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Courtney Lake, a singer, a dancer, an actor and a landscape artist. You will find her almost weekly at Saturday New Orleans sermon at the venerable Grossman's Tavern. There are usually a lot of empty seats towards the end of the afternoon, but only because everyone is dancing at the aisles.
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To appreciate fully the atmosphere at Grossman's Please watch the short video: "Don't ya feel my Leg", sung by Courtney. (1938 Blue Lu Barker and Danny Barker)
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Sextenstein is a small mountain (2539 m) of the Dolomites located in the Three Peaks Nature Park in South Tyrol.
During World War I it served the Italian army in fighting the Austro-Hungarian troops who were on the top of the nearby Torre di Toblin. This picture shows the southern side of the mountain, the tunnels built by the Italian troops are still visible.
In spite of that, today those tunnels seem to serve fellow photographers in need of shelter for the night so that they can take lots of nice pictures 😉
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Σταυροπήγιο η έμπηξη Σταυρού ο οποίος στάλθηκε από τον Πατριάρχη κατά τη θεμελίωση Ιεράς Μονής ως ένδειξη ότι αυτή υπάγεται στη δικαιοδοσία του.
Stavropegion = the stick into of Cross who was sent by the Patriarch when establishing Monastery as an indication that it is subject to its jurisdiction.
Σῶσον, Κύριε, τὸν λαόν σου, καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοῖς βασιλεῦσι, κατὰ βαρβάρων δωρούμενος, καὶ τὸ σὸν φυλάττων, διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου πολίτευμα.
Τροπάριο για τον Τίμιο Σταυρό του οποίου την παγκόσμια Ύψωση εορτάζει σήμερα η Εκκλησία μας.
Τα έτη πολλά και ευλογημένα στους εορτάζοντες και τις εορτάζουσες!
Le palais du Prince-électeur de la ville de Trèves a été la résidence des électeurs de Trèves, c'est-à-dire des archevêques de Trèves, depuis le XVIIe siècle jusqu'en 1794. Les bâtiments renaissance et rococo ont été en partie construits sur le site de la basilique romaine de l'empereur Constantin. Au cours du XIXe siècle, l'aile ouest du palais a été détruite afin de restaurer la basilique dans son état initial.
Après l'éviction des électeurs sous Napoléon, le palais a été utilisé comme caserne par les troupes françaises et prussiennes au XIXe siècle jusqu'au début du XXe siècle. Le bâtiment a été gravement endommagé pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale . Ensuite, les bâtiments d'activité économique, appelé château inférieur, a été complètement démoli, à l'exception de la tour rouge et d'un portail. Aujourd'hui, le bâtiment abrite plusieurs administrations. Une partie de l'aile nord est utilisée par la communauté protestante (salle Caspar Olevian) tandis qu'une partie de l'aile sud est utilisée à des fins représentatives (salles de réception ou de spectacles).
The Palace of the Prince-Elector of the City of Trier was the residence of the Electors of Trier, i.e. the Archbishops of Trier, from the 17th century until 1794. The Renaissance and Rococo buildings were partly built on the site of the Roman basilica of Emperor Constantine. During the 19th century, the west wing of the palace was destroyed in order to restore the basilica to its original state.
After the Electors were ousted under Napoleon, the palace was used as barracks by French and Prussian troops in the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century. The building was badly damaged during World War II. Then the buildings of economic activity, called lower castle, were completely demolished, except for the red tower and a portal. Today, the building houses several administrations. Part of the north wing is used by the Protestant community (Caspar Olevian room) while part of the south wing is used for representative purposes (reception rooms or performance halls).
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CP 7020 leads train 199 west through Milwaukee on a wet and gloomy day.
This is the first time I can remember in the last 5 years that this train had power that was interesting leading the way.
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on January 20, 2021, before noon, marking the commencement of the four-year term of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president. The inaugural ceremony took place on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. and was the 59th presidential inauguration. Biden took the presidential oath of office, before which Harris took the vice presidential oath of office.
It was quite the spectacle. Lots of roads were closed down. Most of the captial was fenced in. There was troops and law enforcement everywhere. Fema was there. It felt very surreal. I almost felt I was getting a glimpse of the future under martial law. There was also some checkpoints where you had to be searched in order to cross. It felt like a very dreadful day. As I only saw one person excited for the victory. Everyone turned and looked at them as to say without saying what are you excited for?
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Die Lauenburger Elbbrücke. Fotografiert von der Elbpromenade Lauenburger Altstadt.
Der erste Bau einer Brücke über die Elbe bei Lauenburg erfolgte 1878. Dieser wurde Ende des 2. Weltkrieges von den eigenen Truppen gesprengt, um den Vormarsch der Britischen Truppen zu verhindern.
Der Wiederaufbau als kombinierte Straßen- und Eisenbahnbrücke erfolgte bis 1951. Das Bauwerk verbindet Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein im Zuge der B 209, die ihrerseits in Lauenburg an der Brücke über den Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal in die B 5 mündet. Der Brückenzug ist mit einer Länge von 517 Metern länger als der vorherige. Er besitzt acht Öffnungen, wobei die Stromrinne mit einem zweifeldrigen Strebenfachwerkträger mit je 104,61 Meter Stützweite überspannt wird. Die Vorlandbrücken sind stählerne Vollwandträgerkonstruktionen mit Stützweiten von rund 53 Meter.
Eine weitere Straßenbrücke über die Elbe zwischen Schleswig-Holstein und Niedersachsen ist die Elbbrücke Geesthacht. Sie befindet sich ebenfalls östlich von Hamburg bei der Staustufe von Geesthacht im Zuge der B 404.
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The first construction of a bridge over the Elbe near Lauenburg took place in 1878. This was blown up by the company's own troops at the end of World War II to prevent the advance of British troops.
The reconstruction as a combined road and rail bridge took place until 1951. The structure connects Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in the course of the B 209, which in turn joins the B 5 in Lauenburg on the bridge over the Elbe-Lübeck Canal. With a length of 517 meters, the bridge is longer than the previous one. It has eight openings, with the flow channel being spanned with a two-field strut lattice girder with a span of 104.61 meters each. The approach bridges are steel solid wall girder constructions with spans of around 53 meters.
Another road bridge over the Elbe between Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony is the Geesthacht Elbe Bridge. It is also located east of Hamburg at the Geesthacht barrage on the B 404.
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Anaklia (Georgian: ანაკლია) is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea.
The earliest settlement on Anaklia's territory dates back to the mid-Bronze Age and is typical to the Colchian culture. It is the Classical Heraclea of Colchis, Anaclia of later authors, and Anarghia of Archangelo Lamberti and Jean Chardin (both the 17th-century travelers). After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, it was an important fortified town, sea port and fishing station within the Principality of Mingrelia. In 1723, the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire and converted into its maritime outpost and slave-trading locale. Western Georgian kingdom of Imereti regained control over Anaklia in 1770, seizing the opportunity of Ottoman Empire being at war with Russia (Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)). Solomon I, the king of Imereti, was supposed to be supported in this endeavor by a small Russian contingent under General Totleben, but the Russian troops retreated before a clash against the Turks.
In 1802, Kelesh-Bey Sharvashidze, the pro-Turkish ruler of the neighboring Principality of Abkhazia, capitalized on the internecine feuds in Mingrelia, and forced Prince Grigol Dadiani of Mingrelia into surrendering Anaklia, taking Grigol’s son and heir, Levan, as a hostage. When Mingrelia accepted the Russian protectorate in 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Tsitsianov, demanded that Kelesh-Bey release Levan. On his refusal, Tsitsianov sent Major General Ion Rykgof into Abkhazia. In March 1805, the Russians took hold of Anaklia and threatened to march against Sukhum-Kaleh, forcing the Abkhazian prince to release Dadiani. The capture of Anaklia drew an Ottoman protest, however, and Tsitsianov hastened to disavow his subordinate and even apologize for his action, removing a Russian garrison from Anaklia. However, the incident added to an increasing tension between the two empires. When the next Russo-Turkish War broke out in 1806, the Russian forces restored Redoubt Kali and Anaklia to the Mingrelian prince Levan who would later relinquish the control of these forts to the Russian administration. (See Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Black Sea Coast.) In the 1850s, Anaklia was a small but strongly fortified seaport, which had a custom-house and carried on a considerable trade with Turkey.
Subsequently, the importance of the Anaklia port significantly reduced, but it remained a minor Black Sea Fleet base in the Soviet times.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), a Russian peacekeeping post was opened at Anaklia in 1994. In 2006, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported numerous damages inflicted by the Russian soldiers upon the 17th-century fortress of Anaklia and accused the peacekeepers of installing latrines and baths within the walls of the fort. Following a series of protests by the Georgians, the Russian military post was withdrawn in July 2007.
A monument has been erected in Anaklia on May 21, 2012, commemorating Russia's expulsion of the Circassian people from the region following the conclusion of the Caucasian War in the 1860s. The May 21 date was chosen to coincide with the day on which the Circassian people themselves commemorate the expulsion, which the Georgian government has recognized as an act of genocide. The monument was designed by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
On a beautiful September 12, 1993, the WC operated en inspection train thru Stevens Point. On the rear was a contingent of WC officers lead by Ed Burkhardt. He gave a nice after I took the photo. I wish I would have had the sense to have taken a photo of it.
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"...The demeanor of the cactus wren is that of a creature which finds ample interest and enjoyment in life; especially is this true of the immature individuals. The birds of the summer brood remain together for several weeks after leaving the nest, and in little troops of three or four they come fearlessly about houses and perform all manner of clownish antics and acrobatics, all to the accompaniment of a rollicking chatter. I have seen one start from the seat of a wicker chair, run nimbly up the back and over the top, and hang head downward on the other side; often they race back and forth along the ridge of a building with exultant squawks, perhaps clinging to the edge of the roof and twisting their necks to peer underneath. Their curiosity is insatiable; everything must be climbed over, all packages, receptacles, cracks, and crannies looked into and anything inside pulled out if possible. Though the adults lose some of the frivolity, the attitude of good humor seems to remain, and quarrels are few. The only actual battle I recall seeing resulted when one immature bird attempted to bring material to a nest being built by another."
Mr. Dawson (1923)
Plaza Mayor, Aínsa, Sobrarbe, Aragón, España.
La villa de Aínsa, capital del municipio de Aínsa-Sobrarbe, es un pueblo de la provincia de Huesca, en la comarca de Sobrarbe, en la Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón (España).
Está situado en el alto Pirineo de Huesca, en la comarca del Sobrarbe. Es la capital junto a Boltaña del antiguo condado de Sobrarbe.
Parte de su término municipal está ocupado por el Parque natural de la Sierra y los Cañones de Guara.
Su núcleo original, que se emplaza en un promontorio sobre la confluencia de los ríos Cinca y Ara, está formado por dos calles casi paralelas, la calle Mayor y la calle Santa Cruz, por la plaza Mayor que se sitúa a continuación del castillo situado en una explanada, a proximidad de la cruz cubierta, templete donde la leyenda sitúa el milagro de la aparición de la cruz de fuego sobre una carrasca, que dio la victoria a las tropas cristianas al mando del rey García Jiménez.
Con clara distribución medieval, el casco histórico de Aínsa está declarado Conjunto Histórico-Artístico desde 1965. Actualmente es un centro turístico de relevancia
The town of Aínsa, capital of the municipality of Aínsa-Sobrarbe, is a town in the province of Huesca, in the Sobrarbe region, in the Autonomous Community of Aragón (Spain).
It is located in the high Pyrenees of Huesca, in the Sobrarbe region. It is the capital next to Boltaña of the old county of Sobrarbe.
Part of its municipal term is occupied by the Natural Park of the Sierra and the Cañones de Guara.
Its original nucleus, which is located on a promontory over the confluence of the Cinca and Ara rivers, is formed by two almost parallel streets, Calle Mayor and Calle Santa Cruz, by the Plaza Mayor that is located next to the castle located in an esplanade, near the covered cross, a temple where the legend places the miracle of the appearance of the fiery cross on a holm oak, which gave victory to the Christian troops under the command of King García Jiménez.
With a clear medieval distribution, the historic center of Aínsa has been declared a Historic-Artistic Site since 1965. Currently it is a tourist center of relevance
Thank you to everyone who serves and has served our country. There are so many people who support you no matter what. I can't even imagine how much you all give for this country. Again, thank you :)
Facade of a house in Brihuega (Guadalajara, Spain), decorated during the Lavender Festival 2024.
On the occasion of flowering, several events are organized in the town, including guided tours of the fields, the Lavender Festival, balloon and paragliding flights, cooking classes and technical workshops on the cultivation of aromatic plants, pollinators at risk and similar topics.
Brihuega is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 2,835 inhabitants.
In 1710 a tough battle took place in the municipality between Lord Stanhope's troops and the Franco-Spanish army during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715).
The town was also the scene of violent battles during the Battle of Guadalajara in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). (Source: Wikipedia)
Currently it is a beautiful town, worth a visit and enjoy its streets, its fields and its gastronomy.
UNA CASA DE BRIHUEGA, 2024
Fachada de una casa de Brihuega (Guadalajara, España), adornada durante las jornadas del Festival de la Lavanda 2024.
Con motivo de la floración se organizan varios actos en la localidad, entre los que destacan las visitas guiadas a los campos, la Fiesta de la Lavanda, vuelos en globo y parapente, clases de cocina y jornadas técnicas sobre el cultivo de plantas aromáticas, polinizadores en riesgo y temas similares.
Brihuega es un municipio situado en la provincia de Guadalajara, España. Según el censo de 2007 (INE), el municipio tiene una población de 2.835 habitantes.
En 1710 tuvo lugar una dura batalla en el municipio entre las tropas de Lord Stanhope y el ejército franco-español durante la Guerra de Sucesión Española (1701-1715).
La localidad también fue escenario de violentas batallas durante la Batalla de Guadalajara en la Guerra Civil Española (1936-1939). (Fuente: Wikipedia).
Actualmente es un precioso pueblo, merecedor de una visita y disfrutar de sus calles, sus campos y su gastronomía.
UP 1943 leads train ZLTG2-14, as it approaches Union Grove, IL. With my normal luck being the way it is, the train is running wrong main and is on the close track.
I'm a huge Warhammer Fantasy fan, so for my first Summer Joust 2020 entry I went for a Warhammer - like vignette.
Hope you like it :) Check out the linked flickr group, there's plenty of time to enter the awesome castle contest!
Santa Elena Augusta
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady on Thorns (Aranzazu)
Municipality of San Mateo
Province of Rizal
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SantaCruzang Bayan 2008
May 25, 2008
About SAINT HELENA
Venerated in:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Lutheran
Anglicanism
Canonized:
Her canonization precedes the practice of formal Canonization by the Pope or the relevant Orthodox and Lutheran churches.
Feast:
Roman Catholic: August 18
Lutheran: May 21
Orthodox: May 19
Coptic Orthodox: 9 Pashons
**Finding of the True Cross: May 03
Symbol: Cross
Derivatives: St. Helena of Constantinople, St. Helen, St. Eleanor
Patronage: archeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, also known as Saint Helena, Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (ca. 250 – ca. 330) was consort of Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross.
Family Life: Helena's birthplace is not known with certainty. The sixth-century historian Procopius is the earliest authority for the statement that Helena was a native of Drepanum, in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Her son Constantine renamed the city "Helenopolis" after her death in 328, giving rise to the belief that the city was her birthplace. Although he might have done so in honor of her birthplace, Constantine probably had other reasons for doing so. The Byzantinist Cyril Mango has argued that Helenopolis was refounded to strengthen the communication network around his new capital in Constantinople, and was renamed to honor Helena, not to mark her birthplace. There is another Helenopolis, in Palestine, but its exact location is unknown. This city, and the province of Helenopontus in the Diocese of Pontus, were probably both named after Constantine's mother.
The bishop and historian Eusebius of Caesarea states that she was about 80 on her return from Palestine. Since that journey has been dated to 326–28, Helena was probably born in 248 or 250. Little is known of her early life. Fourth-century sources, following Eutropius' Breviarium, record that she came from a low background. Ambrose was the first to call her a stabularia, a term translated as "stable-maid" or "inn-keeper". He makes this fact a virtue, calling Helena a bona stabularia, a "good stable-maid". Other sources, especially those written after Constantine's proclamation as emperor, gloss over or ignore her background.
It is unknown where she first met her future partner Constantius. The historian Timothy Barnes has suggested that Constantius, while serving under Emperor Aurelian, could have met her while stationed in Asia Minor for the campaign against Zenobia. Barnes calls attention to an epitaph at Nicomedia of one of Aurelian's protectors, which could indicate the emperor's presence in the Bithynian region soon after 270. The precise legal nature of the relationship between Helena and Constantius is unknown: the sources are equivocal on the point, sometimes calling Helena Constantius' "wife", and sometimes calling her his "concubine". Jerome, perhaps confused by the vague terminology of his own sources, manages to do both. Some scholars, such as the historian Jan Drijvers, assert that Constantius and Helena were joined in a common-law marriage, a cohabitation recognized in fact but not in law. Others, like Timothy Barnes, assert that Constantius and Helena were joined in an official marriage, on the grounds that the sources claiming an official marriage are more reliable.
Helena gave birth to Constantine I in 272. In 293, Constantius was ordered by emperor Diocletian to divorce her in order to qualify as Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, and he was married to the step-daughter of Maximian, Theodora. Helena never remarried and lived in obscurity, though close to her only son, who had a deep regard and affection for her.
Constantine was proclaimed Augustus of the Roman Empire in 306 by Constantius' troops after the
latter had died, and following his elevation his mother was brought back to the public life and the imperial court, and received the title of Augusta in 325. Helena died in 330 with her son at her side. Her sarcophagus is on display in the Pio-Clementino Vatican Museum. During her life, she gave many presents to the poor, released prisoners and mingled with the ordinary worshippers in modest attire, exhibiting a true Christian spirit.
Sainthood: She is considered by the Orthodox and Catholic churches as a saint, famed for her piety. Her feast day as a saint of the Orthodox Christian Church is celebrated with her son on May 21, the Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal to the Apostles. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church falls on August 18. Her feast day in the Coptic Orthodox Church is on 9 Pashons. Eusebius records the details of her pilgrimage to Palestine and other eastern provinces (though not her discovery of the True Cross). She is the patron saint of archaeologists. The names "Saint Eleanor" and "Saint Eleanora" are usually synonymous for Saint Helen.
Relic Discoveries: In 325, Helena was in charge of a journey to Jerusalem to gather Christian relics, by her son Emperor Constantine I, who had recently declared Rome as a Christian city. Jerusalem was still rebuilding from the destruction of Hadrian, a previous emperor, who had built a temple to Venus over the site of Jesus's tomb, near Calvary.
According to legend, Helena entered the temple with Bishop Macarius, ordered the temple torn down and chose a site to begin excavating, which led to the recovery of three different crosses. Refused to be swayed by anything but solid proof, a woman from Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain disease, was brought; when the woman touched a cross suddenly recovered and Helena declared the cross with which the woman had been touched to be the True Cross. On the site of discovery, she built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, while she continued building churches on every Holy site.
She also found the nails of the crucifixion. To use their miraculous power to aid her son, Helena allegedly had one placed in Constantine's helmet, and another in the bridle of his horse. Helena left Jerusalem and the eastern provinces in 327 to return to Rome, bringing with her large parts of the True Cross and other relics, which were then stored in her palace's private chapel, where they can be still seen today. Her palace was later converted into the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
The reliquary of Jerusalem was committed to the care of Saint Macarius and kept with singular care and respect in the magnificent church which Saint Helen and her son built there. Saint Paulinus relates that, though chips were almost daily cut off from it and given to devout persons, yet the sacred wood suffered thereby no diminution. It is affirmed by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, twenty-five years after the discovery, that pieces of the cross were spread all over the earth; he compares this wonder to the miraculous feeding of five thousand men, as recorded in the Gospel. The discovery of the cross would have happened in the spring, after navigation began on the Mediterranean Sea, for Saint Helen went the same year to Constantinople and from there to Rome, where she died in the arms of her son on the 18th of August of the same year, 326.
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Petra (Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα), originally known as Raqmu (Nabataean Arabic: الرقيم), is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Petra lies on the slope of Jabal Al-Madbah in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah valley that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Established possibly as early as the 4th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom. The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra's proximity to the trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub.
The trading business gained the Nabataeans considerable revenue, and Petra became the focus of their wealth. The earliest recorded historical reference to the city was when an envious Greek dynasty attempted to ransack the city in 312 BC. The Nabataeans were, unlike their enemies, accustomed to living in the barren deserts, and were able to repel attacks by utilizing the area's mountainous terrain. They were particularly skillful in harvesting rainwater, agriculture and stone carving. The Kingdom's capital continued to flourish until the 1st century AD when its famous Al-Khazneh facade was constructed, and its population peaked at an estimated 20,000 inhabitants.
Encroaching troops of the Roman Empire in 106 AD forced the Nabataeans to surrender. The Romans annexed and renamed the Kingdom to Arabia Petraea. Petra's importance declined as sea trade routes emerged, and after a 363 earthquake destroyed many structures. The Byzantine Era witnessed the construction of several Christian churches. By 700, the city became an abandoned place where only a handful of nomads grazed goats. It remained an unknown place until it was rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812, sparking renewed interest in the city.
The city is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved. It is a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".
Soviet troops keep the sepia flag flying over Mother Essex.
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A friend and I were at Bunker Bash 2009, the annual military rally at the former Government bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood in Essex. We had been undecided about going so arrived late and not in the best of weather.
We found an enthusiatic bunch of re-enactors and military vehicles owners covering both World Wars. One part of the site had been laid out as mock entrenchments with various national groups including British, US, German, Soviet and even Serbian forces dug-in.
Now part of a large set: www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157618288704499/
After arriving into Canada on an empty oil train, KCS's Support Our Troops unit has been wandering CP's lines in Alberta and BC for the past week.
The unit was heading north on train 200 the previous day, before being taken off to help lift a grain train out of Lacombe. Now it's the rear DPU on a 301 heading for the coast.