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18/07/2024

Still searching for the white bison born last month.

25/03/2023

“Atop Pointe du Hoc, the Rangers of Force A formed into small groups and took off toward their assigned objectives—the elimination of the observation post and guns.”

Read more about this group of Rangers and their mission on D-Day.

https://armyhistory.org/rudders-rangers-and-the-boys-of-pointe-du-hoc-the-u-s-army-rangers-mission-in-the-early-morning-hours-of-6-june-1944/

07/10/2022

Between 1886 and 1924, almost 14 million immigrants entered the United States through New York. The Statue of Liberty was a reassuring sign that they had arrived in the land of their dreams. To these anxious newcomers, the Statue's uplifted torch did not suggest "enlightenment," as her creators intended, but rather, "welcome." Over time, Liberty emerged as the "Mother of Exiles," a symbol of hope to generations of immigrants.

https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/the-immigrants-statue.htm

29/09/2022

What’s your favorite scenic view in Europe? Any ‘bucket list’ places?

🗺️ Relieve de Europa

08/09/2022

18/10/2021

RIP General Colin Powell
1937-2021

19/07/2021

The Capitol Rotunda contains eight large oil on canvas paintings. Each scene depicts a moment in history which defined the development of the United States.

“This painting depicts Christopher Columbus and members of his crew on a beach in the West Indies, newly landed from his flagship Santa Maria on October 12, 1492. The island landing was the first landfall of their expedition to find a westward route from Europe to China, Japan and perhaps unknown lands. American neoclassicist painter John Vanderlyn (1775-1852) was commissioned by Congress in June 1836 to paint the Landing of Columbus for the Capitol Rotunda. It was installed in the Rotunda by early January 1847.”

https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/landing-columbus

16/07/2021

Two days till the anniversary of the Battle of Fort Wagner.

10/07/2021

Monarchs of England 1066-Present

How many died by ex*****on?

03/07/2021

July 3, 1863 - The third and final day of Gettysburg

Video (19:29):Ken Burns The Civil War Episode 5: The Universe of Battle - Gettysburg: The Third Day

"Run ole hare! If I was an old hare I'd run too."

Believing his enemy to be weakened, Lee seeks to capitalize on the previous day’s gains with renewed attacks on the Union line. Heavy fighting resumes on Culp's Hill as Union troops attempt to recapture ground lost the previous day. Cavalry battles flare to the east and south, but the main event is a dramatic infantry assault by 12,500 Confederates commanded by Longstreet against the center of the Union position on Cemetery Ridge. Though undermanned, the Virginia infantry division of Brig. Gen. George E. Pickett constitutes about half of the attacking force. Pickett, ordered by Lee to advance his division toward the enemy through a mile of unprotected farmland, replies, “General, I have no division,” but the order stands. During Pickett’s Charge, as it is famously known, only one Confederate brigade temporarily reaches the top of the ridge—afterwards referred to as the High Watermark of the Confederacy. This daring strategy ultimately proves a disastrous sacrifice for the Confederates, with casualties approaching 60 percent. Repulsed by close-range Union rifle and artillery fire, the Confederates retreat. Lee withdraws his army from Gettysburg late on the rainy afternoon of July 4 and trudges back to Virginia with severely reduced ranks of wasted and battle-scarred men.

Source: Battlefield Trust: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/gettysburg

02/07/2021

July 2, 1863 - The second day of fighting at Gettysburg

Video (15:57): Ken Burns The Civil War Episode 5: The Universe of Battle - Gettysburg: The Second Day

"The ground was soaked with blood." - Col. Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain

On the second day of battle, the Union defends a fishhook-shaped range of hills and ridges south of Gettysburg. The Confederates wrap around the Union position in a longer line. That afternoon Lee launches a heavy assault commanded by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet on the Union left flank. Fierce fighting rages at Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, and Cemetery Ridge as Longstreet’s men close in on the Union position. Using their shorter interior lines, Union II Corps commander Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and others move reinforcements quickly to blunt Confederate advances. On the Federal right, Confederate demonstrations escalate into full-scale assaults on East Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill. Although the Confederates gain ground on both ends of their line, the Union defenders hold strong positions as darkness falls.

Source: Battlefield Trust: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/gettysburg

01/07/2021

July 1, 1863 - The first day of fighting at Gettysburg begins

Video (5:33): Ken Burns The Civil War Episode 5: The Universe of Battle - Gettysburg The First Day

"The South came in from the north that day, and the North came in from the south."

July 1. Early that morning a Confederate division under Maj. Gen. Henry Heth marches toward Gettysburg to seize supplies. In an unplanned engagement, they confront Union cavalry. Brig. Gen. John Buford slows the Confederate advance until the infantry of the Union I and XI Corps under Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds arrives. Reynolds is killed in action. Soon Confederate reinforcements under generals A.P. Hill and Richard Ewell reach the scene. By late afternoon, the wool-clad troops are battling ferociously in the sweltering heat. Thirty thousand Confederates overwhelm 20,000 Federals, who fall back through Gettysburg and fortify Cemetery Hill south of town.

Source: Battlefield Trust: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/gettysburg