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We arrived at the Armenian cathedral in the middle of an event commemorating and affirming the Armenian genocide of 1915. I assume the flags represent the countries that have acknowledged the genocide.
A fairly large crowd had gathered to hear the speeches and support the protest against genocide deniers.
Esfahan, Iran.
"Remembering Barbara Bush" at Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management, was held on September 24, 2018. The two-part event celebrated the life and legacy of Mrs. Bush. Moderated by Cokie Roberts, the panels included Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush Hager, Pierce Bush, Jeb Bush, Jr., Ellie LeBlond Sosa, Andy Card, Susan Baker, and Susan Page.
Photos by Grant Miller for the George W. Bush Presidential Center
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
For Veterans Day (US) and Remembrance Day (CAN). Make sure you take the time to reflect today.. the world we live in would be much, much different if it weren't for our soldiers. I am grateful that we have, and have had, those men and women to fight for our freedoms.
Bev remembering her great uncle who's name is on the roll of honour on this Digger memorial , just above her left shoulder . Sydney John Penhaligon ... killed in action at Gallipoli . 15/5/1915
Less We Forget
ANZAC Day 2024
Kenmore . Brisbane
National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy, Washington, VA.
Former Spanish Air Force CASA 352L (T.2B-255) and on display as D-ADLH a German Junkers JU-52/3M. Over one hundred and fifty of the type were license built in Spain, hence the CASA connection.
This particular one was temporarily based in the UK at Blackbushe in the late seventies as G-BFHD. Along with some T-28 Fennecs from the Morrocan Air Force and some C-47s and B-25s, too.
Governor Hogan Participates in the Maryland Remembers Memorial Service by Staff Photographers at Miller Senate Office, 11 Bladen St, Annapolis, MD 21401
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These guys always always cause a stir when there around, especially whe there out in the open and give us all a great opportunity to photograph them. Remember to have a great day and a great Thanksgiving Holiday, and thanks for the visit.
Also remembering Phyllis Larkin R.I.P. Ballyfermot Drive who was the cook in the 80s and Joan Tyrell R.I.P. Ballyfermot Cresent
Photo taken from their Booklet
"REO's Mom had 4 sisters....5 girls in the
family....0 boys. All 5 became school
teachers and all were very musical, playing
the piano and singing in the choir. His
Mom is 90 now and she has just lost her
last sister who was 100....actually 12 days
short of 101. Sarah was the entertainment
at her 100th birthday party doing the sing-
ing and piano playing herself! tee hee
She was a sight....full of talent, humor,
and determination....lots of fun to be
around. We will miss Aunt Sarah!"
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"Have a good week Everyone!"
~Mary Lou
On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1's crew--Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee--was killed when a fire erupted in their capsule during testing. Apollo 1 was originally designated AS-204 but following the fire, the astronauts' widows requested that the mission be remembered as Apollo 1 and following missions would be numbered subsequent to the flight that never made it into space.
Image credit: NASA
"As long as there's one person on earth who remembers you, it isn't over."
-Oscar Hammerstein from the Musical Carousel
I remember honoring my uncle Richard in my younger days, he was killed on Thanksgiving Day in Viet Nam the same year I was born. I remember honoring all those who passed before in the the Korean, WWII, WWI and the Civil War.
As I grew older, we started to honor the Peace Officers, Firefighters and relatives and friends, too. But, I have to say, even after honoring those in the first Gulf War, the one event that changed the way I realize the true significance of what Memorial Day is all about would have to be the one- seemingly, normal day of 9/11/2011. But, normal it would never be again. Since 9/11, the sacrifice of those lost in that day of National Tragedy, and the thousands lost since then in Afghanistan and Iraq really have given my heart and soul a sense what the day is all about. This photo is my expression of my feelings of my observance to all those lost, those who served and those who do still stand that post. God Bless America and Amen.
2 oz rye whiskey (Old Overholt)
3/4 oz sweet vermouth (Martini & Rossi)
1/4 oz cherry brandy (Cherry Heering)
1/2 tsp absinthe (Absente)
Stir well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
This is a fantastic cocktail, perhaps my new favorite drink (or my new favorite drink for this week, anyway). It's basically another variation on the Manhattan, similar to the Kentucky Royale that I posted a few weeks ago. While sipping this I came to realize that the garnish here is more than simply window dressing; it actually adds something to the drink. Some recipes I've seen use a cherry, but the drink is sweet enough as is, and the subtle lemon aroma helps to brighten it up a bit. I'm not sure that Absente qualifies as absinthe, but it's similarly potent and has a very strong anise kick, so it makes for an able substitute. (I hesitate to spend >$50 on an ingredient that I'm only likely to use on rare occasions by the half-teaspoonful, so a 50ml bottle of Absente works just fine.)
Source: See both Paul Clarke (Serious Eats) and Jay Hepburn (Oh Gosh!). See also Eric Alperin, of Los Angeles bar The Varnish, who gives this the Sazerac treatment (spraying the glass with absinthe rather than mixing it directly into the drink).
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. The Virginia Beach Fraternal Order of Police hosts this annual memorial service as a tribute to all local law enforcement officers that have died in the line of duty in service to the City of Virginia Beach.
Reminder: Flags should be flown at half-staff on May 15th
This tribute to American law enforcement officers is part of the historic crime bill that President Bill Clinton signed into law in 1994. At the request of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Public Law 103-322 designates Peace Officers Memorial Day as one of only two days each year during which government agencies, businesses and residents are to fly their U.S. flags at half-staff.
“Just as we honor those who died in military service each Memorial Day, our nation pauses each May 15th to show its appreciation for the more than 20,000 men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy here at home,” said Craig W. Floyd, Memorial Fund Chairman and CEO. “Lowering flags to half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day is also a way to remember the family members, friends and colleagues these brave American heroes left behind.”
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These images are the record of an emotional visit. Beyond the pictures I want to share some of the details that I have found and so I have included some links below. The times we live in still hold onto to prejudice and persecution. In some areas we may not be hanging and burning women as witches, but we have new ways to to castigate people and to destroy them. Our ancestors hung and burned those they feared and those that they wanted out of the way. We seem at times to have transformed our lives and found a better world to share, it also seems that we need to look back into our history and learn lessons to continue our progression so that the fear and hatred of groups will not be raised and set upon individuals and other groups. Innocent women have been tortured and hung, or burned to fulfil the process demanded by society and in honouring their memory and in keep alive their story we have a chance to progress. In my remembering of the now seemingly inhuman ridiculous witch trials I wish to focus on the historical occurrence and to try to understand how something so terrible happened to ensure we do not forget our past which is an indication of our potential present and possible future and at the end of my journey through the viscous witch craze realise the horror within us and from that perspective honour the memory of the persecuted.
The old sign read,
“The Witches Stone of Spott.
Marion Lillie, the Ringwoody Witch was burnt here in 1698.
The stone is reputed to stand on the site of the burning of the last witch in the South of Scotland.
Near to this site the Birley Tree stood, under whose branches the local Birley Court was held.”
The Witches Stone is said to mark the spot where Marion Lillie, known as the Rigwoody, or Ringwoodie Witch, was burned at the stake in 1698 and serves to commemorate Marion Lillie and the plight and deaths of many others that were executed for witchcraft. The site outside the current village is thought to have been used as a place of trial, punishment and execution. The term, “Rigwoodie,” is an old Scottish word used to denote someone thin and bony. With many terms involved around the persecution of witchcraft it might be that the term is being recorded in to indicate both an improper sexual allure through magic and to add sexual allure to the telling and retelling of the story. Some authors record that many witches were burnt on the top of, “Spott loan”, in 1705, seven years after the death of Marion Lillie in 1698 which if accurate would reveal that Marion Lillie was not the last witch to be burned in the South of Scotland.
To this day the very harsh nature of times gone by including religious punishment can be seen at Spott kirk. An iron chain and neckbrace, or the 'Jougs' are displayed on the external wall near the kirk door. Contemporary locals keep a tradition of placing a coin on the Witches' Stane when passing so as to avoid bad luck. The now fenced off monument attracts other offerings too. The outcast and the persecuted are better remembered over time and there is a greater acceptance of witchcraft than before whether in the past it was anything like we often now think of it with it being a popular theme in contemporary culture.
It is noted that the area around Spott was notorious for its witch burnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. East Lothian has been made infamous due well publicised witch trials, with records detailing allegations, trials and convictions around Haddington, Tranent and North Berwick. The Iron Age hill fort on The Chesters, not far to the south west of Spott was also linked to witch burnings. From early drawings it is possible that the current stone is the last survivors of several that were a part of a megalithic monument. The current monument attracts good attention for the right reasons and it serves for commemoration of society being inhumane which is something that we all need to struggle against and to succeed in fighting. To witches and to all that society would seek to silence there is a potential for full re-evaluation unfortunately all too often after terrible costs of life.
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Further References
Field Visit (25 June 1913)
RCAHMS County Inventory: East Lothian
A rough block of stone about 22 inches across both ways but almost entirely covered with road scrapings, lies at the root of the hedge on the southern side of the road some 3/8 mile south-west of Spott Church and 90 yards north-east of the junction of the road to. Little Spott. This stone is placed near the spot where Marion Lillie the Ringwoodie Witch was burnt. At the western corner of the junction of the road to Little Spott stands the Birley Tree, an ash tree, 12 feet 4 inches in girth 6 feet from the ground, which marks the place where the Birley Courts were held in olden days.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 25 June 1913.
canmore.org.uk/collection/1460251
Drawing of the Witches' Stane.
James Drummond
Description Drawing of the Witches' Stane.
Date 1/9/1849
Collection Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 203322
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ELD 177/1
Scope and Content SAS 386 p.77.
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS 386
Permalink canmore.org.uk/collection/1460251
Some 500 yards east of the dwelling house on Innerwick Farm and nearly 200 yards south of the public road, in a field called Single Knowes field, is a slightly rising piece of ground known as the Witches Knowe, on which a number of witches are said to have been burnt.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 26 June 1913
About 80 years ago, while foundations were being prepared for the old hot-houses in Spott House gardens, the skeletal remains of a number of men with fragments of their accoutrements, including broken swords and buttons, were found, no doubt relics of some of the Covenanters who fell at the battle of Dunbar. All the remains were re-interred in the Kirkyard of Spott, 26 feet from the north-eastern corner of the church and some 5 or 6 feet east of the line of the wall of the church.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 25 June 1913.
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A 250-mile running challenge ‘Run to Remember’ ended on at Manchester’s Sportcity on Friday 4th of April.
Police officers and staff from across the country raised an estimated £100,000 for charity running in the memory of Greater Manchester Police officer Nicola Hughes.
The challenge saw 1,800 officers from run two miles-a-day for 125 days.
Nicola and her colleague PC Fiona Bone were killed while investigating a suspected burglary in Hattersley, Tameside in 2012.
Friday saw hundreds of officers and staff running the final two-mile leg around the Manchester Regional Arena.
Nicola's father Bryn, who organized the challenge said: “It has been fantastic, the turnout and determination has been amazing.
“It has been so overwhelming – at times you cannot describe it. The amount of support we have had has just been overwhelming,
"I wanted to do something positive to remember Nicola by. The biggest motivation is making sure people remember Nicola and remember what sort of person she was."
The money raised will go to the charities Care of Police Survivors, the North West Police Benevolent Fund and Victim Support.
Bryn added: “I want to do something that Nicola would have been proud of me for and I also want to raise money for the three charities that have helped us so much during this time and will probably continue to help us for a great deal longer,"
Bryn’s next challenge is to run a marathon at the North Pole.
www.pchughesnorthpolerun.co.uk
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Cedric Brumley, another member of the CPD wheelchair auxilliary, followed in my footsteps by also suffering a torn Aorta during a squad car crash, and also became a paraplegic as a result.
We both try to attend events such as this to remember our fellow officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
A mother tells the story of how her son, aged eight on September 11, 2001, vowed to join the US military, and has now enrolled at the US military academy at West Point, to graduate in 2015.
This is another multiple plate linocut.... as you can see I am experimenting with all kinds of backgrounds, and of course, spending so much time in Asia , it shows doesn't it? Elephants is of course my longest running love affair... think I was one... at least felt like one this Sunday when I scraped my knee something fierce chasing my dog in the park! Anyway... the elephant is the same plate all through the 4 images.... I really am happy with it in black and white too.
Anyway... please visit www.mleeprints.blogspot.com for a look at Marissa's work, talk about mastering this technique! Thank you Marissa for being such an inspiration!