#Cemeteries

planefag

planefag

"We must be clear about this: We cannot provide our own nuclear deterrence, nor do we want to. This is why America must remain by our side and protect us."This

(((Caitlin Hollander)))

effortlesslycat

(1/9) So for #AncestryHour I want to take a moment to discuss something that happened to me last week when I was at a cemetery to take some photos for

Paul Reed

sommecourt

#Dunkirk80: At this time 1940 the Battle of the Dunkirk Perimeter was in full swing. It covered a much larger area than most imagine, crossing into Belgium, & large numbers

OperationBenjamin

OperBenjamin

We are grateful to the @usabmc for approving the request we submitted on behalf of Harry Cordova - a 98-year old #WWII vet - to change the headstone of his

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

Did you know? #MemorialDay was the brainchild of a Civil War general! Well, sorta. Although John “Black Jack” Logan gets credit for coming up with the national holiday, it was

حسن سجواني 🇦🇪 Hassan Sajwani

HSajwanization

On 6-7th Sept 1965, marks the 65th anniversary of the #Pogrom of #Constantinople (Istanbul) when #Turkey launched ethnic cleansing and eliminated the #Greek #Orthodox Minority. The lethal #pogrom of September

Paul Reed

sommecourt

#Ypres1940: Today in 1940 the fighting at Ypres was reaching its crescendo. A delaying action as the BEF pulled back to #Dunkirk, it was where #WW2 met #WW1 on the

Danielle Cave

DaniellesCave

Xinjiang Data Project p2 is out. This satellite-heavy research found approx. 16,000 mosques (65%) have been destroyed/damaged since 2017 + 30% of key Islamic sites (shrines, cemeteries, pilgrimage routes inc.

Neil York

johncopse

A misidentified grave in @CWGC Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais.Queens Cemetery was founded in March 1917 and following the Armistice it was chosen for the concentration of graves exhumed from battlefield

Abbie Bennett

AbbieRBennett

Today at 10 a.m., a @AppropsDems @HouseAppropsGOP hearing on @DeptVetAffairs's 2021 budget and VA's response to #COVID19 so far. @SecWilkie expected to testify. Live stream should be available here:https://youtu.be/RLya-MZbKss

Francesca Tacchi 🫒 Italian history & shitposting

jackdaw_writes

Welp I almost forgot it was wednesday - which means, it's time for another #ItalianThread! Instead of Halloween, in Italy we celebrate the Day of the Dead... and since we're

Tom Booth

Boothicus

Me and my brother visiting Stonehenge in AD 2003. Speaking of relatives in and around Stonehenge, here's a new (OA) paper with Jo Brück, @SelBrace & Ian Barnes based on

Synaps

SynapsNetwork

THREAD In Damascus, the covid epidemic has been a silent, often lonely affair. Both the government and international aid agencies, despite ample time to respond, have left Syrians to depend

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t_shaaee

Corny Jokes: a thread How do billboards communicate? Sign language. What did the ocean say to the sand??? Nothing it just kept on waving. Why did the scarecrow receive

bhakt4ever

bhakt4ever

Is everything normal in China? Some reports, videos tell otherwise https://www.wionews.com/world/is-everything-normal-in-china-some-reports-videos-tell-otherwise-289537 @wionews Must watch this Chinese researchers isolated deadly bat coronaviruses ne

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icarussfalling

what’s happening in iran right now — a thread #Iranprotest #stopExcecuitionInIran #StopExecutionOfIranianProtestors #اعدام_نکنید in november 2019, iranians came to the streets to protest the 300% increase of the fuel prices,