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July 2, 2015
Steampunk Your Summer! Upcoming Conventions and Events
Originally posted on For Whom the Gear Turns:
There are tons of Steampunk conventions and festivals all over the world that take place all year round. It’s a good idea to plan ahead and get your tickets early, so here’s a list of things coming up for Summer 2015. If you want to see a handy map, check out the Airship Ambassador events page.
North America JuneName: Steam Dream Expo, June 19-21
Description: “This year we are up to 5 stages with live entertainment, numerous panels & workshops a...
June 30, 2015
James Van Der Zee: Life and Death in Harlem
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 29th of June 1886, the largely self-taught African American photographer James Van Der Zee was born in Lenox, Massachusetts. He became the leading photographer of the Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement or the New Negro Renaissance – the cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. The term New Negro was coined by theAfrican American writer and philosopher Alain Leroy Locke who in 1925 co-wrote and co-edited an anthology of fiction, p...
“Mysterious Tales of the New England Coast”: A Civil War (and wine) adventure!
Originally posted on www.seanmunger.com:
So many of my regular readers have been enjoying my live-blog ofThe Winds of War that perhaps they forgot that I’m also live-blogging another book this summer, Edward Rowe Snow’s 1962 nautical pop historyMysterious Tales of the New England Coast. In my first installment I introduced you to the strange petroglyphs of Dighton Rock in Massachusetts, and in the second piece we investigated the mysterious 1841 disappearance of the steamshipSS President. M...
28 June 1940: Malta Cut Off From Western Mediterranean
Originally posted on Malta: War Diary:
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CONVOYS FOR MALTA CAN NO LONGER BE SENT VIA GIBRALTAR
The Admiralty has confirmed that there is currently no prospect of sending stores to Malta via Gibraltar. The only Allied access route to the Island will now be from the Eastern Mediterranean. This would require any supplies from the UK travelling the long sea rout...
June 29, 2015
Abbeyfeale’s Louisiana Tiger: A Confederate Veteran Returns to Ireland
Originally posted on Irish in the American Civil War:
Although it is often possible to track Union veterans who returned to Ireland through resources such as pension files, this is not an avenue available when searching for former Confederates. One method of uncovering these men is through the pages of Irish newspapers, which occasionally make reference to American Civil War veterans. In 1915 the death of an Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick resident– Maurice O’Donnell– was deemed worthy of mention. M...
29 of June 1807 Battle of Athos #Onthisday
Originally posted on GroovyHistorian:
29 of June 1807 Russo-Turkish War a Admiral of Russia Dmitry Senyavin Destroys the Ottoman fleet in the battle of Athos.
June 24, 2015
1865 June 17: Grant—“Victory has crowned your valor and secured the purposes of your patriotic hearts”
Originally posted on The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin:
General Ulysses S. Grant’s order comes from the June 17, 1865, issue of The Polk County Press.
Congratulatory Order — The Lieut. General to the United States Armies.
WASHINGTON June 4.“Gen. Grant has issued the following congratulatory address to the armies :
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GEN. OFFICE, }
Washington, D. C., June 2. }
General Orders No. 108.
Soldiers of the armies of the United States, by your patriotic devotion to your country in...
Sons of Confederate Veterans loses license plate legal battle
Originally posted on Civil War History:
I posted about this almost four years ago, then updated on the story after readers and fellow bloggers alerted me to some pertinent details. Now, the controversy over the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) seeking to have a license plate made for their organization in Texas has finally been adjudicated and they are on the losing end.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (you can read the briefing here)that Texas may reject the SCV license plate on the grounds t...
June 23, 2015
David Blackburn’s Lyrical Landscape Visions
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 22nd of June 1939, artistDavid Blackburn was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and continues working in the north of England. His art is visually and technically unusual for our times. Good art features a clearly recognizable visual signature, something unique, inviting and thrilling for the eye – something that is never monotonous or manufactured in commercialised series. A good artist is a generous artist, willing to transfer as much of his spirit...
