วันจันทร์ที่ 9 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2552
Conneaut lake Dreamland Ballroom Historic Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooX7UtuPvOQ&hl=en
วันอังคารที่ 27 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2552
Eyesore or Historic Building on the Square? Princeton, IN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fzcjcI565s&hl=en
วันอาทิตย์ที่ 20 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552
Historic Hermannsburg in Central Australia
The Hermannsburg Mission was founded in 1877 by German Lutheran missionaries about 125 km west of Alice Springs in the majestic Western MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia. The missionaries could be announced in permanent waterhole at the local Western Arrernte as Koprilya Hermannsburg and named the settlement after their home town in northern Germany. They had traveled for 18 months over land from the Barossa Valley region of South Australia and she brought a substantial inventoryof cattle and sheep.
The Lutherans built a church and began to preach Christianity to the Western Arrernte. Within two years, a school was built and christened in 1881, seven boys and one girl. By 1891, the missionaries created a dictionary of Western Arrernte language was, and had finally succeeded in translating the Bible into the language. Hermannsburg was the first settlement in Central Australia, older than the cities Arltunga and Alice Springs, and at aStage has a population of 700 inhabitants, mainly Western Arrernte. Although discouraged by the early missionaries, has remained Arrernte traditional Western culture strong in Hermannsburg, to this day.
The first phase of the settlement at Hermannsburg lasted from 1877-1891. During this time, the mission to steal a haven for Western Arrernte people from the excesses of local shepherds and the police, who regularly massacred the indigenous people in retaliation for petty theft and livestock.Nevertheless, there few Western Arrernte their traditional way fully to embrace Christianity, and in 1891 the Hermannsburg missionaries to leave for the next three years.
Pastor Carl Strehlow took the Hermannsburg Mission in 1894, and remain there for the next 28 years. His son, TGH Strehlow, noted anthropologist and was one of the few Europeans to be fully initiated in the Western Arrernte tradition. Pastor Strehlow found the original mission building inpoor condition, and in 1896 began the construction of the buildings that still stand today in the settlement. The building, which is now classified by the National Trust have been manufactured using galvanized iron, stones from the nearby Finke River, mulga logs and lime into a on-site kiln. These buildings are a school, rectory, mess house and a missionary district. Strehlow also planted two white gums in front of the church, now a museum, and built the bell between them.
Finally Strehlowdied in 1922 at Horseshoe Bend on the Finke River on the journey to hospital in South Australia. During his tenure grew Hermannsburg and became a relatively progressive center for the Western Arrernte and other indigenous inhabitants of the region, and went on the progress a number of historic premieres. In 1925, Strehlow's successor, Pastor FW Albrecht started a program to train local people in various skills and trades that led to the establishment of a tannery in 1936. In 1930 Hermannsburgwas the first location in the Northern Territory for the use of a wireless pedal.
In recent years, many Western Arrernte people of the old mission in which to establish about 35 branches in their traditional land, at Hermannsburg. The family of Hermannsburg's most famous son, the famous watercolor artist Albert Namatjira, still lives in Hermannsburg and a collection of his paintings are in the building of the old mission are considered. Born and baptized in Hermannsburg in 1902 and Strehlow,Namatjira met the artist Rex Battarbee in 1934, and the result was a series of paintings in Central Australia, the inspiration while drawing on the European tradition of watercolor, the landscape of the region and remind us of the beauty of the Western MacDonnell Ranges from the perspective of those who knew and loved this beautiful country.
The Lutheran Church Hermannsburg ceded control of the Western Arrernte traditional owners in 1982, as authority for the settlement (now known asNtaria) passed at a council. The original mission in Hermannsburg buildings have been restored and visitors are now welcome to the historic settlement, which explore important in Central Australian history. Both the old church and the old mission building still standing and in good condition.
วันอังคารที่ 15 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552
Historic Savannah and the Savannah Sand Gnats - Class A Professional Baseball Club
The sand flies - Class A Professional Baseball Team (NY Mets partners) their home games at historic Grayson Stadium (in Daffin Park). The venerable baseball park was built originally in 1926 reshaped to start the 2008 season. Gone are the set "manually" run / score cards (with a new 300 foot scoreboard with a nearly 300-square-video card with the ability to instant replays, and replaced in-game highlights), left field grandstand and the lumpy andpoorly drained area. The new view of the park is awesome, but the book cover is still charmingly old.
If you are a lot of fun, the sand flies, or the wonderful and helpful staff make it happen know. The team consists of very young players, and I suspect that there are a large number of non-shavers in the group, but they play as if they where in the big leagues, and some of them, they will. The field staff are not much older than the players, but they areas energetically when to keep it for fun and the creation of "wild and unique" ways to entertain the fans and especially the children come running from the basics racing balloons from the ceiling and try to catch them. There are no stopping the fun. After a few games, and especially on Friday evening, there is a firework display, well done and caps a perfect night in the park
When we play a lot of fun, but for the children (boys), there is much more to doother than the operation up and down the aisles during a cold Mom & Dad and enjoy watching the game. They have a "kids' play area installed on the left side of this page to climb the really well thought out and offers many activities and jump to the little ones busy and hopefully spend some of their energy, while you see still in the game. You will enjoy a visit to the sand flies mascot "Gnats", the always optimistic and fun to be together. He even has his own fan club.
DuringBaseball is the game, and I can tell you, the Class A players are wonderful to see how they begin their journey to the "big leagues". Have fun ... There are many things to do in the park: to get up a dog and a drink, visit the club bar, show early and an autograph or visit the gift shop and pick up a memento of your visit.
Remember, you are from the old ball game.
วันพุธที่ 2 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2552
Mobile Alabama - Museums, Parks, and Historic Architecture
Mobile Alabama is a city rich heritage. Here you can see the shadows of the past by a variety of museums, historic buildings, parks and memorials. The Battleship Memorial Park, for example, is the military park on the shore of Mobile Bay, that the time of World War II battleship USS Alabama functions (BB-60). When you visit this attraction, you will see the Second World War, because of the memorials to Korea and Vietnam Wars, feel submarine USS Drum (SS-228), andother historical military equipment.
The Mobile Museum is another place where you can find 300 years ago to "mark". In this museum you will find essential parts of the culture, especially in the historic Old City Hall (1857). The Oakleigh historic complex house has three museums that are to be interpreted in fact the lives of people from three different levels.
The Mobile Carnival Museum is another historic gift in the state of Alabama. The museum houses the cityMardi Gras history and memorabilia and documents, costumes, and shows that in the history of the festival season were shown. These are just among the hundreds of museums, which you can explore in Mobile, Alabama.
Apart from the museums, the Mobile City is surrounded by spectacular environmental blessing. The Mobile Botanical Gardens, for example, has a variety of plants to spread. About 100 hectares of flowers, including 1,000 evergreen and native azaleas and other special types ofPlants make the most beautiful gardens you will find in America.
Mobile Alabama is surrounded by over 45 public parks. Bienville Square, one of the most common are is not only a pleasant place, but also an educational one. It is indeed a historic park dating back to 1850 in the Lower Dauphin Street Historic District, named after the founder of Mobile, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
You must have heard about the Antebellum Houses in Mobile, is not it? Underare distributed, are you hear the Italian, Greek Revival and Gothic Revival. Apart from these, you have many museums, parks and architectural heritage center to explore.
Mobile Alabama is indeed a rich city, which is to pack a visit, so your bags and get started!
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