When Niagara Falls….froze! Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge.From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls,
Nike missiles at San Francisco Defense Area Site SF89 atop Mt. Sutro, circa 1955 [1995 × 1576]
Historic Posts, Camps, Stations and AirfieldsSan Francisco Defense Area SF-89, Presidio of San Francisco/Mount Sutro Laumcher Area.San Francisco Defense Area Site SF-89, unofficially known as Battery Caufield. Circa 1955 (California Military Department Historical Collection) Integrated Fire Control Area (SF-89C) History by Daniel Sebby, Military Historian, California Military Department Prior to Army use, the Site was open space under the
Monsieur Moret, 2nd Regiment, Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars. 1814-15
Grenadier Burg, 24th Regiment of the Guard, 1815 Credit: Brown University Library Photos of Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars The first (and final) time these old soldiers were captured in photograph Napoléon Bonaparte’s final defeat was the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Even after his death in 1821, the surviving soldiers of Grande Armée revered his historic
Martin Luther King Jr. Gesturing After Hearing That The Civil Rights Bill Had Passed The Senate, June 19, 1964 [1100×825]
The United States House of Representatives passed the bill on February 10, 1964, and after a 54-day filibuster, it passed the United States Senate on June 19, 1964. The final vote was 290–130 in the House of Representatives and 73–27 in the Senate. Long title: An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting
Khevsurian Soldier in Chain Mail Armor, Georgian Caucasus 1877 [449×578]
That is the actual war gear that they would wear. The Khevsurian Warrior. Kevsurians Georgians aren’t homogeneous nation, it includes many ethnographic groups: the Mingr̀elians, the Tush, the Svans, the Khevsurians, etc. The Khevsurians is one of the Georgians’ ethnographic groups, living in the mountains of the Eastern Georgia. The mannequin in traditional for the