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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Poppies

29 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by pat in Art, Art Museums & Exhibitions, England, London, Uncategorized, United Kingdom

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Blood-Swept Lands and Seas of Red, Tower of London. Poppies, World War I

There is an incredible art installation going in at the dry moat of The Tower of London to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and the allied victims who fell in that global conflict.

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The ceramic artist who conceived the project is Paul Cummins, and the title of the piece is “Blood-Swept Lands and Seas of Red”.

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More than 800,000 ceramic poppies will be placed by over 8,000 volunteers from across the UK over the next three months with a formal beginning August 5th. The last of the ceramic blooms will be symbolically placed in the field on November 11, Armistice Day.

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The flowers will have a life even after the exhibition at The Tower. The poppies are actually being sold to the public with proceeds going to six service charities in the United Kingdom, including the Royal British Legion.

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The field of poppies will grow over the remainder of the summer and autumn and become massive–888,246 to be exact.  So many lives commemorated in such a visual way.

A brand new American!

15 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by pat in Uncategorized

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After many months of filling in applications and going to Charleston, South Carolina for interviews and tests…

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My Beloved Brit took the citizenship oath with 24 other people from 20 different countries and became a U.S. citizen this afternoon.

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It seemed like it would never happen, but there you go. He did it!

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Another Yank added to our country.  Now he can vote, and do jury duty and get an American Passport. He’ll still always be my beloved Brit.

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I think we’ll have hot dogs for dinner tonight to celebrate!

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