#november 10th 1775

[roddyjo]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES!

[schnitzelsemmerl]

THIS IS LONG OVERDUE BUT ANYWAY. ANNA MASTERPOST (using fancy english for this) (TW for some heavy topics, such as SH, drinking, abuse, depression, drinking and lots of tragic death)

Anna Lewis (née Anna Baumgartner) was born to her mother Clara Auer and Martin Baumgartner on February 28th, 1745. Her parents were teens (with Clara being 16, Martin being 18) at the time of her birth.

They lived in Vienna, specifically the part of the city called "Favoriten". Her parents worked a lot during her childhood, once selling things on the market, once sewing, whatever job they could find, so she was usually home alone.

When she was 10, her mother had 2 more kids: Johann and Elisa (August 3rd, 1755, twins). As a kid, Anna was closer with her paternal grandparents, who lived in the apartment below them.

When Anna was 12 (Christmas Eve 1757) the house got on fire. Her grandparents and siblings were away at that time. She survived with minimal injuries. But it made her first realize how shitty her situation was, when her family couldn't afford to fix anything. From that day on until her late teens, she dreamed of "greatness". Which meant "marrying rich to support her family". She helped her parents with work.

When she turned 16, she packed up her bagsand simply left. She sneaked onto various ways of transports: eventually reaching the city of London (May 1761). Eventually (2 weeks later), she met a young man her age: Stephen Lewis. His family was wealthy, owning a fabric business. His mother, Jane, a rich widow, approved of the marriage. Anna's mother Clara, however, did not.

She told Anna: "Annerl, wenn du den Deppen da heiratest, brauchst du nicht mehr heimkommen," ("Annerl (equivalent to Annie), if you marry that idiot, don't bother coming back home.") and Anna officially got kicked out from the home she had left.

Jane did take her in. Anna made a friend, Stephen's 15-year old cousin Caroline and was acquaintanced with Caroline's 23-year old stepsister Abigail "Abby" Waterton. Abigail granted Anna to become an apprentice at her sewing shop in Brighton, which Anna had to decline, due to the distance. Abigail sent the young woman money occasionally.

Anna and Stephen would get married on July 22nd of that same year. And on March 20th of 1762, their first son was born prematurely. Unfortunately, he didn't make it.

Luckily, they had another son. Eduard Lewis was born to Anna and Stephen on November 1st, 1763, being baptized the day after.

The young couple was in truly in love, the other being their soulmate. Anna had another child, a daughter: Katharina "Katja" Lewis (August 10th, 1766).

After the birth of Katja, the marriage spiralled downwards. The child wasn't most at fault (Stephen was disappointed he had gotten a daughter, though), but Stephen's mother, Jane, died of cancer only 4 months after the birth of her granddaughter.

Anna was suffering heavy postpartum depression and self-esteem issues. She began to question her choice of marrying. Stephen was mourning his mother and also questioning if Anna was truly "the one" for him. He began to gamble, spending their money. Anna even attempted self harm a few times. Stephen came home drunk more and more often.

Then, over Christmas and New Years of '68. Stephen, Anna and Katja caught an illness and were bedridden. They never found out what it was, but it left Anna with scars she would be insecure about her whole life.

So, she began to doll herself up more. Maybe Stephen would prefer her that way? And he did. He stopped hitting her. Anna had a strong temper and normally wouldn't take shit from anybody. Except from Stephen, who, in her eyes, could do nothing wrong.

They actually could live comfortably again. On April 19th, 1775, the Revolutionary War started. Stephen was a die-hard patriot. While Anna couldn't even speak English properly. She wasn't integrated into Britain at all, but would rather die than go back to her family in Vienna.

They joined the war immediately. The children were left behind at a cousin of Stephen's home: the cousin's name was Jeremiah Lewis, and the name of his "friend" who lived with him, was Isaac Johannson. (And they were roommates). Jeremiah was a priest, while Isaac was a theology teacher. Eduard and Katja would switch between their home and the home of Isaac's sister, Mercy. Eduard deeply respected Mercy, naming his future first-born daughter after her. Later, Jeremiah and Isaac were convicted to sodomy, imprisoned and hanged.

Mercy was in a deep state of mourning over her brother. And when she later found out about her young love (a woman named Mary) dying, she fell in a deep depression and spent her life alone in her home, eventually moving to the seaside. She began to drink. Eduard and Katja still lived in her house, but Mercy isolated herself so much that they didn't even see her anymore. Mercy died of her alcoholism.

Back to the battlefield. Anna worked as a nurse in the British camp, where she met Adele Antos from @imobsessedwiththeatre. The two immediately became friends. Anna also met Frederick Kenneth from @lil-gae-disaster, who taught her English. (There are more people, too)

Stephen didn't even last a month in the war, dying by a shot wound on February 13th of 1776. Anna deeply mourned her shitty husband. Her and Adele (who developed a crush on her) began secretly dating. Adele was the love of her life.

One night at a tavern (Anna was dragged along so she could make more friends), she met a man. His name was Francis van der Berg, son of an old Dutch families who settled in New York. The two took some time to get to know eachother, Anna left the army in October 1781.

So in January of 1782, her and Francis, who were good friends, moved in together in a house just outside New York. Anna was in regular contact via letters with Eduard and Katja. Katja had grown slightly bitter against her mother. Especially when she left them and failed to protect them.

Anna wasn't made to be a mother. She didn’t see her children as her children, but moreso as adults. She wrote a few angry letters at Katja, a literal teenager, which Francis kept her from sending. Thank God.

Francis and Anna got married in secret. Anna's name was now "Lady Anna van der Berg" and she visited the Netherlands with her husband a few times. He called her "his dear tulip". Adele and some other friends tried to contact Anna, but she never responded to any letters.

On December 6th, 1783, Anna gave birth to her daughter: Franziska "Franzie" van der Berg. Franzie's last name was later changed to be "Lewis" by Eduard and Caroline, the cousin mentioned earlier. The Lewis family pretty much despised Francis.

On December 7th, Anna died due to childbirth complications. Her last words to her husband were "Sag Adele, dass ich sie liebe. Ich liebe dich." ("Tell Adele that I love her. I love you.")

Francis died of a broken heart on December 24th, 1783. Anna's children were raised by Frederick Kenneth and his beloved Jonathan.

Anna herself wished to never return to Vienna. But her brother, Johann, let her body be buried at the Friedhof (cemetary) Oberlaa in Favoriten against her will. She got an unmarked grave.

[thaliawashere]

DOB: November 10, 1775

Today is the 248th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Tomorrow is Veterans Day. These two days have always been important to me. Many members of my family and acquaintance have served in the armed forces. Most notably my father, who served in Korea as a member of the United States Marine Corps. My father taught me the Marine’s Hymn when I was little. Every year on November 10th we’d…

[thatpaulguy8]

Why is Veteran's Day Special?

10Nov2024

In a few short words, because Freedom isn't cheap.

Since before this country was an actual country, people have fought and given their lives for your freedom to read this post, or any other post, or dozens of other actions we take every day. The first branch of the service was our beloved Marine Corps, (Semper Fi), Born on the 10th of November 1775, Happy Birthday. The youngest is the Space Force, a branch off of the Air Force, which in itself branched off of the Army.

No matter which branch someone served under, the oath is the same, to protect our country from all enemies foreign and domestic. Many have given their lives; some have watched their friends give theirs standing next to them. Some, have injuries that can be seen from the average onlooker, and still others have injuries we can't see, but haunt them even more. Some of us were lucky to serve when it was peaceful, and we are grateful to those who served in combat to provide that luxury to us.

Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day, though they both carry the same importance. Memorial Day is a time when we honor those that gave the ultimate sacrifice, Veterans Day is where we honor all of those that put on a uniform knowing that might happen. I freely chose to enlist, like all of my colleagues from the current generation, but others were compelled to serve for the good of the nation and to secure freedom for all.

No matter your opinion on how things are in this country, or for that matter the world, you right to feel that way is because someone was willing to sacrifice everything to make sure you had to ability to do so. Veterans Day is a chance to honor those that gave us the right to have that opinion. I'm sure anyone reading this can think of at least one nation where that isn't possible. From one Veteran, to another, Happy Veteran's Day, and thank you.

Below is a partial list of veterans that have touched my life, it is by no means complete, and I'm sure I'm even missing some of my own family members. All, however, have my gratitude.

Ben Olsen (Recently deceased)

Daniel Fazekas

Stephen Fazekas

Mark Slusher

Scott Korth

Ryan Holden

Trevor Carey (AUS Air Force - yes, I will count an ally, especially because he is a US citizen now.)

Lynn West

W. Richard West

Keith Albright

Bennie Keith Boren

Robert Williams

Jeff Glaze

Mark Szalbierz

Stephen Hanson

John Slusher

Lee Slusher

[phillytranswoman]

Happy 247th Birthday,

United States Marine Corps 🦅🌎⚓🍻🎉🎂

[whattolearntoday]

November 10th is...

Area Code Day -  Area Codes first came into existence in the 1940’s in the laboratories of AT&T and Bell, slowly but surely this idea was expanded on and developed until it finally went into effect in 1947. It was called the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and would solve the issue of not enough phone numbers for both the USA and Canada.

Forget-Me-Not Day - Reminds Americans of the sacrifices returning soldiers have made of body, blood, and limb. Created in 1921, the day reminds Americans that National Forget-Me-Not Day originally raised funds for services for returning injured soldiers. At the time, the existing hospitals were insufficient to support the numbers of returning disabled veterans. The day serves to honor all past and current United States Military veterans who bear the permanent scars of battle. 

International Pathology Day -  Pathology is a branch of medicine that is concerned with the cause and nature of disease. A doctor who specializes in this area of medicine is called a pathologist. They examine various parts of the body to diagnose a disease. Some of the parts of the body they study include tissues, organs, and bodily fluids. Pathologists also perform autopsies to help determine the cause of death.

Marine Corps Birthday -  The United States Marine Corps, a branch of the United States Armed Forces, is responsible for providing power protection from the sea. They use the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. The Continental Congress first established the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775, leading up to the American Revolution. Two battalions of Marines fought for independence both on land and at sea.

Sesame Street Day - Beginning in 1969 in the United States, Sesame Street is a creation of the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), which is broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It’s an educational series that combines live actors with animation as well as special puppets by Jim Henson, known as “Muppets”. Many of the recurring characters have remained with the show for many years, particularly Kermit the Frog, friends Ernie and Bert, Big Bird and Cookie Monster. Through short vignettes, songs, skits and cameo appearances, the show seeks to create educational opportunities for children of all ages by fostering learning, engaging their minds, building social skills, promoting self-esteem and offering basic academic skills.

Top Up Day - This day has been designed to celebrate people who give top ups. This typically relates to the global expat community who will support their families back home. Without this event, these people aren’t recognized. A big segment of the expat community has celebrated Top Up Day since it was first launched in 2015. On this day, a lot of expats will get together on the Internet, irrespective of their nationality or where they are based.

Vanilla Cupcake Day -  Cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation for a cake to be baked in small cups was written in American Cookery (by Amelia Simmons).  The earliest known documentation of the term cupcake was in 1828 in Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats in Eliza Leslie’s Receipts cookbook.

World NET Cancer Day -  Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are cancers that begin in neuroendocrine cells. These cells are similar to nerve cells as they send or receive messages within the nervous system. These specialized cells also work like hormones. Neuroendocrine tumors occur in certain parts of the body, such as the lungs, appendix, rectum, small intestine, and pancreas. Some tumors grow slowly and others more quickly. Common symptoms include pain, lumps under the skin, fatigue, and weight loss.  Because these symptoms are similar to other illnesses, it is difficult to diagnose neuroendocrine tumors or NET cancer. Over 90 percent of all NET patients receive incorrect diagnoses. Initially, these patients get treated for the wrong disease. It’s not uncommon for NET patients to go up to 7 years with incorrect treatment. When doctors finally diagnose the disease correctly, the cancer has usually spread to other parts of the body. For these reasons, NET cancer awareness is of utmost importance.

World Science Day For Peace And Development - Highlights the impact that science has on our society and our daily lives. When one thinks of science, they probably think of conducting experiments, testing hypotheses, and making predictions about the universe. Science is also about gaining knowledge about the world we live in.

[ksstradio]

United States Marine Corp Birthday is November 10th, 2021

United States Marine Corp Birthday is November 10th, 2021

November 10, 2020 will mark the 246th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Dating back to 1775, just eight months prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines. The newly formed Marine Corps’ purpose was to provide additional security and support for the Continental Navy. Led by Commandant Samuel Nicholas, the…

[awellboiledicicle]

TMA Statements In Chronological Order

But, not by when the events happened, by the order when the Statements were entered to the Institute. Because that wasn’t on the wiki timeline. 

Below the cut because i’m not a monster. 

Format is:

Episode // Entity // Statement Giver// Statement Given // Event Date

   • #140 The Movment of The Heavens // The Dark // John Flamsteed // 1715    • #116 The Show Must Go On // The Stranger // Abraham Janssen // 2 November 1787    • #23 Schwarzwald // The Eye // Albrecht von Closen // 31st March 1816 // Winter 1815    • #127 Remains to be Seen // The Eye // Jonathan Franshawe // 21 November 1831 // April – November 1831    • #152 A Gravediggers Envy // The Buried // Hezekiah Wakely // 1837 - 1839    • #50 Foundations // The Buried // Sampson Kempthorn // 12th June 1841 // 1836    • #58 Trail Rations // The Flesh // Mrs. Carlisle // 10th November 1845 // October – November 1845    • #105 Total War // The Slaughter, The Eye // Charles Fleming // 1862    • #98 Lights Out // The Dark // Algernon Moss // 14 May 1864    • #138 The Architecture Of Fear // The Eye // Robert Smirke // 13 February 1867    • #7 The Piper // The Slaughter // Clarence Berry // 6th November 1922 // 1917-18    • #133 Dead Horse // The Hunt // Percy Fawcett // 27 June 1930    • #99 Dust to Dust // The Buried // Robert E Geiger // 20 February 1952 // April 1935    • #137 Nemesis // The Slaughter // Wallis Turner // 3 July 1955 // Winter 1942    • #29 Cheating Death // The End // Nathaniel Thorp // 4th June 1972 // 17th June 1775    • #60 Observer Effect // The Eye // Rosa Meyer // 12 July 1972 // April – July 1972    • #95 Absent Without Leave // The Slaughter // Luca Moretti // 2 November 1977    • #44 Tightrope // The Stranger // Yuri Utkin // 2nd March 1979 // November 1952    • #85 Upon the Stair // The Spiral // Unknown // 1980 – 1990    • #86 Tucked In // The Dark // Benjamin Hatendi // 2nd March 1983    • #84 Possessive // The Corruption // Adrian Weiss // 1 December 1990    • #125 Civilian Casualties // The Slaughter // Terrance Simpson // 19 July 1993    • #77 The Kind Mother // The Stranger // Lucy Cooper // 15 September 1994 //August 1994    • #93 Contaminant // The Corruption // Lester Chang // 5 March 1995    • #96 Return To Sender // The Stranger // Alfred Breekon // 15 May 1996    • #53 Crusader // The Eye // Walter Heller // 5th September 1997 // November 1941    • #2 Do Not Open // The Buried, The Stranger // Joshua Gillespie // 22nd November 1998 // 1996 -1998 (?)    • #46 Literary Heights // The Spiral, The Vast // Herbert Knox // 21st December 1998 // September 1997    • #17 Boneturners Tale // The Flesh // Sebastian Adekoya // 10th June 1999 // 1996    • #66 Held in Customs // The Buried // Vincent Yang // 22 February 2000 // January 19 2000    • #78 Distant Cousin // The Stranger, The Web // Lawrence Moore // 12 June 2001    • #21 Freefall // The Vast // Moira Kelly // 20th October 2002 // 3rd-5th or 7th June 2001    • #35 Old Passages // All // Harold Silvana // 4th June 2002 // June 2002    • #9 A Father’s Love // The Dark, The Hunt // Julia Montauk // 3rd December 2002 // 1990-95    • #155 Cost of Living // The End // Tova McHugh // 3 December 2002    • #68 Tale of a Field Hospital // The Corruption // Joesph Russo // 3rd June 2003 // 1st June 2003    • #27 A Sturdy Lock // The Spiral // Paul Mckenzie // 24th August 2003 // July 2003    • #146 Threshold // The Spiral // Marcus Mackenzie // 1 September 2003    • #88 Dig // The Buried // Enrique MacMillian // 4 November 2003    • #70 Book of the Dead // The End // Masato Murray // 9th December 2003    • #52 Exceptional Risk // The Dark // Phillip Brown // 9th April 2004 // 1st November 2002    • #24 Strange Music // The Stranger // Leanne Denikin // 17th Jan 2005 // August 2004    • #59 Recluse // The Web, The Desolation // Ronald Sinclair // 29th November 2005 // Early to Mid 1960’s    • #134 Time of Revelation // The Extinction // Adelard Dekker // 22 January 2006 // 2005, 1867    • #75 A Long Way Down // The Vast // Stephen Walker // 7 November 2006 // Early October 2006    • #139 Chosen // The Desolation // Eugene Vanderstock // 30 November 2006    • #115 Taking Stock // The Flesh // Michaele Salesa // 4 January 2007 // Autumn of 1999    • #8 Burnt Out // The Web, The Desolation, The Spiral // Ivo Lensik // 13th March 2007 // November 2006    • #67 Burning Desire // The Desolation // Jack Barnabas // 18 March 2007 // October – November 2006    • #3 Across the Street // The Stranger, The Web // Amy Patel // 1st July 2007 // 7th April 2006    • #51 High Pressure // The Vast, The Buried // Antonia Hayley // 7th January 2008 // August 2006    • #106 A Matter of Perspective // The Vast, The Eye // Jan Kilbride // 10 February 2008    • #49 The Butchers Window // The Flesh // Gregory Pryor // 11th March 2008 // June 2007    • #62 First Edition // The End, The Eye // Mary Keay // 3rd July 2008 // 1955    • #154 Bloody Mary // The Eye // Eric Delano // 21 July 2008    • #130 Meat // The Flesh // Lucia Wright // 19 December 2008    • #18 The Man Upstairs // The Flesh // Christof Rudenko // 12th December 2008 // 22nd October 2007    • #156 Reflection // The Extinction // Adelard Dekker // 4 January 2009    • #5 Thrown Away // The Flesh etc. // Kieran Woodward // 23rd February 2009 // 8th August 2008    • #97 We All Ignore The Pit // The Buried // Jackson Ellis // 3 March 2009    • #57 Personal Space // The Lonely, The Vast, The Dark // Carter Chilcott // 4 April 2009 // September 2007    • #145 Infectious Doubts // The Desolation // Arthur Nolan // 2 February 2009    • #114 Cracked Foundation // The Web Shtranger or Extinction // Anya Villette // 22 April 2009 // 23 April 2009 or 9 April 2009    • #37 Burnt Offering // The Desolation // Jason North // 6th August 2009 // August 2009    • #108 Monologue // The Lonely, The Stranger // Adonis Biros // 20 August 2009 // August 2009    • #144 Decrypted // The Extinction // Gary Boylan // 3 October 2009 // August 2009    • #126 Sculptor’s Tool // The Spiral // Deborah Madaki // 11 October 2009 // Spring 2004    • #72 Takeaway // The Flesh // Craig Goodall // 20 October 2009 // 27 September 2009    • #107 Third Degree // The Desolation // 1 February 2010 // January 2010    • #48 Lost in the Crowd // The Lonely // Andrea Nunis // 25th March 2010 // September 2009    • #10 Vampire Killer & #56 Children of the Night // The Hunt, the Web // Trevor Herburt // 10th July 2010 // 1959 (first event), Winter 2009    • #69 Thought For the Day // The Web // Darren Harlow // 18th November 2010    • #31 First Hunt // The Hunt // Lawerence Mortimer // 9th December 2010 // 30th November - 1st December 2010    • #33 Boatswain’s Call // The Lonely // Carlita Sloane // 2nd January 2011 // Late November 2010    • #45 Blood Bag // The Corruption // Thomas Neil // 9th February 2011 // Spring 2010    • #148 Extended Surveillance // The Eye // Sunil Maraj // 3 April 2011    • #14 Piece Meal // The Flesh // Lee Rentoul // 29th May 2011 // Early 2011    • #19 Confession & #20 Desecrated Host // The Spiral, The Web, The Desolation (Hilltop Road) & The Spiral, The Flesh // Edwin Burroughs // 30th May 2011 // November 2006    • #112 Thrill of the Chase // The Hunt // Lisa Carmel // 13 November 2011    • #113 Breathing Room // The End // Adelard Dekker // 2012    • #12 Page Turner // The Desolation, The Eye // Lesere Saraki // 11th February 2012 // 23rd December 2011    • #153 Love Bombing // The Corruption, The Flesh // Barbara Mullen-Jones // 2 March 2012    • #110 Creature Feature // The Web // Alexia Crawley // 14 March 2012    • #1 Anglerfish // Stranger //Nathan Watts // 22nd April 2012 // March 2010    • #38 Lost and Found // The Spiral // Andre Ramao // 6th June 2012 // March 2012    • #36 Taken Ill // The Corruption // Nicole Baxter // 19th November 2012 // August – September 2011    • #136 The Puppeteer // The Web // Alison Killala // 1 December 2012 // 2012    • #124 Left Hanging // The Vast // Julian Jennings // 11 December 2012 // 2012    • #149 Concrete Jungle // The Extinction // Judith O’neill // 13 May 2013    • #54 Still Life // The Stranger // Alexander Scaplehorn // 23 June  2013    • #4 Page Turner // The Vast, The Spiral, The End // Dominic Swain // 28th June 2013 // 10th November 2012    • #90 Body Builder // The Flesh // Ross Davenport // 7 August 2013    • #157 Rotten Core // The Extinction, The Corruption // Adelard Dekker // 14 August 2013    • #30 Killing Floor // The Flesh // David Laylow // 1st September 2013 // 12th July 2013    • #129 Submerged // The Buried // Kulbir Shakya // 4 September 2013 // July or August 2013    • #83 Drawing a Blank // The Stranger // Chloe Ashburt // 19 October 2013 // September – October 2013    • #42 Grifter’s Bone // The Slaughter // Jennifer Ling // 3rd November 2013 // Autumn 2013    • #32 Hive // The Corruption // Jane Prentiss // 23rd February 2014 // Pre-2014    • #63 The End of the Tunnel // The Dark // Erin Gallagher-Nelson // 31st March 2014 // 26th March 2014    • #102 Nesting Instinct // The Corruption // Francois Deschamps // 4 June 2014    • #103 Cruelty Free // The Flesh // Dylan Anderson // 2 July 2014    • #135 Dark Matter // The Dark // Manuela Dominguez // 14 July 2014 // 2007    • #87 The Uncanny Valley // The Stranger, The Desolation // Sebastian Skinner // 10 October 2014 // September 2014    • #15 Lost Johns’ Cave // The Buried // Laura Popham // 9th November 2014 // 14-15th June 2014    • #150 Cul-de-sac // The Lonely // Herman Gorgoli // 9 November 2014    • #6 Squirm // The Corruption // Timothy Hodge // 9th December 2014 // 20th November 2014    • #122 Zombie // The Stranger // Lorell St. John // 1 February 2015    • #11 Dreamer // The End // Antonio Blake (Oliver Banks) // 14th March 2015 // 12th March 2015    • #16 Arachnophobia // The Web, The Corruption // Carlos Vittery // 9th April 2015 // Early 2015    • #25 Growing Dark // The Dark // Mark Bilham // 19th April 2015 // January – March 2015    • #64 Burial Rites // The End // Donna Gwynne // 20th May 2015 // 2012    • #74 Fatigue // The Spiral // Lydia Halligan // 8 June 2015    • #123 Web Development // The Web // Angie Santos // 1 August 2015 // January 2015    • #13 Alone // The Lonely // Naomi Herne // 13th January 2016 //30th & 31st March 2015    • #22 Colony // The Corruption // Martin Blackwood // 12th March 2016 // March 2016    • #26 A Distortion // The Spiral, The Corruption // Sasha James // 2nd April 2016 // 1st April 2016    • #28 Skintight // The Slaughter, The Stranger // Melanie King // 17th April 2016 // January 2015    • #34 Anatomy Class // The Stranger // Lionel Elliot // 12th July 2016 // January – March 2016    • #39 Infestation // ATTACK ON THE INSTITUTE // 29th July 2016    • #40 Human Remains // Post Attack Debrief// 29th July 2016    • #41 Too Deep // Buried and Dark suspected // 2nd September 2016 // mid-august – September 2016    • #43 Section 31 // The Desolation, The End // Basira Hussain //19th September 2016 // August 2011 and 18 July 2014    • #47 The New Door // The Spiral // Helen Richardson // 2nd October 2016    • #55 Pest Control // The Corruption, The Desolation // Jordan Kennedy // 3rd November 2016 // 2011 & 2014    • #61 Hard Shoulder // The Hunt, The Stranger, The Buried // Daisy Tonner // 1st December 2016 // 24th July 2002    • #65 Binary // The Spiral, Extinction // Tessa Winters // 7th January 2017    • #71 Underground // The Buried // Karolina Gorka // 25 January 2017 // 6 January 2017    • #73 Police Lights // The Dark // Basira Hussain // 11 February 2017 // 10 February 2017    • #76 The Smell of Blood // The Slaughter // Melanie King // 13 February 2017    • #79 Hide and Seek // The Stranger, The Spiral // 16 February 2017    • #80 The Librarian // All // Jurgen Leitner // 16 February 2017 // 1994    • #81 A Guest for Mister Spider // The Web // Jonathan Sims // 18 February 2017 / 1995    • #82 The Eyewitnesses // The Eye, the Slaughter // Daisy Tonner // 18 February 2017    • #89 Twice as Bright // The Desolation // Jude Perry // 24 April 2017    • #91 The Coming Storm // The Vast, The Spiral // Michael Crew // 28 April 2017    • #92 Nothing Beside Remains // The Eye, The Lonely // Elias Bouchard, Barnabas Bennett // ? [Possibly 28 April 2017]    • #94 Dead Woman Walking // The End // Georgie Barker // 29 April 2017    • #100 I Guess You Had To Be There // The Desolation, The Dark, The Spiral, The Web, The Lonely // Lynn Hammond, John Smith, Robin Lennox, Brian Finlinson // 2 May 2017 – 26 May 2017    • #101 Another Twist // The Spiral, The Stranger // Michael // May-June 2017 // October 2009 – 2011    • #104 Sneak Preview // The Stranger // Timothy Stoker // 14 June 2017 // August 2013    • #109 Nightfall // The Dark, The Hunt // Julia Montauk and Trevor Herbert // 29 June 2017 // July 2010    • #111 Family Business // Multiple, The End // Gerry Keay // 30 June 2017 // September 2008    • #117 Testament // The Eye // Jonathan Sims, Basira Hussain, Melanie King, Martin Blackwood, Timothy Stoker, Daisy Tonner // 2 – 4 August 2017    • #118 The Masquerade // The Stranger // The Unknowing Begins // 6 August 2017    • #119 Stranger and Stranger // The Stranger // The Unknowing Ends // 7 August 2017    • #120 Eye Contact // The Eye // Elias Bouchard // 9 August 2017    • #121 Far Away // The End, The Web // Oliver Banks // 15 February 2018    • #128 Heavy Goods // The Stranger // Breekon // 3 March 2018    • #131 Flesh // The Flesh // Jared Hopworth // 20 March 2018 // 2016 – January 2018    • #132 Entombed // The Buried // Jonathan Sims and Daisy Tonner // 24 March 2018    • #141 Doomed Voyage // The Vast, The Spiral // Floyd Matharu // 11 June 2018    • #142 Scrutiny // The Eye, The Buried // Jess Terrell // 12 June 2018    • #143 Heart of Darkness // The Dark // Manuela Dominguez // 16 June 2018    • #147 Weaver // The Web // Annabelle Cane // 20 July 2018    • #151 Big Picture // The Vast, The Lonely, The Extinction // Simon Fairchild, Martin Blackwood // 14 August 2018    • #158 Panopticon // The Eye, the Extinction, The Lonely // Martin Blackwood, Peter Lukas, Basira Hussain, Jonathan Sims, Daisy Tonner, Elias Bouchard, Gertrude Robinson // 25 September 2018    • #159 The Last // The Lonely // Peter Lukas // 25 September 2018    • #160 The Eye Opens // All // Jonah Magnus, Jonathan Sims // 18 October 2018    • Vigilo, Audio, Supervenio. The World Ends    • #161 Dwelling // No // Sasha James, Tim Stoker, Martin Blackwood, Elias Bouchard, Jonathan Sims, Jurgen Leitner // No Longer Applicable // Unknown    • #162 A Cozy Cabin // No // Gertrude Robinson, Gerry Keay, Sasha James, Timothy Stoker, Martin Blackwood, Jonathan Sims // No Longer Applicable // 2013 – 2015    • #163 In The Trenches // The Slaughter // Jonathan Sims // No Longer Applicable    • # 164 The Sick Village // The Corruption // Jonathan Sims // No Longer Applicable    • #165 Revolutions // The Stranger // Jonathan Sims // No Longer Applicable    • #166 The Worms // The Buried // Jonathan Sims // No Longer Applicable    • #167 Curiosity // The Eye, The Web, Others // Jonathan on Gertrude Robinson // No Longer Applicable    • #168 Roots // The End // Oliver Banks // No Longer Applicable

[mizjoely]

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From an unpublished WiP meant for Halloween:

Sherlock Holmes skidded to a halt as he was about to jump the low fence surrounding the Hampstead Parish Burial Ground in London, his eyes caught by an exquisitely carved statue acting as a grave marker. “Miss Margaret Hooper, Spinster, Born 10th July 1775 Called Molly In Life and Embraced By Death This 12th Day of November 1795.”

[scotianostra]

On July 6th 1747 saw the birth of John Paul Jones who became a famous naval hero for the USA.

Born in as just John Paul at Arbigland, Kirkbean Kirkcudbrightshire, the fourth child of John Paul a gardener and Jean Duff. He was destined to become the founder of the United States Navy. At the age of 13 he went to sea it's not all heroics for the young man as for about 10 years he served on ships mainly involved in the slave trade.

In 1764 he became a third mate aboard the King George, becoming a first mate in 1766 serving on the ship the Two Friends. In 1768 he became disgusted with the cruelty of the slave trade and left his ship in Jamaica and found his own way back to Scotland.

On his next ship which the same year his life took an unexpected turn, when the captain and a ranking mate died of yellow fever, John successfully navigated the ship back to port. The grateful Scottish owners made him a captain. He was also awarded 10% of the ships cargo. His good luck soon turned sour when in 1770 a sailor died after a discipline flogging. Jones left Scotland and became master of a commercial ship trading out of London. It was during one of the voyages in 1772 that he killed a mutineer with a sword in a dispute over wages. He claimed it was self defence but because he would not be tried in a Admirals court he fled to the United States, leaving a fortune behind.

It was at this time he assumed the surname of Jones, and joined the American cause to fight the British. He was assigned the rank 1st Lieutenant on December 7th 1775 aboard the Alfred. He was the first officer to be commissioned in the Continental Navy Jones early missions aboard the USS Alfred was to attack British shipping.

In February 1776 he took the honour of hoisting above the USS Alfred the first US Ensign over a United States warship. On return from this trip Jones was given command of the USS Providence.He carried out attacks against the British Military along the Nova Scotia coast. He became a fugitive from British justice, and was considered in the British mindset as a pirate. On the 1st November 1777 Jones sailed for France. His orders were to assist the American cause however possible.

On February 6th 1778 France signed a treaty with America recognizing their independence. Captain Jones now in command of the USS Ranger became the first American naval vessel to be given a nine gun salute by the French Navy. On Friday April 10th Jones set sail from Brest to the Western coast of the England, where he harassed British Shipping. Keep in mind to the British this man was a pirate. Crossing the Solway Firth from Whitehaven where is sailing career began, Jones hoped to hold for ransom the Earl of Selkirk who lived on St Mary’s Isle near Kirkcudbright. His intention was to kidnap the Earl and hold him for exchange of American sailors who had been captured by the British. However the Earl was not at home. The crew wished to raid the house but Jones reminded them they were the crew of a United States warship, and not pirates. He only allowed a silver plate to be taken, which was later returned to the Earl.

A year later he was involved in a famous fight, where Jones is best remembered for his reply to a British commander asking him to surrender during the Battle of Flamborough Head during the Revolutionary War. “I have not yet begun to fight,” Jones replied despite being on the worse of the battle to that point. The sailors rallied to win the engagement and Jones became America’s first naval hero and the only naval officer during the war to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.

Jones eventually retired from the navy, and spent the rest of his life in France he died in Paris on July 18th 1792 and was buried in the St Louis Cemetery, which over the years the ground became barren and forgotten. President Theodore Roosevelt instructed a team to search for his grave and to contact the French authorities for assistance. A naval surgeon was part of the team. On April 7th 1905 after several years of searching the body of Jones was found and identified forensically. His body was returned ceremoniously to the United States aboard the cruiser USS Brooklyn escorted by three other warships. As the procession approached the US coast it was escorted in by a further seven United States warships.

On April 24th 1906 his coffin was installed in the hall of the US Navy Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. The service was taken by President Theodore Roosevelt. On January 26th 1913 the remains of Captain Jones were finally interred in a bronze and marble sarcophagus in the Naval chapel of the academy where he remains to this day.

Pics are of John Paul Jones around 1780 by Charles Willson Peale, his memorial in Washington DC, which apparently is stuck on a traffic island in the middle of a busy road, and his ornate coffin at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.

[roddyjo]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

[bobmccullochny]

Happy Birthday

November 10th will be the 244th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The Corps was started on November 10th, 1775 in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Happy Birthday and Semper Fi to all Marines. May God continue to bless the Corps and may He continue to bless The United States of America.

[phillyarchives]

Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps!

To commemorate the United States Marine Corps’ birthday, we are sharing this photograph of U.S. Marines posing at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1924 with their motto “Semper Fidelis,” a Latin phrase meaning “always faithful” or “always loyal,” on the front of the float.

The United States Marine Corps Birthday is celebrated on November 10th for on that day in 1775 the Continental Marines were established by the Second Continental Congress. Following the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 the Continental Navy was dissolved and with it the Continental Marines. The Marine Corps was re-established by President John Adams on July 11th 1798. Until 1921, July 11th was celebrated as the Marine Corps Birthday. On October 21, 1921 Major Edwin North McClellan, the first director of the Marine Corps History Division, suggested to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune that November 10th the original birthday of the Marine Corps be made a holiday to be observed and celebrated. With Marine Corps Order 47, Commandant Lejeune so ordered November 10th a day to be recognized, “On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history.”

Interested to learn more about our holdings? You can check out our online catalog at: archives.gov/research/catalog/ and make an appointment to view our holdings at the National Archives at Philadelphia by calling (215) 305-2044 or emailing us at philadelphia.archives@nara.gov.

Today’s post was written by Danielle Claybrook, Archives Processing Intern at the National Archives at Philadelphia.

 Citation: Photograph of Navy Day Celebration Norfolk Navy Yard, US Marine Corps float, 7917-7 Photos of Floats in Navy Day, Box 786, Record Group 181: Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, National Archives at Philadelphia, (Record Entry ID: PH-6211) (NAID Identifier 32621014)

Lejeune, Major General John Archer (1 November 1921). "Marine Corps Order No. 47 (Series 1921)". Marine Corps History Division. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[history-today]

Today In History:

A bit of November 10th history…

1619 - Rene Descartes has the dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophies”

1871 - Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words “Dr. Livingstone I presume?”

1885 - German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the worlds 1st motorcycle

1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room

1924 - Dion O’Banion, leader of the North Side Gang, is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrio’s gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920′s in Chicago

1954 - “Marine Corps War Memorial” unveiled in Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of the US since 1775; inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo

1969 - “Sesame Street” premiers on PBS (pictured) 

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Veterans November 2022

Veteran’s day… military month? November is a crazy month. People leave their halloween decorations in their yard while the stores are already crushed with Christmas. You’re recovering from your candy hangover and looking forward to national gluttony day and somewhere in the middle of all this is Veterans Day. As a Marine, I think Nov 11 is overshadowed by the 10th but that’s because in 1775, a…

[sonofhistory]

If I may ask... what are some of your favorite facts concerning our "Saratoga Hero", Horatio Gates?? ;^0

Horatio Gates had a well off education.

Gates served with the 20th Foot in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession. 

One of his mentors in his early years was Edward Cornwallis, the uncle of Charles Cornwallis (the general dude who fought against the Americans). 

Gates served under Cornwallis when the latter was governor of Nova Scotia, and also developed a relationship with the lieutenant governor, Robert Monckton.

During the French and Indian War, Gates served General Edward Braddock and was there during the failed Braddock Expedition which also included Thomas Gage, Charles Lee, Daniel Morgan, and George Washington. He was severely injured early in the action. 

He became quite good at military administration. 

Frustrated by the British class hierarchy, he sold his major’s commission in 1769, and came to North America. 

1772 he reestablished contact with George Washington, and purchased a modest plantation in Virginia.

When the word reached Gates of the outbreak of war in late May 1775, he rushed to Mount Vernon and offered his services to Washington. Washington urged the appointment of Gates as adjutant of the army. On June 17th, 1775, Congress commissioned Gates as a Brigadier General and Adjutant General of the Continental Army. 

He is considered to be the first Adjutant General of the United States Army. As adjutant, Horatio Gates created the army’s system of records and orders and helped standardize regiments from the various colonies. 

During the siege of Boston he was cautious, speaking in war councils against what he saw as overly risky actions.

Although his administrative skills were valuable, Gates wished for a field command. June 1776, he was promoted to Major General and given command of the Canadian Department to replace John Sullivan. 

Gates and Major General Philip Schuyler were like *no Bueno*.

His troops were at the Battle of Trenton but Gates was not. Always an advocate of defensive action, Gates argued Washington should retreat further rather than attack. When Washington dismissed this advice, Gates claimed illness as an excuse not to join the nighttime attack and instead traveled to Baltimore.

Gates was kinda salty Washington was commander in chief and not him.

Gates assumed command of the Northern Department on August 19th and led the army during the defeat of the British at the Battle of Saratoga. 

Gates took credit for the ENTIRE THING even though military action was done by Benedict Arnold, Enoch Poor, Benjamin Lincoln, and Daniel Morgan. 

Gates stands front and center in John Trumbull’s painting of the Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga.

By Congressional resolution, a gold medal was presented to Gates to commemorate his victories over the British in the Battles of Bennington, Fort Stanwix and Saratoga. 

Gates followed up the victory at Saratoga with a proposal to invade Quebec, but his suggestion was rejected by Washington.

This boyo insulted Washington by sending hist reports directly to Congress instead of to Washington which kinda pissed him off. Friendship B R O K E N. He began to order a campaign against Washington and James Wilkinson was a blabber mouth who ended up accidentally having the word spread to Washington. Wilkinson forwarded remarks of General Thomas Conway who passed them on to Washington. Gates accused anyone (but Wilkinson) of copying his mail and forwarded Conway’s letter to the president of Congress, Henry Laurens. Gates apologized to Washington and resigned from the Board of War, and took an assignment as commander of the Eastern Department in November 1778.

At the Battle of Camden on August 16th, Gates’s army was routed, with nearly 1,000 men captured, along with the army’s baggage train and artillery. Gates significantly overestimated the capabilities of his inexperienced militia. 

His son Robert died in combat in October. 

Nathanael Greene replaced Gates as commander on December 3rd, and Gates returned home to Virginia. It really ruined his military reputation tragically (but like yeah lmao). He was even put up for court martial. 

Gates’ wife Elizabeth died in the summer of 1783. He retired in 1784 and returned to his estate, Traveller’s Rest, in Virginia.

Gates served as vice president of the Society of the Cincinnati.

He proposed marriage to Janet Montgomery, widow of General Richard Montgomery, but she refused. 

1786 he married for a third time to Mary Valens.

Gates sold Traveller’s Rest in 1790 and freed his slaves at the urging of John Adams. 

He retired in northern Manhattan Island. 

He supported Thomas Jefferson for president candidacy which effectively broke up with John Adams. 

He was elected to a single term in the New York State Legislature in 1800.

He died on April 10th, 1806, and was buried in the Trinity Church but no one really know... where he is.