#Memorials

I'm Obviously Not Shelby Foote

booksandbbq

Had no internet yesterday, but on 1 July 1862, my 3x great grandfather, a non-slave holding rural schoolteacher, drafted into the Confederate Army after NC seceded, was shot at the

Sofya Anisimova

SofyaDAnisimova

Russian State Duma is trying to pass the law that will severely limit the interaction between Russian and international researchers and curtail opportunities for scholars to share their work with

OrderoftheGoodDeath

OrderGoodDeath

1. For our ongoing teach-in series we’re taking a look at how white supremacy impacts the way marginalized communities experience death and access death care. 2. Inspired by the Teach-in

Lucrezia

thosearemysocks

While everyone is making references to the musicians on the Titanic, here’s what you don’t know about those brave men. The ship’s 8 musicians were part of a 3 piece

eve barlow 🦁

Eve_Barlow

thread/tomorrow is holocaust memorial day. it’s not the jewish day of commemoration. that is later on in the year. it is a day for the non-jewish world to consider the

Graham Broad

ProfessorBroad

DM: "But aren't there way more than 25 war graves in that cemetery?" Let me explain. Foreground: Cpl. Frank Wilbur is buried in a Commonwealth War Grave. Background: Sapper Bernard

Daniel Schultz

pastordan

Funny story associated with this...https://twitter.com/pastordan/status/1274400812626849793 Ever wonder why Mary is so venerated in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths? Well, among many other reasons, it's because Byzantine emperors tried

GenericPerson

GenericPerson4

Another particular example of #CulturalSubversion with a long multi-decade timeline that underscores, serves, and brings us to this moment of full-scale political subversion: the subculture of US Civil War reenactments.These

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

Across the mid-Wales you’ll find cheerful cherubs, buxom and bucolic, “with cheeks like apples from a Herefordshire orchard”. Their golden curls light up dark church corners.They’re the work of the

David Frum

davidfrum

The trouble is that even GOP electeds are now locked into a Fox-created bubble of unreality. Outside that bubble, vandalism of statues looks like petty criminality, a minor local issue.

Lucy Fisher

LOS_Fisher

Today marks 70 years since the start of the Korean War, often described as a forgotten conflict. More than 80,000 British personnel served, under the UN flag, & more than

Ellen McDermott

HeyNell

A book I’m really looking forward to this year is a new biography of Ida B Wells, written by her great-granddaughter. I have it in pre-order.https://twitter.com/michelleduster/status/1335333855075643395 Right now, I’m reading

UK Rants: Get the jab & let's get on with life.

uk_rants

I'm pretty much at my wits end with our new, shiny UKGov.Let's examine the latest:...#1 Marcus Rashford & the school meal vouchers u-turn?Do you honestly believe Rashford penned that letter?I

Tammy Bruce

HeyTammyBruce

Struck by how breaching of Capitol bldg by jackasses is portrayed as the worst thing that’s ever happened. It was awful but not even close to the years-long destruction of

Niall Murphy

MurphyNiallGLA

#MomentsofBeauty in #Glasgow: Finally walked over to @CathcartCem and WOW! As good as the Necropolis. The William Gardner Rowan monument is intriguing, also spotted John Bennie Wilson’s one, while I

Stephen Fisher

SeaSpitfires

Recently I spotted this piece of concrete just off the A337, south of Brockenhurst in the #NewForest. Concrete at the entry to forest tracks is hardly unusual, but having stared

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