American Merchant Mariners' Memorial, Battery Park, New York

The memorial to American Merchant Marines during World War Two. The number of casualties endured by Merchant Mariners during World War Two is horrific, and at least for part of the war it was the single most dangerous service to be in.  This stark memorial commemorates their service with a memorial that frankly contemplates the death of all three merchant seamen depicted in the memorial.

Scenes of Gettysburg

Culps Hill

Little Round Top.

The Union line where it received Pickett's Charge.

The pathway of Pickett's Charge as viewed from the Confederate lines.

Casper Army Air Base, Casper Wyoming.

These are photos of the new display signs at the Natrona County International Airport, memorializing the airports' early role as an Army Air Corps air base  While the early role of the facility as a B-17 and B-24 training base are still evident, in some ways, these photos serve to also demonstrate how much the facility has changed.

 Display, with stunt aircraft painted in British World War Two colors, in the modern terminal.

Sign on location of the old parade ground.

Flag pole base of parade ground.

 

Parade ground.

Sign commemorating one of the original hangers, which is still standing.

 

This particular hanger, near the sign, is now owned by an air racer, and it also hosts a private museum.

The crash station, which I think at least partially retains its original use.

 Contemporary tower, probably not the original.

 Original hanger.

 Hanger row, with new and old hangers.

View of what had been barracks.

 What had been the base hospital.

I should note here that there is also a museum at the airport, in one of the old buildings, that's been featured here previously.

Sharp, Franklin, Taylor, Doe, and Kelly, and the bloody 1860s

A marker locating the spot where various Oregon Trail immigrants lost their lives during the Indian Wars of the early 1860s, which were coincident with the Civil War.  This spot is along Interstate 25 in Converse County, Wyoming.  Some pipeline work was going on at the time, which doesn't contribute to the overall scene in this picture.

Willow Springs, Natrona County, Wyoming

Veterans Memorial, Rock River, Wyoming.

 

Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

These photos are of the city block that is now a memorial to those who lost their lives in the tragic and senseless bombing of the Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City.  It's a powerful, and moving, memorial.

The view from the memorial, looking at Oklahoma City U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, with the steeple of St. Joseph's Old Cathedral visible to the right.

A panoramic photograph of the reflection pool, with memorials to each of those who lost their lives in the attack.

The former playground of the Murrah building.