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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1876. He write more than 80 books in the adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and western genres, but he is most famous for the 26 books he write starring one of the most famous fictional characters in history, Tarzan.
He served briefly in the 7th US Cavalry in Arizona before being discharged in 1897 after diagnosis of a heart condition. He then spent several years as a pencil-sharpener wholesaler before starting to write fiction in 1911. By 1912, he had published the first John Carter on Mars and Tarzan novels. Both led to hugely successful series.
Burroughs strongly supported eugenics and scientific racism. His views held that English nobles made up the elite among Anglo-Saxons. Tarzan was meant to reflect this, with him being born to English nobles and then adopted by talking apes. They express eugenicist views themselves, but Tarzan is permitted to live despite being deemed "unfit" in comparison, and grows up to surpass not only them but black Africans, whom Burrough clearly presents as inherently inferior, even not wholly human.
Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man explores Tarzan and the racist, colonialist ,and imperialist views of the time that he represents, but the author also explores how escape artist Houdini and Eugene Sandow, one of the first ever professional bodybuilders - considered to possess the "perfect" manly physique at the time - shaped how white men at the turn of the 20th century saw themselves in relation to non-whites, the world, and their perceptions of manliness. It's a really interesting thesis
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1876. He write more than 80 books in the adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and western genres, but he is most famous for the 26 books he write starring one of the most famous fictional characters in history, Tarzan.
Tarzana is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Tarzana is on the site of a former ranch owned by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is named after Burroughs' fictional jungle hero, Tarzan.
In February 1919, Burroughs arrived in California with his family, relocating from Oak Park, Illinois. He and his family had wintered in Southern California twice before, and he found the climate ideal. On March 1, Burroughs purchased Harrison Otis's tract (Otis was the Los Angeles Times publisher.) and established Tarzana Ranch. Burroughs subdivided and sold the land for residential development with neighboring small farms following suit.
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1876. He write more than 80 books in the adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and western genres, but he is most famous for the 26 books he write starring one of the most famous fictional characters in history, Tarzan.
Tarzana is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Tarzana is on the site of a former ranch owned by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is named after Burroughs' fictional jungle hero, Tarzan.
In February 1919, Burroughs arrived in California with his family, relocating from Oak Park, Illinois. He and his family had wintered in Southern California twice before, and he found the climate ideal. On March 1, Burroughs purchased Harrison Otis's tract (Otis was the Los Angeles Times publisher.) and established Tarzana Ranch. Burroughs subdivided and sold the land for residential development with neighboring small farms following suit.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1876. He write more than 80 books in the adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and western genres, but he is most famous for the 26 books he write starring one of the most famous fictional characters in history, Tarzan.
Burroughs' very cool personal bookplate, designed by his nephew. Tarzan holding Mars in his shoulder, surrounded by other elements representing other stories.
(To see the whole image go to Burroughs' entry in Wikipedia )
Tarzana is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Tarzana is on the site of a former ranch owned by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is named after Burroughs' fictional jungle hero, Tarzan.
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born on September 1, 1876. He write more than 80 books in the adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and western genres, but he is most famous for the 26 books he write starring one of the most famous fictional characters in history, Tarzan.
Burroughs' very cool personal bookplate, designed by his nephew. Tarzan holding Mars in his shoulder, surrounded by other elements representing other stories.
(To see the whole image go to Burroughs' entry in Wikipedia )
Tarzana is a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Tarzana is on the site of a former ranch owned by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is named after Burroughs' fictional jungle hero, Tarzan.
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General William T. Sherman officially captured Atlanta on September 2, 1864, carrying out Grant's plan to cripple the Confederacy by destroying a major railroad and supply hub and laying waste to Georgia, the major supplier of foodstuffs and other resources to Confederate troops.
Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster Ohio. His father died early, leaving a widow and 11 children. William was raised by a neighbor and family friend. His father named him William Tecumseh and called him Tecumseh. Friends and family called him "Cump," but he formally signed W.T. Sherman on letters and documents.
At 16, he won appointment to West Point, where he excelled academically but racked up lots of demerits for behavior. He served in the Mexican-American War. In 1859, he became the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy in Pineville Louisiana. In May 1861, he resigned and joined the Union army, commissioned as Colonel.
Southern Storm is a great account of Sherman's March to the Sea.
General William T. Sherman officially captured Atlanta on September 2, 1864, carrying out Grant's plan to cripple the Confederacy by destroying a major railroad and supply hub and laying waste to Georgia, the major supplier of foodstuffs and other resources to Confederate troops.
Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster Ohio. His father died early, leaving a widow and 11 children. William was raised by a neighbor and family friend. His father named him William Tecumseh and called him Tecumseh. Friends and family called him "Cump," but he formally signed W.T. Sherman on letters and documents.
At 16, he won appointment to West Point, where he excelled academically but racked up lots of demerits for behavior. He served in the Mexican-American War. In 1859, he became the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy in Pineville Louisiana. In May 1861, he resigned and joined the Union army, commissioned as Colonel.
Southern Storm is a great account of Sherman's March to the Sea.
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In the summer of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was in grave danger of losing the presidential election that November. The Northern population was losing interest in a war that seemed to be going on forever, even after great 1863 victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Their boys in blue were continuing to be killed and maimed, and for what? Many agreed with Lincoln's Democratic opponent, General George McClellan who promised to end the war, even if it meant letting go of the South.
Lincoln and Grant needed a major victory, and Grant dispatched William T. Sherman to take Atlanta and to destroy Georgia. Although Atlanta only ranked 99th in population among American cities, it was the second most important city in the South, after Richmond. It was a major hub of railroads, the lifelines of the Confederate army, and a large number of machine shops, foundries, and factories were located there. Warehouses were full of war materiels destined for the boys in gray.
South of the city, farms produced foodstuffs for military and civilian positions. After fierce battles in Tennessee, Sherman led his 60,000 man army to Atlanta, capturing the city on September 2. After occupying the city for a few weeks, Sherman ordered railroads, warehouses, and factories destroyed (aided by some Atlantans who set fire to cotton warehouses so that the US couldn't profit from the cotton) and commenced the March to the Sea, destroying Georgia and splitting the Confederacy in the prospect. These victories in Georgia re-invigorated northerners, and Lincoln's re-election was guaranteed.
In the summer of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was in grave danger of losing the presidential election that November. The Northern population was losing interest in a war that seemed to be going on forever, even after great 1863 victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Their boys in blue were continuing to be killed and maimed, and for what? Many agreed with Lincoln's Democratic opponent, General George McClellan who promised to end the war, even if it meant letting go of the South.
Lincoln and Grant needed a major victory, and Grant dispatched William T. Sherman to take Atlanta and to destroy Georgia. Although Atlanta only ranked 99th in population among American cities, it was the second most important city in the South, after Richmond. It was a major hub of railroads, the lifelines of the Confederate army, and a large number of machine shops, foundries, and factories were located there. Warehouses were full of war materiels destined for the boys in gray.
South of the city, farms produced foodstuffs for military and civilian positions. After fierce battles in Tennessee, Sherman led his 60,000 man army to Atlanta, capturing the city on September 2. After occupying the city for a few weeks, Sherman ordered railroads, warehouses, and factories destroyed (aided by some Atlantans who set fire to cotton warehouses so that the US couldn't profit from the cotton) and commenced the March to the Sea, destroying Georgia and splitting the Confederacy in the prospect. These victories in Georgia re-invigorated northerners, and Lincoln's re-election was guaranteed.
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On September 2, 1864, Union General William T Sherman occupied Atlanta, the beginning of his March to the Sea to destroy Georgia.
From Wikipedia:
"The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces followed a "scorched earth" policy, destroying military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property, disrupting the Confederacy's economy and transportation networks. The operation debilitated the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender. Sherman's decision to operate deep within enemy territory without supply lines was unusual for its time, and the campaign is taught by some historians as an early example of modern warfare or total war. "
On September 2, 1864, Union General William T Sherman occupied Atlanta, the beginning of his March to the Sea to destroy Georgia.
From Wikipedia:
"The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces followed a "scorched earth" policy, destroying military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property, disrupting the Confederacy's economy and transportation networks. The operation debilitated the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender. Sherman's decision to operate deep within enemy territory without supply lines was unusual for its time, and the campaign is taught by some historians as an early example of modern warfare or total war. "
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On September 3, 1971, "the White House plumbers" supervised by Nixon staffer John Ehrlichman broke into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and 3 other current and former CIA agents were hoping to find Ellsberg's confidential file to discredit and embarrass him. It was a precursor to the Watergate break-in.
Ellsberg (born 1931) was a military analyst who contributed to the creation of The Pentagon Papers, a damning report on government incompetence, lawbreaking, and deceit involved in the US role in the Vietnam War. He decided that the public should know, stole a top secret copy and gave copies to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other newspapers
As a result, he was arrested and tried under the Espionage Act of 1917. However, when the break-in and evidence that the FBI had illegally wiretapped his phone conversations, charges were dropped.
Ironically, The Pentagon Papers had very little to say about Nixon. It focused mostly in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. However, Nixon and the Nixon White House saw it as an attack on the Federal Government which would erode the citizenry's trust in American leaders.
Wonder how all that turned out?
On September 3, 1971, "the White House plumbers" supervised by Nixon staffer John Ehrlichman broke into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and 3 other current and former CIA agents were hoping to find Ellsberg's confidential file to discredit and embarrass him. It was a precursor to the Watergate break-in.
Ellsberg (born 1931) was a military analyst who contributed to the creation of The Pentagon Papers, a damning report on government incompetence, lawbreaking, and deceit involved in the US role in the Vietnam War. He decided that the public should know, stole a top secret copy and gave copies to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other newspapers
As a result, he was arrested and tried under the Espionage Act of 1917. However, when the break-in and evidence that the FBI had illegally wiretapped his phone conversations, charges were dropped.
Ironically, The Pentagon Papers had very little to say about Nixon. It focused mostly in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. However, Nixon and the Nixon White House saw it as an attack on the Federal Government which would erode the citizenry's trust in American leaders.
Wonder how all that turned out?
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On September 3, 1971, "the White House plumbers" supervised by Nixon staffer John Ehrlichman broke into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and 3 other current and former CIA agents were hoping to find Ellsberg's confidential file to discredit and embarrass him. It was a precursor to the Watergate break-in.
Ellsberg was part of the team that compiled The Pentagon Papers, a comprehensive report on US involvement in the Vietnam War. He was employed by the RAND Corporation (RAND = Research and Development). The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed by the U.S. government and private endowment, corporations, universities and private individuals.
On September 3, 1971, "the White House plumbers" supervised by Nixon staffer John Ehrlichman broke into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and 3 other current and former CIA agents were hoping to find Ellsberg's confidential file to discredit and embarrass him. It was a precursor to the Watergate break-in.
Ellsberg was part of the team that compiled The Pentagon Papers, a comprehensive report on US involvement in the Vietnam War. He was employed by the RAND Corporation (RAND = Research and Development). The RAND Corporation is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed by the U.S. government and private endowment, corporations, universities and private individuals.
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On September 3, 1971, "the White House plumbers" supervised by Nixon staffer John Ehrlichman broke into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and 3 other current and former CIA agents were hoping to find Ellsberg's confidential file to discredit and embarrass him. It was a precursor to the Watergate break-in.
Ellsberg had taken a copy of the top secret report on the Vietnam War that he has worked on and then gave copies to the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers.
From Wikipedia:
The Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study, they were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times in 1971. A 1996 article in The New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers had demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration had "systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress." '
On September 3, 1971, "the White House plumbers" supervised by Nixon staffer John Ehrlichman broke into the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and 3 other current and former CIA agents were hoping to find Ellsberg's confidential file to discredit and embarrass him. It was a precursor to the Watergate break-in.
Ellsberg had taken a copy of the top secret report on the Vietnam War that he has worked on and then gave copies to the New York Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers.
From Wikipedia:
The Pentagon Papers, officially titled Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Released by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the study, they were first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times in 1971. A 1996 article in The New York Times said that the Pentagon Papers had demonstrated, among other things, that the Johnson Administration had "systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress." '
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On September 4, 1893, Beatrix Potter first wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to a five-year old boy, an acquaintance, in the care of her former governess.
Potter (1866-1943) was a writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conversationist who wrote thirty books, her most famous being 23 children's stories which she also illustrated. She used much of her earnings to purchase and preserve hill country farmland in the Lake District of England, and she became a prosperous farmer and breeder of Herdwick sheep.
She had an enthusiasm for every natural science, except astronomy, throughout her life, keeping journals of observations, making drawings, and even publishing scientific papers, although she was rebuffed at times as a woman and an amateur.
When she died, she left over 4,000 acres and almost all of her original drawings to the National Trust, their largest bequest up to that time.
On September 4, 1893, Beatrix Potter first wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to a five-year old boy, an acquaintance, in the care of her former governess.
Potter (1866-1943) was a writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conversationist who wrote thirty books, her most famous being 23 children's stories which she also illustrated. She used much of her earnings to purchase and preserve hill country farmland in the Lake District of England, and she became a prosperous farmer and breeder of Herdwick sheep.
She had an enthusiasm for every natural science, except astronomy, throughout her life, keeping journals of observations, making drawings, and even publishing scientific papers, although she was rebuffed at times as a woman and an amateur.
When she died, she left over 4,000 acres and almost all of her original drawings to the National Trust, their largest bequest up to that time.
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On September 4, 1893, Beatrix Potter first wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to a five-year old boy, an acquaintance, in the care of her former governess.
Potter (1866-1943) was a writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conversationist who wrote thirty books, her most famous being 23 children's stories which she also illustrated. She used much of her earnings to purchase and preserve hill country farmland in the Lake District of England, and she became a prosperous farmer and breeder of Herdwick sheep.
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or fells), and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin. The Lake District National Park was established in 1951 and covers an area of 2,362 square kilometres (912 sq mi). It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017
On September 4, 1893, Beatrix Potter first wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to a five-year old boy, an acquaintance, in the care of her former governess.
Potter (1866-1943) was a writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conversationist who wrote thirty books, her most famous being 23 children's stories which she also illustrated. She used much of her earnings to purchase and preserve hill country farmland in the Lake District of England, and she became a prosperous farmer and breeder of Herdwick sheep.
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or fells), and its associations with William Wordsworth and other Lake Poets and also with Beatrix Potter and John Ruskin. The Lake District National Park was established in 1951 and covers an area of 2,362 square kilometres (912 sq mi). It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017
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On September 4, 1893, Beatrix Potter first wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to a five-year old boy, an acquaintance, in the care of her former governess.
She eventually published 30 books, including 23 children's books. She also had a very keen business sense, patenting the first official Peter Rabbit doll in 1903, considered the first character licensing deal. Famous toymaker Steiff began manufacturing a rabbit wearing a coat, but not named Peter, in 1905. Potter also designed and authorized the production of porcelain figurines and tea sets of her characters several times before and during World War I, with companies including Royal Doulton, but she was never satisfied with the results. Finally, starting around 1922, she was pleased with the products.
Her writing, licensing, farming, and marriage made her quite wealthy, enabling her to buy lots of Lake District farm land for conservation and to leave the National Trust its biggest bequest in history up to that point when she died in 1943.
On September 4, 1893, Beatrix Potter first wrote the story of Peter Rabbit in a letter to a five-year old boy, an acquaintance, in the care of her former governess.
She eventually published 30 books, including 23 children's books. She also had a very keen business sense, patenting the first official Peter Rabbit doll in 1903, considered the first character licensing deal. Famous toymaker Steiff began manufacturing a rabbit wearing a coat, but not named Peter, in 1905. Potter also designed and authorized the production of porcelain figurines and tea sets of her characters several times before and during World War I, with companies including Royal Doulton, but she was never satisfied with the results. Finally, starting around 1922, she was pleased with the products.
Her writing, licensing, farming, and marriage made her quite wealthy, enabling her to buy lots of Lake District farm land for conservation and to leave the National Trust its biggest bequest in history up to that point when she died in 1943.
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The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse was killed in September 5, 1877, at approximately age 37, stabbed in the back with a bayonet while being arrested.
He's one of the most enigmatic, mysterious men in American history, yet there is no shortage of books and biographies written about him. He is known as the battlefield genius at the Little Bighorn, even though he was never a chief, just a highly respected and followed warrior. Friends, family, and followers always described him as a man who was more at ease by himself, noted for his shyness and modesty. At an early age, he started having visions that he and medicine men interpreted as signs of his future greatness.
In 1877, he and a small band officially surrendered at the Red Cloud Agency. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, leaders of the Agency grew jealous of the attention Crazy Horse received there, and they may have encouraged rumors that he intended to escape the reservation. General George Crook and Indian agents were also told that Crazy Horse had said that he intended to kill the general, when he had not said that. Soldiers were sent to arrest Crazy Horse. He allegedly struggled, and according to one Indian eyewitness pulled two hidden knives and accidentally stopped himself in the back. Other witnesses claimed a soldier stabbed him with a bayonet.
The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse was killed in September 5, 1877, at approximately age 37, stabbed in the back with a bayonet while being arrested.
He's one of the most enigmatic, mysterious men in American history, yet there is no shortage of books and biographies written about him. He is known as the battlefield genius at the Little Bighorn, even though he was never a chief, just a highly respected and followed warrior. Friends, family, and followers always described him as a man who was more at ease by himself, noted for his shyness and modesty. At an early age, he started having visions that he and medicine men interpreted as signs of his future greatness.
In 1877, he and a small band officially surrendered at the Red Cloud Agency. Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, leaders of the Agency grew jealous of the attention Crazy Horse received there, and they may have encouraged rumors that he intended to escape the reservation. General George Crook and Indian agents were also told that Crazy Horse had said that he intended to kill the general, when he had not said that. Soldiers were sent to arrest Crazy Horse. He allegedly struggled, and according to one Indian eyewitness pulled two hidden knives and accidentally stopped himself in the back. Other witnesses claimed a soldier stabbed him with a bayonet.
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The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse was killed in September 5, 1877, at approximately age 37, stabbed in the back with a bayonet while being arrested.
The Crazy Horse Memorial was begun in 1948 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In the 1930s, Lakota elders contacted sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski about creating the memorial. The Lakota people, long offended by the creation of Mt. Rushmore on sacred Lakota land taken from them by war, wanted a monument befitting their great hero Crazy Horse. Ziolkowski finally agreed. Following his death, his wife, children, and the nonprofit memorial foundation have continued the work. There is no completion date in sight. If completed, it will be the second largest statue in the world, after the Statue of Unity in India.
It is not without controversy. Many descendants of Crazy Horse and Lakota tribal members have condemned it as a memorial to the Ziolkowski family, not Crazy Horse, and have said the efforts could have been used in other more positive ways. Also, there is no known likeness of Crazy Horse. Finally, some find the design itself problematic. The figure is depicted pointing in the distance. Among many Native American cultures, pointing with the hand or finger is extremely rude; direction is indicated by gesturing with the chin or eyes.
The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse was killed in September 5, 1877, at approximately age 37, stabbed in the back with a bayonet while being arrested.
The Crazy Horse Memorial was begun in 1948 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In the 1930s, Lakota elders contacted sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski about creating the memorial. The Lakota people, long offended by the creation of Mt. Rushmore on sacred Lakota land taken from them by war, wanted a monument befitting their great hero Crazy Horse. Ziolkowski finally agreed. Following his death, his wife, children, and the nonprofit memorial foundation have continued the work. There is no completion date in sight. If completed, it will be the second largest statue in the world, after the Statue of Unity in India.
It is not without controversy. Many descendants of Crazy Horse and Lakota tribal members have condemned it as a memorial to the Ziolkowski family, not Crazy Horse, and have said the efforts could have been used in other more positive ways. Also, there is no known likeness of Crazy Horse. Finally, some find the design itself problematic. The figure is depicted pointing in the distance. Among many Native American cultures, pointing with the hand or finger is extremely rude; direction is indicated by gesturing with the chin or eyes.
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The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse was killed in September 5, 1877, at approximately age 37, stabbed in the back with a bayonet while being arrested.
As I mentioned in the previous post, there is no confirmed image of Crazy Horse. In 1956, a tintype was published, purporting to be a photograph of Crazy Horse, who died in 1877. In the late 1990s, it was on display at the Custer Battlefield Museum. However, photography experts have stated that it was taken 10-20 years after 1877, that the background looks like an urban studio setting instead of Fort Robinson which would have been the actual location, and the individual's attire closely resembles the attire worn by performers in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The chances of this being Crazy Horse are slim at best.
The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse was killed in September 5, 1877, at approximately age 37, stabbed in the back with a bayonet while being arrested.
As I mentioned in the previous post, there is no confirmed image of Crazy Horse. In 1956, a tintype was published, purporting to be a photograph of Crazy Horse, who died in 1877. In the late 1990s, it was on display at the Custer Battlefield Museum. However, photography experts have stated that it was taken 10-20 years after 1877, that the background looks like an urban studio setting instead of Fort Robinson which would have been the actual location, and the individual's attire closely resembles the attire worn by performers in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The chances of this being Crazy Horse are slim at best.
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On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third assassinated US President when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. McKinley died a week later.Finally, after his death, Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the President.
Czolgosz was one of 8 children born to a Polish-American family in Detroit in 1873. Following the economic crash of 1893, he list his steel working job and joined a radical socialist club, where he became interested in anarchism. Further influenced by hearing speeches by and meeting famous anarchist Emma Goldman, he went deeper. Socially awkward and weird, many anarchists thought he was a government spy. Inspired by the assassination of King Umberto I of Italy, he resolved to assassinate McKinley.
On September 6, McKinley was in the Temple of Music shaking hands. Czolgosz covered his hand and pistol with a handkerchief and moved forward in line. The first bullet was deflected by the President's coat button, but the second went into his abdomen and was not found; McKinley died of infection.
In jail, Czolgosz refused to speak to his appointed attorneys or the psychiatrist tasked with evaluating his sanity. He offered no defense in his trial. He died in the electric chair on October 29, 1901.
The President and the Assassin is an excellent book about the men and the events. It was a pivotal moment in American history because Theodore Roosevelt may never have become President otherwise. Republican party leadership had made him vice-president, knowing that office meant death to political careers at the time.
On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third assassinated US President when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. McKinley died a week later.Finally, after his death, Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the President.
Czolgosz was one of 8 children born to a Polish-American family in Detroit in 1873. Following the economic crash of 1893, he list his steel working job and joined a radical socialist club, where he became interested in anarchism. Further influenced by hearing speeches by and meeting famous anarchist Emma Goldman, he went deeper. Socially awkward and weird, many anarchists thought he was a government spy. Inspired by the assassination of King Umberto I of Italy, he resolved to assassinate McKinley.
On September 6, McKinley was in the Temple of Music shaking hands. Czolgosz covered his hand and pistol with a handkerchief and moved forward in line. The first bullet was deflected by the President's coat button, but the second went into his abdomen and was not found; McKinley died of infection.
In jail, Czolgosz refused to speak to his appointed attorneys or the psychiatrist tasked with evaluating his sanity. He offered no defense in his trial. He died in the electric chair on October 29, 1901.
The President and the Assassin is an excellent book about the men and the events. It was a pivotal moment in American history because Theodore Roosevelt may never have become President otherwise. Republican party leadership had made him vice-president, knowing that office meant death to political careers at the time.
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On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third assassinated US President when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. McKinley died a week later.Finally, after his death, Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the President.
The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair that ran from May 1, 1901 through November 2, on 350 acres. Located near Niagara Falls because it was already a major tourist destination, the city of Buffalo beat out the city of Niagara Falls because of its superior railroad facilities. However, Niagara Falls did produce the electricity which lit up the fair and awed visitors.
Electricity was the star of the fair, even though it is best remembered today for the assassination. The newly developed x-ray machine was first displayed at the fair, but it was not used on the president because the side effects were not known. Fair-goers also took rides on the mechanical Trip to the Moon.
As soon as the fair was over, the buildings were all destroyed, except for the New York State building which now houses the Buffalo History Museum. As in other world's fairs, the structures were meant to be temporary anyway. The site was made into residential neighborhoods and park lands.
On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third assassinated US President when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. McKinley died a week later.Finally, after his death, Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the President.
The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair that ran from May 1, 1901 through November 2, on 350 acres. Located near Niagara Falls because it was already a major tourist destination, the city of Buffalo beat out the city of Niagara Falls because of its superior railroad facilities. However, Niagara Falls did produce the electricity which lit up the fair and awed visitors.
Electricity was the star of the fair, even though it is best remembered today for the assassination. The newly developed x-ray machine was first displayed at the fair, but it was not used on the president because the side effects were not known. Fair-goers also took rides on the mechanical Trip to the Moon.
As soon as the fair was over, the buildings were all destroyed, except for the New York State building which now houses the Buffalo History Museum. As in other world's fairs, the structures were meant to be temporary anyway. The site was made into residential neighborhoods and park lands.
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On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third assassinated US President when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. McKinley died a week later. Finally, after his death, Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the President.
The president was rushed to the hospital on the fairground site. It had an operating room, pictured here. Although the fairgrounds were illuminated with electric lights, and demonstrations of the magic of electricity drew huge crowds, there was no electricity in the operating room itself. Doctors had to hold metal pans up to reflect the sunlight from the window; it was impossible for surgeons to find the bullet in McKinley's abdomen, regardless of how much poking around in the dark they had to do.
An x-ray machine was also one of the popular exhibits, but doctors were afraid to use it because they didn't know enough about x-rays and their side effects. After seeming to rally the next day, McKinley turned for the worse and died a week later.
On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third assassinated US President when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York. McKinley died a week later. Finally, after his death, Congress passed legislation giving the Secret Service the responsibility of protecting the President.
The president was rushed to the hospital on the fairground site. It had an operating room, pictured here. Although the fairgrounds were illuminated with electric lights, and demonstrations of the magic of electricity drew huge crowds, there was no electricity in the operating room itself. Doctors had to hold metal pans up to reflect the sunlight from the window; it was impossible for surgeons to find the bullet in McKinley's abdomen, regardless of how much poking around in the dark they had to do.
An x-ray machine was also one of the popular exhibits, but doctors were afraid to use it because they didn't know enough about x-rays and their side effects. After seeming to rally the next day, McKinley turned for the worse and died a week later.
Person
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) was born on September 7, 1924 in Honolulu, a Nisei, or first generation American. He served as Hawaii's Senator from 1963 to his death in 2012. He witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a high school student and immediately went to work with the Red Cross after school. He wanted to enlist, but he was denied since he was Japanese - American. While mainland Japanese-Americans were forced from their homes into internment camps, those in Hawaii were not, frankly because there were so many.
In March 1943, FDR authorized the creation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Nisei unit consisting of 2,700 Hawaiian Nisei and 1,500 from the mainland. The unit was dispatched to Italy and then France. Inouye was promoted to second lieutenant and survived a bullet to the chest because it struck his lucky silver dollars. Back in Italy, while leading a charge, he was wounded five separate times. Despite a stomach wound and his right arm rendered useless (later amputated) by the impact of a grenade which didn't explode, he continued forward, destroying 3 German machine gun nests before collapsing.
The 442nd is the most decorated US military unit in history, earning more than 18,000 awards in less than two years, including 4,000 Purple Hearts, 4,000 Bronze Stars, and 21 Medals of Honor.
Facing the Mountain focuses on the true story of four of the men in the unit and their families back home.
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) was born on September 7, 1924 in Honolulu, a Nisei, or first generation American. He served as Hawaii's Senator from 1963 to his death in 2012. He witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a high school student and immediately went to work with the Red Cross after school. He wanted to enlist, but he was denied since he was Japanese - American. While mainland Japanese-Americans were forced from their homes into internment camps, those in Hawaii were not, frankly because there were so many.
In March 1943, FDR authorized the creation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Nisei unit consisting of 2,700 Hawaiian Nisei and 1,500 from the mainland. The unit was dispatched to Italy and then France. Inouye was promoted to second lieutenant and survived a bullet to the chest because it struck his lucky silver dollars. Back in Italy, while leading a charge, he was wounded five separate times. Despite a stomach wound and his right arm rendered useless (later amputated) by the impact of a grenade which didn't explode, he continued forward, destroying 3 German machine gun nests before collapsing.
The 442nd is the most decorated US military unit in history, earning more than 18,000 awards in less than two years, including 4,000 Purple Hearts, 4,000 Bronze Stars, and 21 Medals of Honor.
Facing the Mountain focuses on the true story of four of the men in the unit and their families back home.
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Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) was born on September 7, 1924 in Honolulu, a Nisei, or first generation American. He served as Hawaii's Senator from 1963 to his death in 2012. He witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a high school student and immediately went to work with the Red Cross after school. He wanted to enlist, but he was denied since he was Japanese - American. Eventually the 442nd Regiment was created as an all -Nisei (first generation Japanese- American) unit, and Inouye joined. The 442nd took part in the brutal and deadly Italian campaign primarily, but they also saw action in France, and an all Nisei artillery unit fought in Germany, liberating satellite sub-camps of the Dachau concentration camp.
The fiercest battle came in the last few days of the war in Europe when the all Japanese American 442nd, along with the all African-American 92nd Infantry Division, as well as troops of the British and French colonial empires (West and East Africans, Moroccans, Algerians, Indians, Gurkhas, Jews from the Palestine mandate) and the non-segregated Brazilian Expeditionary Force, which had in its ranks ethnic Japanese, finally broke the Gothic Line, the last German barrier between Allied troops and southern Germany. It had been built with the labor of 15,000 enslaved Italians, and included almost 2,500 German machine gun nests carved into solid rock.
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) was born on September 7, 1924 in Honolulu, a Nisei, or first generation American. He served as Hawaii's Senator from 1963 to his death in 2012. He witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a high school student and immediately went to work with the Red Cross after school. He wanted to enlist, but he was denied since he was Japanese - American. Eventually the 442nd Regiment was created as an all -Nisei (first generation Japanese- American) unit, and Inouye joined. The 442nd took part in the brutal and deadly Italian campaign primarily, but they also saw action in France, and an all Nisei artillery unit fought in Germany, liberating satellite sub-camps of the Dachau concentration camp.
The fiercest battle came in the last few days of the war in Europe when the all Japanese American 442nd, along with the all African-American 92nd Infantry Division, as well as troops of the British and French colonial empires (West and East Africans, Moroccans, Algerians, Indians, Gurkhas, Jews from the Palestine mandate) and the non-segregated Brazilian Expeditionary Force, which had in its ranks ethnic Japanese, finally broke the Gothic Line, the last German barrier between Allied troops and southern Germany. It had been built with the labor of 15,000 enslaved Italians, and included almost 2,500 German machine gun nests carved into solid rock.
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