Massing of the Colors at Washington Cathedral Tradition
The annual service at Washington Cathedral marks a national rite with a parade of more than six hundred banners from St. Alban's Parish to the Pilgrim Steps. The cross of poppies centers the ceremony, uniting people beyond denominational or political divides. The President or his greeting, and a Bishop of Washington sermon, stress gratitude, peace, and a common love of country.
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Washington Cathedral
Mount St. Alban
United States
St. Alban’s
Grims
Washington
Washington Star
Battle of Chickamauga and Atlanta Battles Fact Summary
The text recalls the Battle of Chickamauga fought September 19 20 1863 with Rosecrans Bragg and Thomas and Polk in July 1864 the Battle of Atlanta. It notes Confederate and Federal losses repeatedly and mentions key figures Sherman Hood Garfield and McPherson. It also references the pursuit to Chattanooga and the siege and capture of Atlanta.
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Chickamauga
William Starke Rosecrans
Chattanooga
Braxton Bragg
Rosecrans
Indianapolis News
Bragg
George Henry Thomas
Thomas L. Crittenden
Alexander McD
Thomas
James Abram Garfield
Atlanta
William Tecumseh Sherman
Army of the Tennessee
John Bell Hood
Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Hood
William E. Hardee
Sherman
James B. McPherson
Second
United States Artillery
McPherson
John M. Schofield
Fifteenth Corps
Sun Memorials Sunlight at Shrine of Remembrance Melbourn
The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne Australia is built so a shaft of sunlight falls onto a rough-hewn rock at 11 a.m. Melbourne time each November 11 marking Armistice Day. A device directs the sunbeam from the roof to the rock precisely at that moment.
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Melbourne
Australia
Flag origins and secession states outlined
The Flag of the Confederacy began as the Stars and Bars with seven stars in a circle on blue in the union, later evolving into the Southern Cross with three white stars on each arm and at the center. Eleven states seceded including South Carolina through Arkansas. Kentucky and Missouri stayed in the Union. The seven stars symbolized the initial seven seceding states.
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Confederacy
Southern Cross
St. Andrew's Cross
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennesse
Arkansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Picturesque for Afternoon Wear Pattern 9311
A demure yet picturesque afternoon dress features a wide drop-shoulder yoke and paneling with soft gathers and tiny waist tucks. The pattern 9311 comes in sizes 12 through 40 with fabric needs listed. order by sending fifteen cents and providing name address style number and size to the Sewing Circle Pattern Department in New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
Perfect I envy the man who sang the tenor solo
A brief comic exchange from the Border Cities Star notes a tenor soloist who was praised for nerve rather than voice. The gag highlights public courage over vocal skill in a local performance.
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Border Cities
Sex teacher asks about number of sexes
Pathfinder Magazine presents a dialogue where James asks how many sexes exist and the teacher answers with three: male, female, and insects, framing a curious, provocative discussion on sex classification.
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James
Teacher
Pathfinder Magazine
Heroic Measures Weighing Plastic Surgery Options
A dialogue explores whether plastic surgery could improve appearance. The exchange questions the value of cosmetic changes and considers alternative steps.
A Long Pie From a London Tit-Bits Joke
A wife presents a very long pie as a joke about shortening rhubarb. Her husband questions the dish, and she quips that she could not get any shorter rhubarb.
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London
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