Kane County, Illinois’ Multipurpose War Memorial
I’ve long appreciated the First World War memorials to which the Czechs have added the names of Second World War dead, victims of fascism and communism, and in one case, the dead from UN service. Makes good use of existing monuments. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in front of the old Kane County Courthouse in…
A Little Something about Thirteen-Inch Mortars or Why We Should Always Read the Information on Historic Markers
I’m not a big fan of cannons or mortars–I mean how interesting can they be and no they aren’t the same thing–but I am a fan of reading historic markers. That’s how I learned that these round mortar shells, which were what originally attracted my attention at Battery Park in Charleston, were for thirteen-inch mortars.…
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Amazing site. Thank you for all of this incredible work and for your generosity in sharing it!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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This reminds me of Katherine Verdery’s “Political Lives of Dead Bodies”.
Political and Historical discourse seem to be muetrally supportive. Especially, opposing national narratives.
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I feel as if something I taught has mattered!
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