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Bingo! (I typed this in earlier today but somehow it got erased!) The Old North BridgeOld North Bridge[/wiki] in Concord, Mass. From the National Park Service it says this:
On the evening of April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage sent approximately 700 British soldiers out to Concord (about 18 miles distant) to seize and destroy military stores and equipment known to be stockpiled in the town...Securing the bridges was necessary to prevent rebels from slipping across from remote parts of town to threaten the mission....Sometime after 9:00 a.m. the militiamen, believing the town was being set on fire, marched down upon the bridge....
According to that page the current bridge is I think the fifth one there. The one in my photograph must have been the fourth one, build around 1956. Here's a painting of the battle from the American Revolution from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:North_Bridge_Fight_Detail.jpg (public domain image).
Ok – “it's a bit closer to home”. Perhaps the bridge isn't as important as the battle(s) fought nearby.
Maybe the image title of “380px-Arnold-boot.jpg” was a bit of a giveaway for skiguy. 🙂 Ok, I've got one: name the bridge below.
The way I understand it the early Christians were communal, holding all things in common except their wives. Equal exchange was necessary and profiting in dealing with others by much was a sin. As a result Jews became the money lenders charging interest that was profitable for them but brought them hatred much like lawyers today.
That's interesting....I hadn't heard that interpretation before. I wonder, though, how long the early Christians held property in common. Also, in a society where things were held in common such as in early Christianity, it seems odd that they would resort to hatred of the Jews, especially when they had the Romans to worry about since they were feeding them to lions/gladiators.
Well I'm going to say the date is 1895 to 1910…some sort of procession we're catching the end of in the photo….
Excuses given by those approached included sickness, old aqe, or of unsuitable character. Some men even denied being 'Gentlemen' in order to avoid service in the King's army; some argued that they had already given service or had a close family member already fighting in France or Scotland. After questioning 100 men, Waterton was able to recruit just five.
I am surprised that a volunteer army would be recruited back in those days. I'd think it would be mandatory as is the case with some countries even in modern times.
Well I don't see what's wrong with it if he was just using it for a model of imagery to set the setting for a grand ceremony. It's not as if he were promoting Nazism by it.
Interesting note. I was reading some trivia on the original Starwars at imdb.com and I read that the ending award ceremony scene was taken directly from Triumph des Willens, the 1935 Nazi propaganda film featuring Adolf Hitler as himself.
