Abraham Lincoln had Brooks Brothers create a special jacket containing a secret embroidered message in the coat's lining: 'One country, one destiny,'

Pres Lincoln wore it to his second inauguration and to Ford's Theater.

They said she couldn’t fly in a jet because her 'female parts would be damaged.'

They said she couldn't complete the same basic training.
They said she couldn’t work on the operations staff.
They said she couldn't work in Intelligence.
They said she couldn’t work overseas.

They said many things.

She proved them wrong.

He served in France during the First World War.
 
After the war, he tried to open a radio shop, but Canada wouldn't give him a license because of his ethnicity.
 
So Wee Hong Louie sent his uniform and medals to the Prime Minister. He got his license. Only then.

Never forget.

Battle of the Atlantic Sunday is the first Sunday in May, commemorating the longest campaign of the #SWW , and those who served and were lost in it. This painting of a burial at sea by Cmdr Harold Beament (1944) is based on an actual event.
CWM 19710261-0993

The Blackfeet Nation in Montana gifted their surplus COVID-19 vaccines (750 doses) to nearby residents in Alberta, Canada.

People drove for hours and lined up for miles on the highway to be vaccinated at a mobile clinic set up at the border crossing.

He was 18 years old.

Ordinary Seaman Kenneth Watson of Revelstoke, British Columbia.

We still see you, Wiley.

Americans. Canadians. Newfoundlanders.
Lifelines to Europe.

Remember the Battle of the Atlantic.
Remember the cost of victory.

Please remember them.

He went everywhere to tell the story.

Rest easy, Matthew Fisher.

She was thoughtful and cautious.
She knew the risks.
 
Soon to be married, she went to Afghanistan to tell the story.
 
She died there.
 
Michelle Lang was 34 years old.

We see you, brother.

We still see you.

Triathlete. Hockey coach.
He loved helping people.
He loved, was loved.

A diver in Afghanistan, he had just disposed of an improvised explosive device when he stepped on another.

PO2 Craig Blake died eleven years ago today.

Strength in Depth, Craig. Always.

The Last Snow

📷Daniel Hedquist

Westminster Bridge by Moonlight, John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1880

Over The Gate. 9°C and sunny after an early frost. Song Thrush singing. @2018Ria

Just had this antique store find matted.

There was a ton of coal dust caked between the glass & photo—took forever to clean up. It must have been hanging in or near a coal mine for quite some time.

#PreservingThePast

The sun and the storm ~ © Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp

Hello Good Morning
Starting today with Alan Lee’s Illustrations for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Dramatic and beautiful

‘Blooms in the Dark’ my final Illustration etc today. Laorel ‘Midnight Moth. Inspired by the beauty of nature.
Thanks my twitterarty. Back tomorrow morning with more to see and hopefully enjoy.
Helen, Dr S Toots and Max. 😊🐶🐶👨🏻‍🍳

Hooray. I’ve found a P.J. Crook I like in fact it’s fabulous.
Maybe I’ve just been unlucky in the last 6 years, not looked hard enough ‘Nocturne’ Great attention to detail, and the clarity is amazing.
Thanks my Twitterarty
Back tomorrow Helen, Dr S Toots and Max 😊🐶🐶👨🏻‍🍳