#Monument

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CemeteryClub

There's one grave in Père Lachaise that gets a lot of attention - Victor Noir. Shot after a duel with Prince Pierre Bonaparte in 1870, sculptor Jules Dalou created a

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

Wendingen

wndngn

Tot nu toe is het oeuvre van architect Eppe van der Molen op Wendingen wat onderbelicht gebleven, maar daar gaan we verandering in aanbrengen. Te beginnen met dit prachtige pandje

Mark Newton

NewtonMark

On significant days and significant dates: We all love anniversaries that end in zeros, and we attach special significance to any anniversary that's a multiple of 50, so it's interesting

Erik B. Alexander

ebalexan

As the national conversation about historical memory and memorialization continues to evolve, I have been thinking about some different types of memorialization that are less discussed. A thread. #twitterstorians /1

Ray Esten

rea_esten

Catholic Westland Row-Dock CommunityThe champion of Catholic rights lived at No. 1 Westland Row before moving to Merrion Square. Indeed, he was as much a local as he was a

Holding The Line Priscilla ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Priscillas_View

Thread: Verdict with @tedcruz hosted by @michaeljknowles interviewing Attorney General Bill BarrBill Barr is the Honey Badger.1/22 Bill Barr is the Honey Badger cont’DOJ designated 35 Joint Terrorist Task Force

CℓΔris CyΔrron

Cyarron

#30under30 is a stupid monument to depressingly false notions of meritocracy. This year they want to highlight "diversity" but the very notion of a framework for prodigious succcess, & the

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

Mick Jackson

mickwriter

1. Here’s a thread I’m going to call ‘The Strange True Story of the Stolen Steve Ovett Statue’: 2. When I moved to Brighton 25 years ago I noticed a

Andy

bigandylock

Just having a flick through some of the less-serious moments when on battlefield tours. These tours would be flippin’ gloomy without moments of silliness - a dreaded coach stand-off on

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

The Fourth of July is the perfect time to talk about statues, the absolute madness and hypocrisy of MAGA and Trumpism, and how American history has been weaponized into mythological

Catherine Rampell

crampell

For the first time since Gallup began asking in 1965, more Americans say immigration should be increased rather than decreased. Immigration is supposed to be Trump's signature issue; yet he's

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Lady_Blazes

I enjoy looking for patterns and making connections. Right, wrong or indifferent, I sure do learn a lot when I dig.This short thread is a compilation of my findings from

Lei Mai Kahiki Hua 🦉

aewaiwhy

Princeton Univ. “Archival Silences” series continues now w/ Decolonizing Knowledges. Nishikawa greets. Sarconi brings Native territory knowledge of the Lenape nation “evicted” and persisting. Sarconi: “What does ‘decolonization

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