#American War Cemetery

[vox-anglosphere]

Happy Memorial Day to our American friends & followers. You wanted no part of either world war, yet won them both for us. Thank you from the heart.

[wandering-cemeteries]

French Cemetery, the final resting place of about 50 unidentified French solders who were killed during the Siege of Yorktown, during the American Revolutionary War.

Yorktown, Virginia

[govikings]

2016 - Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

[swforester]

The patriotic grave of Perry Coleman. He fought on the Union side during the Civil War. At 22 years of age he was killed in the battle of Fair Oaks Virginia on May 31st, 1862.

Southampton Center Cemetery 3/16/24

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1877 – Death of Gaelic scholar, John O’Mahony, founding member of the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States, sister organisation to the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

THE FENIAN MOVEMENT – The Fenians wanted one simple desire for Ireland – Independence from British rule. The Great Hunger had a massive impact on Ireland. Many in Ireland believed that the government in London, to solve the ‘Irish Problem’, had deliberately did as little as possible to aid the people of Ireland – in fact committed genocide (exporting goods by armed guard out of the country) –…

[rabbitcruiser]

Charleston surrendered on February 18, 1865.

[redeemedguardian32]

Location: Willamette National Cemetery

I give my thanks and respect to all the men and women who laid down their lives in defense of our country. I pray that God will give them a peaceful rest.

[la-femme-au-collier-vert]

SoCal gothic is like missions haunted by the ghosts of genocide, crumbling eastside graves full of dirty men like Doheny and Mulholland, rotting Victorians in redlined neighborhoods, & studio backlots that abut mausoleums where the sound of old films play in the ghostly night. Development deals cut with USC on the site of destroyed native villages, patriotic monuments on the site of forts + battlefields where Californios were slaughtered by American conquerors, Edwardian public schools filled with asbestos where the lights turn on by themselves.

[nickysfacts]

Happy Memorial Day!🇺🇸

Remember today to honor those you who sadly had to be sacrificed in the name of Freedom!🇺🇸

[g63heavenonearth]

Allegheny Cemetery 4423-66

[carbone14]

La tombe du Général George S. Patton Jr. au cimetière militaire américain de Hamm au Luxembourg - 16 octobre 2005

©Chris Usrey

(Via ww2db.com)

[vox-anglosphere]

A US Marine quietly tends a WWI American War Cemetery in France

[wandering-cemeteries]

Tomb of John Follin (1761-1841), his first wife Catherine Sandford and his second wife Mary Barker.

John, a native of Fairfax County, Virginia. Entered the American Navy at 17. Captured by the British on the High Seas and confine for three years as a prisoner of war, exchanged near the end of the Revolution. Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.

[aaronjhill]

OLD KINSMAN CEMETERY Just located the grave of my Revolutionary War ancestor Martin Tidd, thanks to work by people in the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. Now, I only have to figure out how to read the map. Any tips for me?

[swforester]

John Woodruff who fought on the Union side during the Civil War.

Southampton Center Cemetery 3/16/24

[rabbitcruiser]

American Revolutionary War: American attackers were driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières on June 8, 1776.