film, nov ‘24

# 179

POR TI, PORTUGAL, EU JURO! (FOR YOU, PORTUGAL, I SWEAR!)
dir Sofia da Palma Rodrigues & Diogo Cardoso, 2024

Front line.

#Doclisboa2024 #documentary #warsofindependence #GuineaBissauWarofIndependence #GuineaBissau #journalism #history #portugal #colonialWars #1960s #1970s

My latest wee #history #video explores the causes and consequences of the Murder in Greyfriars.

#robertTheBruce #scotland #Galloway #warsofindependence #redComyn #Dumfries

https://youtu.be/CAhNkfGNLRQ

"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself"

The Declaration of Arbroath, dated this day, 1320 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath

#History #Scotland #Ecosse #histoire #DeclarationOfArbroath #WarsOfIndependence #1320

Spirit of Scotland sculpture at London Hill. Made to commemorate a battle fought by William Wallace in 1297 and another by Robert The Bruce in 1307. Bruce's battle was a major turning point for him.

#SpiritofScotland #LoudonHill #williamwallace #robertthebruce #warsofindependence #scotland #scottishhistory

As part of the celebrations marking the 700th anniversary of The Declaration of Arbroath (signed April 6, 1320), the National Museum of Scotland will be displaying the actual document for the first time in 15 years.

https://www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/national-museum-of-scotland/declaration-of-arbroath/

#Arbroath #history #Scotland #WarsOfIndependence

On this day, August 23 1305,
Scotland's greatest patriot, William Wallace, was executed in London.

Lay the proud usurpers low,
Tyrants fall in every foe,
Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or dee.

#WilliamWallace #Scotland #WarsOfIndependence #OTD #Burns