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Jun 4, 2018 22:39:21   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
Rolk wrote:
I gotchya...you're right, I posted the same photo in several places...hope
that doesn't make me a bad person.

I thought you were saying that this was an "older" creation of mine...sorry.


Nope wouldn't have said it even if it had been..I'll never see you as a Bad Person..lol
Silly Man..

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Jun 4, 2018 22:45:22   #
SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Wow didn't even know there was one outside the States, Thanks for sharing..Pg. 7


Check out what Steve DeMott posted on pg. 7 concerning the background story of the Lincoln statue.

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Jun 4, 2018 22:46:08   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
SueScott wrote:
Check out what Steve DeMott posted on pg. 7 concerning the background story of the Lincoln statue.


I did..Great stuff..

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Jun 4, 2018 22:46:34   #
SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
I did..Great stuff..



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Jun 4, 2018 22:59:25   #
Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
I did..Great stuff..


Ya'll to kind

Thanks

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Jun 4, 2018 23:07:41   #
Rolk Loc: South Central PA
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Nope wouldn't have said it even if it had been..I'll never see you as a Bad Person..lol
Silly Man..


Thank you!!!

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Jun 4, 2018 23:17:17   #
markar Loc: Michigan
 
William wrote:
where were you
where was me?


I’m right here looking at your beautiful flowers. I suspect some of them will morph into something even prettier.

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Jun 4, 2018 23:27:26   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
steve DeMott wrote:
We were at that cemetery and never took a photo. I forgot the camera. Another "DUH!" moment in time.
Here's a little something I found on the web.

Lincoln is also the only US president to have a memorial in Scotland - indeed, the first in Europe.

Built in 1893, it can be found in the Old Calton Cemetery in Edinburgh city centre, and commemorates the Scots who fought on behalf of the Union during the American Civil War.

Six sons of Edinburgh signed up to fight on Lincoln’s behalf - Sergeant Major John McEwan; Lt Col William Duff; Robert Steedman; James Wilkie; Alexander Smith and Robert Ferguson.
Their names are inscribed on the memorial, which depicts a slave being released from shackles at the feet of Lincoln.

There is also a bronze shield which bears the old US flag, wreathed in thistles to the left and cotton to the right. Two regimental flags lay furled, the battle being over.

The statue’s history owes a lot to the widow of Sergeant Major McEwan - historians believe that if Mrs McEwan hadn’t fought for her war widow’s pension, the statue might never have been built.

Mrs McEwan is thought to have had trouble claiming her husband’s army pension after his death in Edinburgh - he returned home after the war - and went to the US Consul Wallace Burns for advice.

Eventually, Mrs McEwan pressed Edinburgh council to find a plot of land for the statue, which was cast in the United States at a cost of $6,300 - most of which was raised by John D Rockefeller and Scots ex-pat Andrew Carnegie - and then shipped across to Scotland.

It is unclear what possessed the six Edinburgh men to join the fight ‘across the pond’ - although historians believe that a mixture of anti-slavery sentiment in Scotland’s churches combined with a desire to fight for ideals - as was also seen in the Spanish Civil War - may have prompted McEwan, Duff, Steedman, Wilkie, Smith and Ferguson to join up.


https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/why-is-there-a-monument-to-abraham-lincoln-in-edinburgh-1-4031037


BTW: Very nice photos
We were at that cemetery and never took a photo. I... (show quote)


Thanks for Sharing this Very interesting bit of History..

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Jun 4, 2018 23:31:47   #
the hiker Loc: San Diego
 
photophile wrote:
I love the owl scenes, so cute.


thank you for looking and the comments;that was one of the reasons I went down there.

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Jun 4, 2018 23:35:31   #
the hiker Loc: San Diego
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
Fine Series Hiker, Thanks for sharing..


thank you for looking. I will post a few more soon.

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Jun 13, 2018 20:32:58   #
William Loc: Mississippi
 
Photogirl17 wrote:
You've come along way my friend..Pg. 13


we all UHH along our way
a uhh in the morning way
woke/up got/outta beddy
bye/bye along the … way

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Jun 13, 2018 22:08:44   #
Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.
 
William wrote:
we all UHH along our way
a uhh in the morning way
woke/up got/outta beddy
bye/bye along the … way


Yup.

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