Each night from now through January 5 images will be projected on the Washington Monument, and, at the top of each hour there will be a combined image/audio presentation projected that is totally unintelligible. I braved the cold tonight to go see it adn took this picture. #America250 #WashingtonDC #WashingtonMonument
A few hours until the new year here. I have no interest in Independence Day and celebrating the USA's birthday, not with us going full fascist.
Am I wrong to not be in the mood for a (full year) of America's 250th celebrations?
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Massive gifts followed by positive outcomes for donors suggest “massive levels of transactionalism,” one group said.Georg Daniel Flohr was a German participating in the American Revolution. When he returned to Europe, he wrote a book about his experience.
The German manuscript is kept in Strasbourg, France. There someone transcribed it and translated into French and later into English.
You can see it online in English and French.
A pdf you can download contains maps of towns including Philadelphia and Wilmington. The file is 65 MB.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/view3if/ga/ark:/12148/btv1b10110846m/f1
This link leads to an English translation:
https://estrades.huma-num.fr/flohr-expo/fr/edition/en/de-page3.html
Next up, the University of Georgia Press sale - 50% off all books with code 08THANKFUL.
UGA has a "History in the Headlines" series that brings together experts for a conversation about the history of a topic currently making, well, headlines. 📰
Past volumes include #RoeVWade and #January6th; America at 250 is forthcoming!
https://www.ugapress.org/browse-books/?series=history-in-the-headlines
#AbortionRights #USPol #history #histodons #books #bookstodon #America250
TOUCHDOWN FOR AMERICA, PATRIOTS! The NFL's going ALL-IN on Team USA's 250th! We're talking special balls, patriotic endzones, and a UFC slugfest at the White House! Goodell's calling the ultimate play to unite this divided nation. This ain't just football - it's a GAME-CHANGING PATRIOTIC BLITZ!
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