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: Nicolae Ceaușescu gave his last speech from the balcony, then fled the mob. Hours later he was arrested, tried and executed, all on Christmas Day 1989.

: Black markers set into the ground mark the graves at Langemark German War Cenetery

: Emil Krieger’s sculpture of four mourning figures watches over the last resting place of the fallen.

: The Ebola isolation unit at ELWA in Monrovia.

: The Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy, looks a lot more likely to topple than this model.

: Big Ben and Westminster seem small enough without the Eiffel Tower towering in the background.

: Unexploded shells on display at Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.

: An impressive record of service.

: An interior shot of St. George’s Memorial Church in Ypres.

: The European Union Parliament Building in Brussels.

: A King James Bible from 1611. The chain was to keep it attached to the lectern. In 1538 King Henry VIII ordered all English churches to have a Bible on display for members of the public to come in and read.

: The York Gospels – a thousand-year-old book describing the life of Jesus.

: Items buried in the tomb of Walter de Gray who was Archbishop of York in the early 1200s.

: A Boot Bath. With no running water this oddly shaped tub probably kept the water warm longer. The servants would bring the hot water in pitchers and pour it in.

: Sir John A. MacDonald’s study.

: The Macdonald family cradle was brough to Canada in 1820

: Isabella Macdonald’s room. She was Sir John A.’s first wife who died young.

: The kitchen was a much simpler place to eat than the dining room!

: The laundry area.

: The vault built to hold Canada’s gold reserves. It is empty because Canada no longer has gold reserves.

: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio studios.

: The Prime Minister’s office – with his bedroom next door.

: What to tell the public in case of a nuclear attack.

: Civil defence area.

: Contingency preparation

: The entrance from the Bonnechere River.

: Nineteenth century British Army commander Viscount Wolseley’s statue was paid for by public subscription.

: The public paid for this statue of 19th century General Charles James Napier that sits in Trafalgar Square.

: A typical cell. This one is furnished for the tourists – the rest of them are empty.

: Separate quarters for family visitation and conjugal visitation. (We pamper our prisoners.)

: Visitor’s booths

: I had a different graphic chosen to illustrate this post and decided against using it. It was classic conspiracy theory – suggesting those liking things as diverse as Starbucks to jazz music were involved in witchcraft. I decided it was just too offensive, even if it did provide a perfect illustration of small minds at work..

: Do you see her?

: I’ve been in this one before, and hope to visit it again, but this time I decided to pass given the length of the lineup. I don’t know if any other church has as long lines, but what other church has such history?

: June 23, 1984

: June 22, 2019

: Those arriving by train would have seen the town name on the train station. The owners of what is now a private residence have kept the sign.

: The sign says “Bahnhof” or “train station.” There have been no trains in Sulzburg for 50 years, maybe longer.

: Snake building instructions: Please leave stones! Dear children, paint your stone and leave it here. Have fun!

: I think there was a printer ink charge on an invoice I received recently. German bills are very thorough – and forests die unnecessarily as a result.

: funny classroom jokes for kids

: EPSON scanner image

: President Barack Obama is photographed during a presidential portrait sitting for an official photo in the Oval Office, Dec. 6, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

: President Joe Biden poses for his official portrait Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in the Library of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

: “Frankly, I don’t know why I called this meeting.”

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