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Today is the 229th anniversary of the launch of USS Constitution, the ship America calls Old Ironsides.
On October 21, 1797, she slid into Boston Harbor as one of the first six ships of the United States Navy. In the War of 1812, British cannonballs bounced off her thick oak hull and sailors swore her sides were made of iron. The name stuck. She is still a commissioned U.S. Navy ship today, crewed by active-duty sailors, and the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world.
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Four of the five young American Barn Owls on Manhattan’s Upper West Side were happy to come out for their photo op and pose like pros! The fifth was a bit more camera-shy, staying tucked away inside the water tower, peeking out just once. 🦉🦉🦉🦉🦉💕
#birdcpp, #NYC, #barnowl
ALT Four American Barn Owls lined up perfectly on the edge of an opening in the roof of an Upper West Side water tower in Manhattan. Photo by Anke Frohlich.
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On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown after 7,000+ British and German troops were taken as prisoners by American and French troops. The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
ALT Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, copy of lithograph by James Baillie, October 19, 1781. Artwork c. 1845. NAID: 532883
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October Autumnal Milky Way over Stonehenge 🤩 Photo credit Nick Bull 🙏
#MilkyWay #Stonehenge #Astrophotography #NightSky #Wiltshire #Salisbury #UKAstro #LongExposure #StonehengeDronescapes #Stars #StarsEverywhere #october #autumn
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"Your sword is bright sir; put it up again." - King John (A4, S3) #ShakespeareSunday
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'You have an excellent armour'
- Henry V (III, 7)
This wooden shield and 7-foot long, two-handed broadsword belonged to Edward III. They were kept by his tomb in the Abbey following his death and are now on display in our museum.
#ShakespeareSunday
ALT A large sword and shield in a glass display case in a museum gallery
“And reared aloft the bloody battleax” - Titus Andronicus (Act 3, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #ThorLoveandThunder @HollowCrownFans
“For I can here disarm thee with this stick and make thy weapon drop.” - The Tempest (Act 1, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #HarryPotter @HollowCrownFans
“Why, she that bears the bow.” - Love's Labour's Lost (Act 4, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #Brave @HollowCrownFans
“of murdering basilisks.” - Henry V (Act 5, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #ChamberofSecrets @HollowCrownFans
“where thou wast shot at with fair eyes, to be the mark
Of smoky muskets?“ - All's Well That Ends Well (Act 3, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #BeautyAndTheBeast @HollowCrownFans
“I have seen the time, with
my long sword” - The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 2, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #LoTR @HollowCrownFans
“That oft in field, with targe and shield, did make my foe to sweat” - Love's Labour's Lost (Act 5, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #WonderWoman @HollowCrownFans
“A boar-spear in my hand, and in my heart
Lie there what hidden woman’s fear there will” - As You Like It
(Act 1, Scene 3) #shakespeareSunday #TheNorthman @HollowCrownFans
“In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man
as modest stillness and humility, but when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger” - Henry V (Act 3, Scene 1) #ShakespeareSunday #LoTR @HollowCrownFans
“thou shalt have my hammer” - Henry VI, Part 2 (Act 2, Scene 3) #ShakespeareSunday #AvengersEndgame @HollowCrownFans
“Keep up your bright swords” - Othello (Act 1, Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday #TheHobbit @HollowCrownFans
Theme: Weaponry