Posts Tagged ‘American’
On my way back to Illinois from Des Moines, I made a stop in the beautiful Mississippi River town of LeClaire, IA: birthplace of Buffalo Bill and home to “Antique Archaeology,” home base of The History Channel’s “American Pickers”.
Music: “Autumn Day” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
ISRC: US-UAN-11-00765
Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″
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http://music.incompetech.com/royaltyfree2/Autumn%20Day.mp3
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I found this Bald Eagle nest this year of 2011. I had seen the pair of eagles in the area and their nest, but was not sure if I could reach it. Walking through a slough area, deep woods, and thick vines I found the nest. I started watching the nest and eagles in the first of April. The eaglets Fledged in around June 13. Due to flooding I could not get to the nest for certain periods. But I was able to record with photos most of the eaglets growing time and Fledging. It was a wonderful experience being alone with the eagle family. I hope to be able to repeat this experience again nest nesting and breeding season for this eagle pair.
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A short summary of a visit to the area around the St. Louis Arch in St. Louis Missouri.
Filmed on a Canon 60D with a Sigma 28mm Prime lens @24p. It was very sunny that day so I had to set aperture pretty low. Color corrected with Premiere Pro CS5.
Facts about the Arch:
The Gateway Arch is the tallest national monument in the United States at 630 feet.
Construction began February 12, 1963, and the last section of the Arch was put into place on October 28, 1965.
The Arch weighs 17,246 tons. Nine hundred tons of stainless steel was used to build the Arch, more than any other project in history.
The Arch was built at a cost of $13 million.
Visit http://www.stlouisarch.com/ for tour information.
Music: Louis Armstrong – St. Louis Blues
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From the 20’s comes this timely piece of music, which I am presenting to in some small way bring attention to the tragedy that has been unfolding on the Mississippi River and to honor all those who are giving their all to save the property and life of those who have little.
Please join with me in prayer if you believe, and / or support of the Red Cross if you don’t as we face yet another challenge in our nation.
Thanks to all who view and share.
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Saturday May 14, 2011, 8:55 am
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Mike and Frank head down to Mississippi in search of radical digs and forgotten honey holes.
Produced by Crazyeyesproductions.com
edited by Frank Otero
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The American Civil War (1861–1865), amongst other names also known as the War Between the States, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as “the Confederacy”. Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the United States (the Union), which was supported by all the free states (where slavery was abolished) and by half the border slave states.
In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed. In response to the Republican victory and the long-term threat it posed to slavery, seven states declaring their secession from the Union before Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861. Both the outgoing administration of President James Buchanan and Lincoln’s incoming administration rejected the legality of secession, considering it rebellion. The border states remained neutral at this point.
Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a US military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state to recapture federal property. This led to declarations of secession by four more slave states and the war had begun. Both sides raised armies as the Union assumed control of the border states early in the war and established a naval blockade. In September 1862, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal, and dissuaded the British from intervening.
Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won battles in the east, but in 1863 his northward advance was turned back with heavy casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg. To the west, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River after their capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi, thereby splitting the Confederacy in two. The Union was able to capitalize on its long-term advantages in men and material by 1864 when Ulysses S. Grant fought battles of attrition against Lee, while Union general William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta, Georgia, and marched to the sea. Confederate resistance collapsed after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
The American Civil War was one of the earliest true industrial wars in human history. Railroads, steamships, mass-produced weapons, and various other military devices were employed extensively. The practices of total war, developed by Sherman in Georgia, and of trench warfare around Petersburg foreshadowed World War I in Europe. It remains the deadliest war in American history, resulting in the deaths of 620,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties. Ten percent of all Northern males 20–45 years of age died, as did 30 percent of all Southern white males aged 18–40. Victory for the North meant the end of the Confederacy and of slavery in the United States, and strengthened the role of the federal government. The social, political, economic and racial issues of the war decisively shaped the reconstruction era that lasted to 1877.
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This volume of River Stories is about how I became, and some of my experiences as, the Captain on the Delta Queen.
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A one-minute visit to “Gateway Arch Tour” at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. To learn more, visit www.nps.gov/jeff. For books and DVDs, visit www.jnpa.com.
The Arch towers 630 feet above the Mississippi River and is a symbol of St. Louis’ role in the nations westward expansion. Under the Arch is the Museum of Westward Expansion where animated exhibits tell the story in the words of those whose lives shaped the American West, from the Louisiana Purchase to the closing of the frontier in 1890.
While the West was being settled, the issue of slavery was not. Here at the Old Courthouse, Dred Scott successfully sued for his freedom in 1850. Unfortunately, for millions of African-Americans, freedom wouldn’t come until after the American Civil War.
In 1948, Architect Eero Saarinen won a national contest held to determine the design of the memorial. Over 5,000 tons of steel were used to build the triangular shaped arch. The entire surface of the Arch is stainless steel plates.
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Filmed in high definition, the soon-to-be-released Gateway Arch DVD Postcard captures a visit to Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It features 20 minutes of beautiful cinematography edited to inspiring music and includes aerials, the Mississippi River, the Old Courthouse and the Museum of Westward Expansion. Packaged in a ready-to-mail mailer for family and friends! Available on location and from www.finleyholiday.com. To learn more about the park, visit www.nps.gov/jeff. For books and DVDs, visit www.jnpa.com.
ABOUT THE PARK Gateway Arch towers 630 feet above the Mississippi River and is a symbol of St. Louis’ role in the nations westward expansion. Under the Arch is the Museum of Westward Expansion where animated exhibits tell the story in the words of those whose lives shaped the American West, from the Louisiana Purchase to the closing of the frontier in 1890. It was from nearby Hartford, Illinois that the Lewis and Clark Expedition departed in 1804.
While the West was being settled, the issue of slavery was not. Here at the Old Courthouse, Dred Scott successfully sued for his freedom in 1850. Unfortunately, for millions of African-Americans, freedom wouldn’t come until after the American Civil War.
In 1948, Architect Eero Saarinen won a national contest held to determine the design of the memorial. Over 5,000 tons of steel were used to build the triangular shaped arch. The entire surface of the Arch is stainless steel plates.
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