Friday, December 26, 2014

Lex Anteinternet: Combat over the 1914 Christmas Truce.

Lex Anteinternet: Combat over the 1914 Christmas Truce.: In 1914, as is now well known, British and German troops in many locations along No Man's Land stopped fighting and held an informal tr...

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Friday, November 7, 2014

Park County War Memorial, Cody Wyoming




This is the original war memorial in Cody Wyoming.  I'm uncertain of the dedication date, but it's apparently an all wars memorial. The statute in the foreground of William F. Cody was added later.

This should not be confused with the Wyoming Veterans Memorial, which is outside of town and which I've not yet taken photographs of.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Sharp, Franklin, Taylor, Doe, and Kelly, and the bloody 1860s






A marker locating the spot where various Oregon Trail immigrants lost their lives during the Indian Wars of the early 1860s, which were coincident with the Civil War.  This spot is along Interstate 25 in Converse County, Wyoming.  Some pipeline work was going on at the time, which doesn't contribute to the overall scene in this picture.

Friday, September 12, 2014

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Chief Washakie Monument, Laramie Wyoming.






This dramatic monument on the edge of the campus of the University of Wyoming commemorates Shoshone Chief Washakie, specifically noting the battle between the Shoshones and the Crows at Crow Heart Butte. 

Friday, August 1, 2014

Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


These photos are of the city block that is now a memorial to those who lost their lives in the tragic and senseless bombing of the Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City.  It's a powerful, and moving, memorial.


The view from the memorial, looking at Oklahoma City U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, with the steeple of St. Joseph's Old Cathedral visible to the right.


A panoramic photograph of the reflection pool, with memorials to each of those who lost their lives in the attack.






The former playground of the Murrah building.



Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Holscher's Hub: In Memorium

Holscher's Hub: In Memorium:





Flags at half mast, at Casper College, in memory of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew McAdams, 27, killed when an MC-12 reconnaissance aircraft crashed in Afghanistan during a nighttime mission on January 14, 2014.