The World War II Memorial.
Vietnam Memorial...
...and a hero remembered.
Showing posts with label War Memorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War Memorials. Show all posts
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Memorial Day Photo Gallery
The Debt We Owe to the Defenders of Liberty
The World War II Memorial.
Vietnam Memorial...
...and a hero remembered.
The World War II Memorial.
Vietnam Memorial...
...and a hero remembered.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Restoring Honor and 'One Nation' Compared
Socialists Come Up Short in the Aerial Photograph
The aerial photographs speak for themselves. Consider the fact that all of us paid our own way to 08/28 and people were offered free transportation and meals for the 10/02 event. ht/Phil.
Phil Has More [click to read]. Also of note is the 'trash test.' Phil Has That News Too [click to read].
"I Guess after free bus rides, free lunch, free Metro cards, they figured there was free trash pick-up???" -- Phil.
"Live free or die" has an entirely different meaning to these people Phil.
Remembering the Restoring Honor Rally
Arriving at the Lincoln Memorial for the Restoring Honor Rally...
...and the crowd stretches all the way down the reflecting pool to the World War II Memorial.
The crowd from the air... ht/Mike
...there are people crowded UNDER those trees as well.
More Photos [click to view].
Lynn Has More on the Rally [click to read].
Thoughts from the Side of the Reflecting Pool
Here I am at the rally. Photo by T. Barbour.
At today's Restoring Honor Rally, Glenn Beck pointed out the scar in the Washington Monument. Far down the reflecting pool, the mighty obelisk rises as a pure form of ancient architecture. Look closer and you see a change in the stone color, about a quarter of the way up the Monument.
That 'scar' marks the point where work was stopped as North and South fought the War between the States. This bloody conflict might well have ended the American experiment... but the Nation survived and became the great Nation we live in today. When work was resumed on the Monument, the builders went back to the original quarry but were unable to match the marble exactly. The change in color bears silent testimony to one of our most perilous times.
Beck asked the thousands listening to him to look beyond the scars of our differences and see the good that is in our Nation.
Joined by Governor Sarah Palin and Dr. Alveda King [neice of the great Civil Rights Leader], Beck led a call back to the foundations of good in our Nation... the sure step to do the right thing when no one is looking, the value of individual honor in service to one's fellows.
Aaron Copeland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' played over the Reflecting Pool as the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity were celebrated. That piece had become a theme piece as I visited the Memorial on the July 4th weekend. It was on Xaver Wilhelmy's demonstration DVD played on the glass organ pipes! It was a nice departure from the 'Rocky' theme as I trotted up the steps of the Memorial to watch the morning light illuminate the shrine to Lincoln.
Now it became the theme for honoring people who exemplified the virtues.
Under the trees lining the Reflecting Pool, ordinary Americans came together to affirm the foundations of this country's greatness.
The aerial photographs speak for themselves. Consider the fact that all of us paid our own way to 08/28 and people were offered free transportation and meals for the 10/02 event. ht/Phil.
Phil Has More [click to read]. Also of note is the 'trash test.' Phil Has That News Too [click to read].
"I Guess after free bus rides, free lunch, free Metro cards, they figured there was free trash pick-up???" -- Phil.
"Live free or die" has an entirely different meaning to these people Phil.
Remembering the Restoring Honor Rally
Arriving at the Lincoln Memorial for the Restoring Honor Rally...
...and the crowd stretches all the way down the reflecting pool to the World War II Memorial.
The crowd from the air... ht/Mike
...there are people crowded UNDER those trees as well.
More Photos [click to view].
Lynn Has More on the Rally [click to read].
Thoughts from the Side of the Reflecting Pool
Here I am at the rally. Photo by T. Barbour.
At today's Restoring Honor Rally, Glenn Beck pointed out the scar in the Washington Monument. Far down the reflecting pool, the mighty obelisk rises as a pure form of ancient architecture. Look closer and you see a change in the stone color, about a quarter of the way up the Monument.
That 'scar' marks the point where work was stopped as North and South fought the War between the States. This bloody conflict might well have ended the American experiment... but the Nation survived and became the great Nation we live in today. When work was resumed on the Monument, the builders went back to the original quarry but were unable to match the marble exactly. The change in color bears silent testimony to one of our most perilous times.
Beck asked the thousands listening to him to look beyond the scars of our differences and see the good that is in our Nation.
Joined by Governor Sarah Palin and Dr. Alveda King [neice of the great Civil Rights Leader], Beck led a call back to the foundations of good in our Nation... the sure step to do the right thing when no one is looking, the value of individual honor in service to one's fellows.
Aaron Copeland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' played over the Reflecting Pool as the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity were celebrated. That piece had become a theme piece as I visited the Memorial on the July 4th weekend. It was on Xaver Wilhelmy's demonstration DVD played on the glass organ pipes! It was a nice departure from the 'Rocky' theme as I trotted up the steps of the Memorial to watch the morning light illuminate the shrine to Lincoln.
Now it became the theme for honoring people who exemplified the virtues.
Under the trees lining the Reflecting Pool, ordinary Americans came together to affirm the foundations of this country's greatness.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Prelude to Restoring Honor III
The Debt We Owe to the Defenders of Liberty
The World War II Memorial.
Vietnam Memorial...
...and a hero remembered.
The World War II Memorial.
Vietnam Memorial...
...and a hero remembered.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
War Memorial, Halifax, Virginia
Striking Simple Classical Form Gives Tribute
Driving into Halifax I noticed this beautiful memorial.
Driving into Halifax I noticed this beautiful memorial.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Remembering William Howard
A Soldier's Story Comes to Light
The Grave of Willam Howard.
Hiking along Brown's Gap Turnpike in Shenandoah National Park I found the headstone. It was not dated but I immediately thought of how Thomas Jackson had led his men through just about every crossing through these mountains during his Valley Campaign. Modern generals still study how Jackson carried out that campaign. The single headstone seemed odd. Had this been a sick or injured man who died alone? The battles of this campaign did not happen in the passes, did they?
There did not seem to be any record of a William H. Howard. Then I Saw This [click to read] at Rightside VA. Here is some new information on the story:
For many years Browns Gap was one of the principal routes for taking farm produce from the Shenandoah Valley to Richmond. Browns Gap and the turnpike were used briefly during the Civil War. On May 2, 1862, at the beginning of his Valley Campaign, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson marched his entire army through Browns Gap. From June 9 to June 12, after the Battle of Port Republic at the end of the Valley Campaign, Jackson's army camped in and near Browns Gap. On September 25, 1864, General Jubal Early and his army, after their defeat at Winchester, fortified themselves here and fought off Sheridan's attacks for two days while awaiting reinforcements. Today Browns Gap Turnpike is a SNP fire road.
The grave marker along Browns Gap fire road notes William H. Howard, Company F, 44th VA. INF, C.S.A. One of the two Fluvanna infantry companies which enlisted in the spring of 1861, the "Fluvanna Hornets", had formed at Kent's Store on May 20 under Captain Thomas K. Wiesinger.The Fluvanna Hornets would be the name of Company F. Of the 88 men which enlisted in Company F, 28 would die before the war ended.
The roster shows that there were three Howard brothers in company F:
Howard, John T.; Private *
Howard, Napoleon B.; Private
Howard, William W.; Private *
*= died during war.
According to the White House of the Confederacy, both William and John both suffered from Typhoid fever in the camp. Typhoid is a bacterial dysentery, Salmonella thyphosa, which from poor sanitary conditions can lead to dehydration and death. It is unclear why William is buried along the Browns Gap fire trail. Records shown that he enlisted June 12, by August he was sick at camp, and died at Camp Allegheny on Oct 1, 1861. Possibly he was being transported home to Fluvanna and was buried along the way. The middle initial "H" is likely an error from poor records, as a sloppy "W" may look like a sloppy "H" . The grave headstone does not have a date, but lists only Company F, 44th Infantry, CSA. His brother John died 1 Aug 1861 at Monterey, but his other brother Napoleon survived and was promoted to Sergeant, only to be later taken as a prisoner of war at Gettysburg.
Special thanks to Rightside VA [click to read]!
The Grave of William Howard, a Confederate soldier, in Shenandoah National Park. His body was laid to rest near the old Brownsville Turnpike.
Spring budding forth in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Grave of Willam Howard.
Hiking along Brown's Gap Turnpike in Shenandoah National Park I found the headstone. It was not dated but I immediately thought of how Thomas Jackson had led his men through just about every crossing through these mountains during his Valley Campaign. Modern generals still study how Jackson carried out that campaign. The single headstone seemed odd. Had this been a sick or injured man who died alone? The battles of this campaign did not happen in the passes, did they?
There did not seem to be any record of a William H. Howard. Then I Saw This [click to read] at Rightside VA. Here is some new information on the story:
For many years Browns Gap was one of the principal routes for taking farm produce from the Shenandoah Valley to Richmond. Browns Gap and the turnpike were used briefly during the Civil War. On May 2, 1862, at the beginning of his Valley Campaign, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson marched his entire army through Browns Gap. From June 9 to June 12, after the Battle of Port Republic at the end of the Valley Campaign, Jackson's army camped in and near Browns Gap. On September 25, 1864, General Jubal Early and his army, after their defeat at Winchester, fortified themselves here and fought off Sheridan's attacks for two days while awaiting reinforcements. Today Browns Gap Turnpike is a SNP fire road.
The grave marker along Browns Gap fire road notes William H. Howard, Company F, 44th VA. INF, C.S.A. One of the two Fluvanna infantry companies which enlisted in the spring of 1861, the "Fluvanna Hornets", had formed at Kent's Store on May 20 under Captain Thomas K. Wiesinger.The Fluvanna Hornets would be the name of Company F. Of the 88 men which enlisted in Company F, 28 would die before the war ended.
The roster shows that there were three Howard brothers in company F:
Howard, John T.; Private *
Howard, Napoleon B.; Private
Howard, William W.; Private *
*= died during war.
According to the White House of the Confederacy, both William and John both suffered from Typhoid fever in the camp. Typhoid is a bacterial dysentery, Salmonella thyphosa, which from poor sanitary conditions can lead to dehydration and death. It is unclear why William is buried along the Browns Gap fire trail. Records shown that he enlisted June 12, by August he was sick at camp, and died at Camp Allegheny on Oct 1, 1861. Possibly he was being transported home to Fluvanna and was buried along the way. The middle initial "H" is likely an error from poor records, as a sloppy "W" may look like a sloppy "H" . The grave headstone does not have a date, but lists only Company F, 44th Infantry, CSA. His brother John died 1 Aug 1861 at Monterey, but his other brother Napoleon survived and was promoted to Sergeant, only to be later taken as a prisoner of war at Gettysburg.
Special thanks to Rightside VA [click to read]!
The Grave of William Howard, a Confederate soldier, in Shenandoah National Park. His body was laid to rest near the old Brownsville Turnpike.
Spring budding forth in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Mojave Memorial Day
The Cross Remains Always in Our Grateful Memory
The Park Service does not seem to be too concerned that many of us are offended by its absence.
The President may be 'too busy' with vacation plans to honor the fallen at Arlington but Psalm 116:15 says:
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."
Thus, I believe that there is one with considerably more power than the President... who remembers! It will take more than tearing down a cross for many of us to forget Him.
The Park Service does not seem to be too concerned that many of us are offended by its absence.
The President may be 'too busy' with vacation plans to honor the fallen at Arlington but Psalm 116:15 says:
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints."
Thus, I believe that there is one with considerably more power than the President... who remembers! It will take more than tearing down a cross for many of us to forget Him.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Save Our War Memorials!
Overreach by the Anti-Christian Litigation Underwriters
Here is a story that shouldn't happen in America. The ACLU goes to court to tear down a memorial in the Mojave Desert just because it is a cross.
Don't Tear Me Down [click to read]
Save Our Memorials [click to read]
I'm Offended!
Mojave Desert 'Forbidden' Cross.
The VFW erected the memorial in 1934 and originally owned the land on which the memorial sits, and then donated it to the government. The ACLU sued for removal of the veterans’ memorial on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed and ordered the memorial and cross dismantled.
After that decision, the VFW gave 5 acres of land in exchange for the retrieval of their monument. The Ninth Circuit ruled that was unconstitutional and ordered the monument and cross dismantled instead. The cross is currently covered by a plywood box, awaiting The Supreme Court’s decision.
"It is bad enough to say that the veterans’ memorial is unconstitutional, but it is outrageous to say that the government cannot give the monument back to the people who spilled their blood and put it there in the first place," said Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute and attorney for the veterans groups.
Here is a story that shouldn't happen in America. The ACLU goes to court to tear down a memorial in the Mojave Desert just because it is a cross.
Don't Tear Me Down [click to read]
Save Our Memorials [click to read]
I'm Offended!
Mojave Desert 'Forbidden' Cross.
The VFW erected the memorial in 1934 and originally owned the land on which the memorial sits, and then donated it to the government. The ACLU sued for removal of the veterans’ memorial on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed and ordered the memorial and cross dismantled.
After that decision, the VFW gave 5 acres of land in exchange for the retrieval of their monument. The Ninth Circuit ruled that was unconstitutional and ordered the monument and cross dismantled instead. The cross is currently covered by a plywood box, awaiting The Supreme Court’s decision.
"It is bad enough to say that the veterans’ memorial is unconstitutional, but it is outrageous to say that the government cannot give the monument back to the people who spilled their blood and put it there in the first place," said Kelly Shackelford, chief counsel of Liberty Legal Institute and attorney for the veterans groups.
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