monument , the committee applied to Her Majesty's Goverment, for permission to remove the Mortal remains of the two Martyrs from Stirling, to this spot, and after a lengthened correspondence, the following letter was received from the Lord Advocate.
Guidyer House, Whitehall
London 5 May 1847
Sir, I have laid the Memorial, for the relatives of Andrew Hardie and John Baird, before Secretary Sir George Gray and I have the satisfaction of informing you that if the Kirk Session of Stirling, see no objections upon other grounds, opposition will not be made on the part of Government, to the removal of the remains of those unfortunate men from their present place of interment.
But the permission is given under the express condition, that the removal shall take place without any public notice, or intimation, and without any procession, or concourse, or attendance of people, but in the prescence of a few friends only.
Andrew Rutherford
In accordance with these instructions, the exhumation, took place at an early hour on the morning of the 20th July 1847, and the remains reinterred infront of this Monument on the same dayin prescence of a considerable assembly of friends.
'Here then they rest! and far in future years
Shall freedom dew this spot with memory's tears'