A history prof: “Turning death into a spectacle, doesn’t deter crime.”
#PublicExecution #FiringSquad #HistoryMatters
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@alczarnecki.bsky.socialA history prof: “Turning death into a spectacle, doesn’t deter crime.”
#PublicExecution #FiringSquad #HistoryMatters
@neverstopthefight.bsky.socialBlack soldiers fought for freedom abroad while fighting for equality at home. Their contributions helped shape this nation, yet their sacrifices have too often been overlooked. We honor their service by telling the full truth about our history. ✊🏾🇺🇸 #BlackVeterans #HistoryMatters
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1521
Pope Leo X grants Henry VIII the title 'Defender of the Faith' for a tract defending Catholicism.
@jaybird54.bsky.social@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialHexham Abbey
The screens and panels are rare survivors of the destruction suffered by so much church imagery during the Commonwealth period in England.
@artdog.bsky.socialWhy are some parts of Johnson County, KS so white? Many answers lie in mid-20th Century #racist #land #covenants. Inspired by the Equal Justice Initiative’s work, Prairie Village, KS tried to set the #history straight. #HistoryMatters
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialAn altar dedicated to Jupiter from the Roman fort at Maryport in Cumbria which was set up by Marcus Maenius Agrippa, Tribune and Commander of the First Cohort of Spaniards.
Part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport.
📸Kevin Wilbraham
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialThe remains of Hardknott Roman Fort in Cumbria.
Located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass at 800 ft, the fort was built between 120 and 138 AD.
📸Kevin Wilbraham
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialThe remains of a late 4th century Romano-British temple which was built within the Iron-Age hill fort at Maiden Castle in Dorset.
📸Kevin Wilbraham
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialThe Stanberry Headlight, Missouri, September 26, 1929
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1917
Battle of Poelcappelle.
Walking wounded coming down and reinforcements going up a duckboard trench near Langemarck (Langemark-Poelkapelle).
📸 IWM (Q 3006)
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1216
King John lost his crown and jewels while his army was crossing the mudscapes of the tidal estuary called the Wash in East Anglia.
More than 800 years later King John’s hoard has not been found.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1727
Coronation of George II took place. He was the last British monarch born outside of Great Britain and the last British monarch to personally lead his armies into battle, at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1957
Largest radio telescope in the world was switched on at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1984
Kathryn D Sullivan became the first American woman astronaut to space walk from the space shuttle Challenger. The aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of an orbital refuelling system.
She went on to take part in 2 more shuttle missions.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1987
A huge sonar exploration of Loch Ness “Operation Deepscan” spent a week in the loch using £1-million worth of equipment to scan the Scottish lake, but failed to find any evidence of the legendary “Loch Ness Monster”.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1988
Women began to study at Magdalene College, Cambridge for the 1st time. A Magdalene flag was flown at half mast by rebel male students as women entered the college. Some male students choose to wear black arm bands.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social11 October 1918 Battery Sergeant Major James Allen (735777) Royal Field Artillery died and was buried in Zantvoorde British Cemetery.
James is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
