Tag Archives: history

D-Day Conneaut 2016

Posted on August 28, 2016 by annetbell

The fight for La Fiere Bridge near St. Mere Eglise, France We arrived at the park in Conneaut before 9 AM when the raising of the flag signaled the Saturday reenactments of D-Day for the 72nd anniversary remembrance. Thirty … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, USA | Tagged D-Day Conneaut 2016. Lake Erie, D-Day invasion of occupied France, D-Day reenactment, Eric Montgomery, France, George Bowler Tullidge III, history, Le Fiere Bridge, living history, www/DDAYOHIO.US | 27 Comments

Longwood, An Unfinished Dream

Posted on August 7, 2016 by annetbell

An Oriental Villa for Natchez Longwood was designed by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan for Haller and Julia Nutt, Mississippi natives and members of Natchez’s cotton planter elite. Construction of the grand, octagonal edifice began in 1860 but was halted in … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Travel, Uncategorized, USA | Tagged antebellum plantations, Civil War, history, Longwood, Natchez Mississippi, slavery, Where cotton was king | 15 Comments

Ancient Roma, video simulation

Posted on February 24, 2016 by annetbell

www.visioninconsciousness.org Rome, the Eternal City. The home where ancient Romans believed that no matter the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Religions of the World, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged ancient Rome, architecture, empires, Eternal City, food, history, Italy, Khan Academy, Roman Empire, Rome Reborn, video simulation, wine | 2 Comments

Who Were the Black Irish?

Posted on January 6, 2016 by annetbell

Who were the Black Irish? Back to Irish history The term ‘Black Irish’ is one that most people will have heard at some point, although it is more commonly used in the US, Britain and Australia than it is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged Black Irish, Caribbean, history, Ireland, Little or no help from England during the famine, Potato famine, tension between Ireland and England, Vikings | 2 Comments

The Muslims I Know!

Posted on November 21, 2015 by annetbell

Brave Muslims from Google Public Domain This Muslim man is very brave to be on the internet. I heard from a American born teacher of Muslim heritage , how she feared coming to school after 9/11. She was so afraid … Continue reading →

Posted in Religions of the World, Uncategorized, USA | Tagged Fascists, hatred, history, History repeating itself, Muslims, Nazis, refugees., religion | 17 Comments

A little Boy and His Dad in Paris

Posted on November 19, 2015 by annetbell

Here is a sweet story from this carnage in Paris that breaks our hearts. Now I can imagine that some will think that is just a dad consoling his son , and of course one one level it is . … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, Carnage in Paris, China, courage, Czech Republic, flowers instead of bullets, give peach a chance, history, John Lennon, love over evil, peace | 6 Comments

Castel Sant’ Angelo

Posted on October 28, 2015 by annetbell

From Google Public Domain If you asked my son today, many years after our times in Roma with groups of students, he would tell you that the Castel was and is his favorite site. He has a picture or … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged ancient Rome, architecture, Bernini, Castile Saint Angelo, fortress for the pope, Hadrian, history, Roman builders, Rome, secret passage, Tiber River | 6 Comments

The Alhambra , Granada Spain

Posted on October 27, 2015 by annetbell

The exquisite Muslim calligraphy at the jewel of the Moorish empire, the Alhambra, in Granada Spain. Google Public Domanin This is one of my all time favorite places i have visited, even though it was years ago that we were … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Religions of the World, Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, blogging, building, Christianity, decoration, design, garden, history, intricate design, Islam, King Charles, medicine. building, moorish culltures, Moorish culture, Renaissance architecture, Renaissance palace, The Alhambra Spain, travel | Leave a comment

Lacrosse is Coming Home

Posted on September 14, 2015 by annetbell

Yes, the WORLD Championship of box or indoor Lacrosse is coming in four days to the Ondondaga Nation ( Haudenosaunee) in upstate New York. It will be the first time a world championship has been played on the land … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, USA | Tagged box or indoor Lacrosse, clinic for Lacrosse players, culture, game, history, is ever tournament played for championship on indigenous land, Lacrosse World Championship, Onondaga Nation, Syracuse University, Thompson brothers, Upstate New York | Leave a comment

Ah, Incredible India !

Posted on September 10, 2015 by annetbell

These images begin to tell the history and story of Incredible India. Some of the facts you will be familiar with and others will surprise you . . . . . . . Either today , yesterday or from ancient … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, India, Religions of the World, Travel, Uncategorized | Tagged festivals, Ganges, history, Images of India, Incredible India, largest democracy, mathematics, oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, religion, space, Varanasi | 5 Comments