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June 7, 2015
Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski
Originally posted on Blogging the Revolution:
Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski (1748-1779) was a young Polish Freedom Fighter who came to America to help George Washington’s Revolutionaries in their fight for liberty. The raised leg of his horse indicates that he was killed in battle.He gave his life to America’s cause at the age of thirty-one.
“Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski 1748-1779
“The bronze equestrian statue of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, portrays the Revolutionary war he...
Some Steampunk Home Decor Ideas from Homedit
Originally posted on For Whom the Gear Turns:
An article I recently found on Homedit.com is mostly a protracted advertisement for Restoration Hardware, but it also has some cool ideas for things you do to add a little Steampunk to your own home, and lovely images to inspire you on your next home decor project. Here’s a few of my favorite images, but the article has a lot more!
Check out the full article here.
MAY SUTTON BUNDY (1887 – 1975) First American to Win Wimbledon
Originally posted on FORGOTTEN NEWSMAKERS:
When May Sutton was born in Plymouth, England she was already above average, weighing in at fifteen pounds. Her father,
May Sutton Bundy
Adolphus DeGrouchy Sutton, was a retired British navy captain, and he named his daughter, the youngest of seven, May, after his own yacht.
When Bundy was six, the Suttons transplanted themselves to Pasadena, California where they had a ten-acre orange grove. Bundy and her siblings, with the help of their neighbor...
June 2, 2015
1865 May 27: More Details on the Capture of Jefferson Davis—In a Dress
Originally posted on The Civil War and Northwest Wisconsin:
The following two articles on the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis come from the May 27, 1865, issues of The Polk County Press and The Prescott Journal.
From The Polk County Press:Capture of Jeff. Davis.
WAR DEP’MT., WASHINGTON, }
May 12, 1865. }
Major Gen. Dix [John A. Dix] :
Official information has reached this Department of the capture of Jeff. Davis and his staff by Col. Prichard [Benjamin D. Pritchard], of the...
June 1, 2015
The Passion of Joan of Arc : Cinema becomes Art becomes Human
Originally posted on Extrasensory:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1928)
I watched Carl Theodore Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc two times. Once with Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of Light” music score as background, and once with complete silence. Suffice to say, Dreyer’s genius, and the utter emotional churning and heartbreak of Maria Falconetti’s magnum opus performance were resilient and just as evocative regardless of which way you decide to see this film. The Passio...
May 8, 2015
Interview with guitarist Graham Greene
Originally posted on Rock And Roll:
Graham Greene, AKA the guitar shaman from Oz, is one of my favourite musicians. His guitar playing has been compared to Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, and I first got into his music because of his instrumental rock releases – an underrated and underused genre in my opinion. Albums like Leap Of Face, Blue Feather, and Gaia Rising were my first taste of his work and I’ve been wanting more ever since.
Greene has extensive experience in the music world: he played...
May 7, 2015
The landscape blockbusters of Frederic Edwin Church
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 4th of May 1826, American landscapist Frederic Edwin Church was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, combining natural sciences with a spiritual dimension in his works. Early on, Church dropped his teacher Thomas Cole’s predilection for allegory, in favour of a more accurate exploration of the sublime grandiosity of the natural landscape. He continued the tradition of American...
A Depression-era Kitchen, and a Matter of Opinion
Originally posted on Rural Spin:
A Depression-era kitchen has the power to evoke memories, dreams, and realism.
Back in April, I posted a photo of a kitchen onto theRural Spin Facebook wall, with little information beyondsaying the photo wastaken between 1935 and 1942 via the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information program. I asked people for their thoughts, and the photo was met with a wide variety of responses. Most shared positive memories and dreams, some took a practica...
May 5, 2015
the Battle of Culloden
Originally posted on History Witch:
I just got back from spending an entire week in beautiful Scotland!!! I’m so inspired by all the incredible history I got to see firsthand! I’ve posted a TON of photos on the Facebook page here:http://facebook.com//historywitch.Pics from Stirling Castle, Linlithgow (probably my favorite site), Dunnottar Castle (another favorite), Edinburgh Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, Blackness Castle- and so much more!
One of the most moving sites was definitely the Culloden b...
