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!!!
Sunday, July 28, 2013
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 PeartLooking 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.”Source: Email
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.
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A boxing
match on board the USS Oregon in
1897.
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Albert
Einstein
looking fabulous.
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Here's his
report card!
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Samurai
taken between 1860 and 1880.
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A shell
shocked reindeer looks on as World
War II
planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941
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Roy O. And
Walt Disney on the day they opened
Disney
Studios.
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Che
Guevara.
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The
Microsoft staff in 1978.
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The last
known Tasmanian Tiger photographed
In 1933.
The species is now extinct.
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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.
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Winston
Churchill
out for a swim.
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The London
sky following a bombing and
Dogfight
between British and German planes in
1940.
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Martin
Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross
from
His yard in
1960. The boy is his son.
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Google
Begins.
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Nagasaki,
20 minutes after the atomic bombing
In
1945.
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A Native
American overlooking the newly
completed
Transcontinental
railroad in 1868.
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The
Great San
Francisco Fire and Earthquake of
1906.
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A Japanese
plane is shot down during the
Battle of
Saipan in 1944.
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The
original Ronald McDonald -- played by
Willard
Scott!
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Hitler in
Paris .
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Grounded
aircraft on September 11, 2001 await
Orders.
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British SAS
back from a three month long
Patrol of
North Africa , January 18, 1943.
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Disneyland
employee cafeteria in 1961.
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The
First
McDonalds.
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Fidel
Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln
Memorial.
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California
lumberjacks work on Redwoods.
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Archduke
Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the
day
They were
assassinated in 1914,
An event
that helped spark World War
I.
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The 1912
World Series.
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Bill and
Hillary Clinton playing volleyball
in
1975.
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Elvis
In the
Army.
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The first
photo following the discovery of
Machu
Pichu in
1912.
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Child
laborers in 1880.
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New York's
Times Square in 1911.
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Construction
Of Christ
the Redeemer in Rio De Janeiro , Brazil
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Steamboats
on the Mississippi River in 1907.
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Leo Tolstoy
tells a story to his
Grandchildren
in 1909.
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The Beatles
meet Muhammad Ali.
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The
Construction
of Disneyland .
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Arnold
Schwarzenegger on the day he received
his
American
citizenship.
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Fourteen
year-old Osama bin Laden. He's
Second from
the right.
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Construction
of the Statue of Liberty in
1884.Source: Internet