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.

 

Lex Anteinternet: On the Anniversary of September 11, 2001. . . how ...

Lex Anteinternet: On the Anniversary of September 11, 2001. . . how ...: Today is the anniversary of the Al Queda attack on the United States in 2011.  Thirteen fast years have gone by, and since that day we'...

Chief Washakie Monument, Laramie Wyoming.

This dramatic monument on the edge of the campus of the University of Wyoming commemorates Shoshone Chief Washakie, specifically noting the battle between the Shoshones and the Crows at Crow Heart Butte. 

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.

In 'The Agony of War,' a life of trouble, a moment of immortality | NOLA.com

In 'The Agony of War,' a life of trouble, a moment of immortality | NOLA.com

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Lex Anteinternet: "Thank you for your service"

Lex Anteinternet: "Thank you for your service": Thanks, but you don't need to, nor should you either.   Me, as a Sergeant in the Wyoming Army National Guard (HHB, 3d Bn, 49th FA)...

Lex Anteinternet: Book Announcement: On This Day In Wyoming History...

Lex Anteinternet: Book Announcement: On This Day In Wyoming History...: We'd like to announce that our book, On This Day In Wyoming History , will go to press in March and can be pre-ordered from the publishe...

Holscher's Hub: In Memorium

Holscher's Hub: In Memorium:

Flags at half mast, at Casper College, in memory of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew McAdams, 27, killed when an MC-12 reconnaissance aircraft crashed in Afghanistan during a nighttime mission on January 14, 2014.

Today In Wyoming's History: Sidebar: Wyoming and the Korean War

Today In Wyoming's History: Sidebar: Wyoming and the Korean War: The Korean War is something that most Wyomingites don't particularly associate with our state, but the war did have a noticeable impact ...

Today In Wyoming's History: Sidebar: The Vietnam War In Wyoming

Today In Wyoming's History: Sidebar: The Vietnam War In Wyoming: Just below I posted an item on the Vietnam War, and reconsidering it in context .  Indeed, enough time has passed now that the war can prob...

Lex Anteinternet: Looking at the Vietnam War differently. Not a war...

Lex Anteinternet: Looking at the Vietnam War differently. Not a war...: In a thread just below I noted the Vietnam War as a lost American war .  Now, in a somewhat contrarian fashion, I"m going to urge us t...

Today In Wyoming's History: December 7

Today In Wyoming's History: December 7: Today is, by State Statute, WS 8-4-106, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.  The Statute provides: (a) In recognition of the members of th...

Commonwealth War Dead: First World War Visualised

Commonwealth War Dead: First World War Visualised

Carbon County World War Two Memorial, Rawlins Wyoming.

This is the Carbon County Wyoming World War Two monument. The monument lists every serviceman from the county who served in World War Two, separately noting those who lost their lives in the war. The memorial is located at the Carbon County Courthouse.

Lex Anteinternet: The Population of Veterans

Lex Anteinternet: The Population of Veterans: I've seen frequent written commentary in recent years to the effect that our current wars impact us very little, as a society, as so fe...

Today In Wyoming's History: Veterans Day

Today In Wyoming's History: Veterans Day:

Today is Veterans Day, commemorating the day in 1918 when World War One's fighting came to an end.  Originally called Armistice Day, and commemorating only the end of that war, after World War Two the holiday was expanded to honor all veterans of all wars, and veterans in general.

How does that work in your town, and in your place of employment?  Is this just another day?  Does your town honor it with a function of some sort.  Do you have the day off?  Let us know.

Lex Anteinternet: Happy Birthday USMC

Lex Anteinternet: Happy Birthday USMC: 13th Rgt, USMC, Quantico, post WWI. Officers, Gauntanimo Bay, 1911.

Blue Star Memorial Highway, Laramie County Wyoming

I'm not familiar with the Blue Star Highway designation, but this sign designated I25 near Cheyenne Wyoming as such a highway.  It's located at the Wyoming Department of Transportation rest stop just south of Cheyenne.

Lex Anteinternet: They also serve who pass in peace

Lex Anteinternet: They also serve who pass in peace: This is a thread that I started back in July, when an entry on our Today In Wyoming's History Blog entitled:  Today In Wyoming's Hi...

Lex Anteinternet: The Oregon Trail in Converse County.

Lex Anteinternet: The Oregon Trail in Converse County.:

Above is an Oregon Trail marker, placed in 1913, south of Douglas Wyoming. The Oregon Trail itself is visible directly behind it, being the strip of green sagebrush that's grown up over it in the prairie.

The white marker on the top of the hill is a marker used to mark the course of the trail.

 

 Looking down on the trail.

 The trail is visible in this photo, across the highway, where it goes up the side of a hill.

Erosion in the path of the trail.

Oregon Trail Marker, South of Douglas Wyoming

Oregon Trail marker, dated 1913, on a highway south of Douglas, Wyoming.

Holscher's Hub: Lahaina Cannons.

Holscher's Hub: Lahaina Cannons.: The Lehaina Cannons, two cannons raised from a sunken Russian warship that went down in 1816 off of Honolulu.  The guns were moved to th...

US Submarine Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii

 This submarine is the subject of a previous entry here as there is a memorial for its crew at the Veterans Cemetery in Natrona County, Wyoming.