#anthony wayne

[18thcentury]

Valley Forge

10-26-23

[18th-century-bitch]

Slutshame Anthony Wayne

[clove-pinks]

I was reading the interpretive signs at Fort Miamis when I had a John Graves Simcoe encounter in the wild, paging @acrossthewavesoftime!

Simcoe penned one of the Letters From 1794 excerpted on this sign!

I have to laugh at "Mr. Wayne" for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Wayne, Simcoe, and Wayne's aide-de-camp William Henry Harrison all used Maumee/Miami interchangeably for what is called the Maumee River today. Simcoe makes it plural with "Miamis."

I don't know why I'm surprised when I was already aware that Simcoe built Fort Miamis?? It's right there in the opening chapters of William Henry Harrison and the Conquest of the Ohio Country: Frontier Fighting in the War of 1812 by David Curtis Skaggs:

The governor general of Canada, Sir Guy Carleton, recently elevated to the peerage as Lord Dorchester, promised such aid [to Indigenous allies] because he expected the United States and Great Britain to be at war shortly and, if so, they could expect direct assistance from His Majesty's government. To implement this, Carleton ordered John Graves Simcoe, the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern Ontario), to construct a fort near the rapids of the Maumee River. (Named Fort Miamis, though often designated Fort Miami on early maps, was located in what is now the eastern edge of Maumee, Ohio, on the river's north bank.) All this was an aspect of a British desire to create an Indian barrier state between the lakes and the Ohio River [...]

I'll say it again: John Graves Simcoe may have had the greatest effect on the War of 1812, for a person who didn't live to see it.

What were Simcoe's thoughts on the aftermath of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? Did he know that the gates of Fort Miamis were closed to the Indigenous allies of the British, who fled there for shelter from Wayne's army?

[xtinethewriter]

Erie, PA Military History Quiz: Xtine's 20 questions

by Christine Lorraine Morgan ~ April 27, 2025 It’s time to sharpen your local history pencils and test your knowledge with this unique historical quiz that focuses on Erie’s military past. These are not easy questions to answer as local history is not taught in schools, and many of the answers are probably not easy to find in a google search. It is presented in a multiple-choice format so that…

[babymangosworld]

Me when y/n is acting like a little fucking child for male validation

[acourtofbooksandinsanity]

when i’m reading my 15th 20k word fanfic of the day and they finally kiss at the 13k word mark

[nyra-42]

Just me . . . reopening tumblr for the third time in the last 30 minutes checking to see if anyone posted anything new since I checked 5 minutes ago.

[miceskates]

robin lineup! gave them cute + stylish outfits

[dulusionalapocaliose]

I desperately need crazy unhinged bossgirl woman and their pathetic man representation. And by that I mean intelligent, ambitious, unhinged, disgustingly educated but hyperfeminine, that knows how to fight magnifically and are mad science smart queens that would do what is needed to get what they want and need, and their husband/boyfriend supporting and following them around like lovesick puppies.

[got-the-cheese-touch]

shoutout to my insane, sociopathic, asshole fictional boyfriend. i love him so much

[virtatears]

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[underoosparkerr]

i don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s not an “x reader” if the reader has a name.

it’s not an “x reader” if the reader has a name.

it’s not an “x reader” if the reader has a name.

it’s not an “x reader” if the reader has a name.

it’s not an “x reader” if the reader has a-

ps: nicknames and last names not inc in this rant

[clove-pinks]

After a lot of driving back and forth on Anthony Wayne Trail—named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne himself, Revolutionary War hero and apparently a Founding Father—we made it to the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and monument.

Our first stop (by accident) was the actual battlefield site, which has a plaque, a few nature trails, and a visitor's center that wasn't open.

I know this is the battlefield site, because it's right next to a mall called "The Shops at Fallen Timbers." Yeah, they built a shopping center adjacent to/basically on top of one of the most important sites commemorating the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795), which saw the United States defeating a confederacy of Indigenous peoples and their British allies, opening a huge territory to US settlers.

It prefigures the War of 1812, which involved the same Chippewa, Lenape, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Miami, Shawnee, Wyandot, United States, and British belligerents. The 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which followed Fallen Timbers, set aside large tracts of northwest Ohio for Indigenous use.

It was edifying to read the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which names the Indigenous nations I've included from a list on a monument at the site as well as "Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias." (Make of the spelling what you will, because the Treaty even spells European names wrong e.g. Fort Lawrence instead of Fort Laurens). The Treaty carves out a number of exceptions for land in the territory ceded to U.S. forts, and a guarantee of free passage between the forts.

Obviously this is very significant in the War of 1812, which mostly took place in a region of Ohio that was granted to Indigenous people not even a generation earlier. William Henry Harrison, military leader and politician, was known for his manipulative and deceptive agreements that kept putting lands into U.S. hands without honoring past treaties. It's a lot of interconnected conflicts between opponents who are already familiar with each other (Harrison, Tecumseh, and Procter come to mind, but it goes even deeper).

I feel a lot of sympathy for the settlers and even the U.S. military personnel engaged in these conflicts; but this park is a rather one-sided presentation of a complicated history. There is an attempt at including more of the Indigenous perspectives, which is something that I think needs a lot more attention in Western War of 1812 history. They wouldn't make a monument like the 1929 Anthony Wayne memorial again.

Fallen Timbers Battlefield is confusing to locate because the historic site with the 1929 monument is also in the wrong place. Only in 1995 did researchers uncover the real location of the battle (near the present-day shopping center).

The GPS took me on some unnecessary adventures, but as you can see, people have been getting this wrong for over 200 years.

We didn't go walking on the trails (at either park), although it was a warm sunny day. I would like to do that in the future. I think you can still see some of the actual fallen timbers (trees knocked over by a tornado) on the real battlefield 230 years later!

[asexual-juliet]

OUTSIDERS MUSICAL COSTUMES MASTERPOST

CHARACTER-DEPENDENT COSTUMES These costumes are generally the same no matter who plays the character - Ponyboy Curtis - Johnny Cade - Dallas Winston - Darrel Curtis - Sodapop Curtis - Cherry Valance - Two-Bit Mathews - Bob Sheldon - Paul Holden

GREASERS - Renni Anthony Magee as Steve - Tilly Evans-Krueger as Ace - Jordan Chin as Steve - Jordan Chin as Ace - Henry Julián Gendron as Steve - Ryo Kamibayashi as Steve - Andre T. Malcolm as Steve - Cameron Burke as Steve - Jena VanElslander as Ace - Anna K. Bermudez as Ace - Milena J. Comeau as Ace (last performance 2/23/25) - (retired costume) Henry Julián Gendron as Steve/Two-Bit

SOC BOYS - Davis Wayne as Chet - Devin Tyler Hatch as Brill - Cole Zieser as Trip - Henry Julián Gendron as Chet/Brill/Trip - Victor Carrillo Tracey as Chet/Brill/Trip - Ryo Kamibayashi as Chet/Brill/Trip - Cameron Burke as Chet/Brill/Trip - Matthew Varvar as Chet/Brill/Trip - Melody Rose as "Melvin" - SarahGrace Mariani as "Sergei" - Anna K. Bermudez as "Rogelio" - Jena VanElslander as "J.J." - Kevin Csolak as Trip (last performance 8/25/24) - Sean Harrison Jones as Trip (no longer in the show) - RJ Higton as Chet (last performance 1/26/25) - Milena J. Comeau as "Martin" (last performance 2/23/25) - Barton Cowperthwaite as Brill (last performance 3/16/25)

SOC GIRLS - SarahGrace Mariani as Marcia - Melody Rose as Bev/Marcia - Hailey Hyde as Marcia - Jena VanElslander as Bev/Marcia - Anna K. Bermudez as Bev/Marcia - Maggie Kuntz as Marcia/Bev (last performance 1/26/25) - Milena J. Comeau as Bev/Marcia (last performance 2/23/25)

[offbrandhandymanny]

see I don’t ask for much (a lie) BUT THIS

[jumpingpuddles]

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