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Stand Up Berkshires, the group that organized the Pittsfield "No Kings" rally on June 14, is auctioning off its tank from ...
Veteran's descendant fights to save Boer War plaque The plaque is now part of the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery's collection.
Strong of mind and body -- he once ripped apart a deck of cards as a sign of his physical strength -- Carton de Wiart’s pain tolerance was first tested during the Boer War, which ran from 1899 ...
When the Second Boer War erupted in October, the colonel and his 500 troops found themselves surrounded by 8000 Boer soldiers. With little else in his arsenal, Baden-Powell engaged in the art of ...
A prisoner-of-war band. Credit: Exiled in Shahjahanpur India: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, by Laeticia Smit There were other commendations too.
God of War art director joins Last of Us dev Announced on social media, Rafael Grassetti has officially joined Naughty Dog as a full-time art director for the PlayStation first-party studio.
Raf Grassetti - principal artist on 2018's God of War and, later, art director on its acclaimed sequel God of War Ragnarök - has announced he's starting a "new chapter" at The Last of Us ...
The Boer War Memorial Statue was removed from the Sturt Street Gardens in October 2024 for a replacement statue to be made. Although the public art has been carefully taken care of for more than 117 ...
The Norwich South African memorial was built in 1904 to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Second Boer War between October 11, 1899 and May 31, 1902. Hundreds gathered at the unveiling ...
In 1899, a unique artillery shell bearing a plum cake and Christmas greetings marked a truce during the Boer War in Ladysmith, South Africa. This historical artifact, now housed at Jabalpur's AOC ...
An artillery shell flew from the Boer side into the town on December 27, but it wasn't mounted with a fuse to trigger an explosion, but with a plum cake and ‘Christmas Greetings' painted on it.