Blogs about: War Memorials

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gardening in shoes 2 comments

greenzonegarden wrote 1 week ago: By “gardening in shoes,” I mean the garden is in shoes (not necessarily the gardener) … more »

Tags: consumer waste, gardening in shoes, Gardens, Green Zone Garden, Iraq War, wartime gardens, war gardens

What is a Memorial?

promotions wrote 2 weeks ago: Memorial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A memorial is an object which serves as a memory of s … more »

Tags: Defining Terms, Tributes, photos, gifts, Flowers

"Brooklyn's Home Hotel"1 comment

wildnewyork wrote 2 weeks ago: In October 1902, the owners of this grand new structure in recently developed Crown Heights took out … more »

Tags: Brooklyn, Cool building names, Old print ads, Montrose Morris, St. Marks Hotel, Brooklyn hotels, Imperial Apartments, Grant Square

Brooklyn's little drummer boy

wildnewyork wrote 3 weeks ago: In 1860, 11-year-old Brooklyn kid Clarence D. McKenzie joined the 13th Regiment of the New York Stat … more »

Tags: Brooklyn, Cemeteries, schools, Clarence D. McKenzie, little drummer boy, Brooklyn and the Civil War

In Memoriam: How those gone are remembered2 comments

thehostess wrote 1 month ago: I’m always touched when I hear of families and friends celebrating the life as well as mournin … more »

Tags: Politics, Art, Editorial, Pärlor, Television, Iraq War, Peace, Sports, Olympics

Jew Wishes On: 64-Years Ago2 comments

jewwishes wrote 1 month ago: Sixty four years ago, on June 6th, 1944, is the day the Invasion of Normandy began. This day is also … more »

Tags: Anit-Semitism, General, Holocaust, Judaism, Photography, Religion, Allied Forces World War II, Anti-Semitism, D-day

The Battle of Harlem Heights

wildnewyork wrote 2 months ago: It’s Memorial Day weekend, a good time to look back on a small yet crucial battle that took pl … more »

Tags: Upper West Side/Morningside Hts, Battle of harlem heights, Columbia University, Revolutionary War

The DeWitt Clinton Park doughboy

wildnewyork wrote 3 months ago: This statue of a pensive infantryman was dedicated in 1929. It’s a memorial to the young men i … more »

Tags: Poets and writers, Hell's Kitchen, Dewitt Clinton Park, World War I, Doughboys, In Flanders Fields

Secular Memorialization

Dana wrote 3 months ago: My last post on the Yasukuni documentary got me looking around for other stuff on the politics of wa … more »

Tags: Culture contrast, History, Politics, Japan, Yasukuni

We are the dead1 comment

wildnewyork wrote 3 months ago: This bronze World War II memorial sits in front of Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic church on Carrol … more »

Tags: Brooklyn

But which foreign field

kateblogs wrote 4 months ago: “If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field that is fo … more »

Tags: observations, World War 1, war graves

MOVIE REVIEW-Atonement

beckjord wrote 7 months ago: This film may be well-acted, but it is very UNPLEASANT. LOTS OF GORE, AND WAR, AND STUPID POST-VICT … more »

Tags: Atonement, child porn, Children, Gun Control, gun laws, Guns, Irritating human behavior, lack of manners, low class people

Thursday Thirteen #623 comments

maryt wrote 7 months ago: 13 things about December 7th, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor 1. Pearl Harbor is a harbor on the isla … more »

Tags: Peal Harbor, USS Arizona, World War II

Remembrance Day

thisbe wrote 8 months ago: When I was a kid in Portsmouth [UK] there was a naval war memorial on the Common that towered ove … more »

Tags: Remembrance, War, war memorial, battle fields, flanders fields, Rembrance Day, war graves

Jew Wishes On: D-Day

jewwishes wrote 9 months ago: June 6, 1944, D-Day, the day The Battle of Normandy began during World War II, in order to liberate … more »

Tags: Photography, General, Judaism, Holocaust, Anit-Semitism, Jew, Jewish, France, War

Jew Wishes On: World War II Memorial

jewwishes wrote 9 months ago: I went on a weekend getaway to Washington D.C. over the long Labor Day weekend in September. It was … more »

Tags: Photography, General, Judaism, Holocaust, Anit-Semitism, Jew, Jewish, Religion, War

Jew Wishes On: Eisenhower

jewwishes wrote 9 months ago: “The same day I saw my first horror camp, I visited every nook and cranny. I felt it my duty t … more »

Tags: Photography, General, Judaism, Holocaust, Anit-Semitism, Jew, Jewish, World War II, genocide

bright young thing2 comments

the grouch wrote 10 months ago: It was inevitable that with all that was going on in our lives at the moment, one or both of us woul … more »

Tags: Miscellaneous, Links, News Articles, Burma riots, Children, Women's rights

ACHTUNG!!!! HOW TO BEAT INSURGENTS IN IRAQ- EVERY DAY

beckjord wrote 11 months ago: Simple -  give every Iraqi family an air ticket and green cards for each time they betray i … more »

Tags: 9/11, antiwar, BETRAY INSURGENTS, Bring troops home, bush, Crosses of Lafayette, deaths in Iraq, disabled vets, end war


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