Sunday, July 28, 2013

A Mighty Impressive Marching Band

This is one of the best military salutes I have ever seen.

A lot of time, practice, and dedication went into this. Turn speakers ON.


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God Bless America!!!

New World Trade Center

 
 
 
                   New World TradeCenter....AMAZING
 

Working above1,700 feet in the air...Iron workers install final sections on top of One WTC   May 2013 

Iron workers and engineers prepare the beacon that will sit on top of One WTC's spire.
 
 

From on top of One WTC you can see the East River bridges...Brooklyn and Queens.
 

Workers install three communications rings on top of One WTC which will bring back broadcast capabilities to lower Manhattan.
 
 
Window installers walk along beams at dizzying heights from the 102nd floor of One WTC to install curtain wall panels.
 

Final two pieces of One WTC spire sit next to previously installed sections.  When connected, One WTC will stand 1776 feet.

Iron workers courageously guide spire sections 17 and 18 into place.
Spire Gang from left to right:  Kevin Boyle, Richie Christy, Brett Davis, Kevin Sabbagh, Mark Donnelly, Arthur Peart
 
Looking way...way....way down!
 
 

The WTC site.
Iron workers at #OneWTC look on as the final flag-draped section of spire is hoisted to the top of the building.
 
 
 

“Over 250,000 commuters will use the WTC Trans. Hub Oculus to connect with 11 subway lines.”
 

The WTC Crane Operator’s Spectacular View.
 

The first large piece of the spire for One World Trade Center was lifted up to the top of the building.
 

ldquo Barge carrying pieces of the spire for One WTC passes the Statue of Liberty on the way to pier 25 in lower Manhattan.”
 
 
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Rare Historical Photo's

Photos and descriptions that tell us what it was like to be there and, perhaps,
Surprise us with something we didn't know and haven't seen.
 
A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in
1897.
Albert
Einstein looking fabulous.
Here's his report card!
Samurai taken between 1860 and 1880.
A shell shocked reindeer looks on as World
War II planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941
Roy O. And Walt Disney on the day they opened
Disney Studios.
Che
Guevara.
The Microsoft staff in 1978.
The last known Tasmanian Tiger photographed
In 1933. The species is now extinct.
A different angle taken of "Tank Man," the man who
Stood against
A line of tanks in Tiananmen Square .
He is standing in
The street between the tree trunk and the fleeing man.
You can see the
Tanks approaching from the right.
Winston
Churchill out for a swim.
The London sky following a bombing and
Dogfight between British and German planes in 1940.
Martin Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross from
His yard in 1960. The boy is his son.
Google
Begins.
Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing
In 1945.
A Native American overlooking the newly completed
Transcontinental railroad in 1868.
The
Great San Francisco Fire and Earthquake of 1906.
A Japanese plane is shot down during the
Battle of Saipan in 1944.
The original Ronald McDonald -- played by Willard
Scott!
Hitler in Paris .
Grounded aircraft on September 11, 2001 await
Orders.
British SAS back from a three month long
Patrol of North Africa , January 18, 1943.
Disneyland employee cafeteria in 1961.
The
First McDonalds.
Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln
Memorial.
 
California lumberjacks work on Redwoods.
 
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day
They were assassinated in 1914,
An event that helped spark World War
I.
The 1912 World Series.
Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in
1975.
Elvis
In the Army.
The first photo following the discovery of Machu
Pichu in 1912.
Child laborers in 1880.
New York's Times Square in 1911.
Construction
Of Christ the Redeemer in Rio De Janeiro , Brazil .
Steamboats on the Mississippi River in 1907.
Leo Tolstoy tells a story to his
Grandchildren in 1909.
The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.
The
Construction of Disneyland .
Arnold Schwarzenegger on the day he received his
American citizenship.
Fourteen year-old Osama bin Laden. He's
Second from the right.
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in
1884.

Source: Internet