War memorial plaque. St. Wendreda’s Church, March, Cambridgeshire. Commemorating Pilot Officer J.W. Hocking of the RAAF, who after ordering his crew to bail out, remained at the controls of his stricken aircraft to prevent it crashing into the town, 28th July 1944. #LestWeForget
Making art the traditional way. No computers no photos. Just metal tools model and Clay. The uniform is 100 years old dating back to WW1.. our history is our culture. That is what makes us a country, a people and unifies us.
#OTD in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ripped through a NYC garment factory. It remains one of the worst industrial disasters in US history & was a turning point for workers’ rights & safety regulations.
A new memorial was dedicated last fall: https://t.co/yecGhrFsZx
A nine year project once everything is installed on September 13 at Pershing Park! Highlights from the national World War I memorial sculpture for we the people
The end of the studio after 4 1/2 years of sculpting the 38 figure composition called a Soldier Journey. Now we go to the foundry to create 60 feet of bronze wall to be shipped back to DC for the unveiling on September 13 of this year. Art for We the people.
From 1940 to 1944, Corrie ten Boom and her family used their home in the Netherlands as a hiding place for Jews fleeing the Nazis.
They had built a safe room in their home above the family shop on Barteljorisstraat in the Dutch city of Haarlem.
There, Corrie ten Boom, her sister, and their father would save the lives of some 800 Jews fleeing the Nazis.
The ten Boom family joined the Dutch resistance after Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940.
Guided by their religious beliefs, they quietly funneled desperate Jewish refugees to safety.
But in 1944, an informer sent the Nazis straight to their door. Corrie ten Boom survived her time in concentration camps — barely — but her father and sister did not.
Once the war ended, she set up a rehabilitation clinic for Holocaust survivors, preached the power of forgiveness, and wrote books about her experience.
Photo from Yad Vashem/The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
It is fantastic to see the wonderful Remembrance artwork by the talented pupils at Montem Academy in Slough. The children participated in a Jacqueline Hurley inspired art workshop at their school and produced these amazing creations.Well done to everyone involved! @MontemAcademy
On #WorldPhotographyDay, we’re looking at the work of military photographers who capture amazing moments in the life of the Armed Forces around the world.
Petty Officer Dave Jenkins has picked out some of the best shots of his career: https://t.co/ei5kAVU9HE