Latest Posts

1941 Pearl Harbor Speech – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

September 18, 2022 0 Comments

1941 Pearl Harbor Speech - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Purchase Print

The following speech from President Roosevelt is carved in stone at the World -War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.- Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941, a date which live in infamy…no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory – President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt was the only president in American history to serve four terms, from 1933, to 1945, encapsulating a period that included the Great Depression and the second World War.

Uncategorized

, , , , , ,

Lincoln Memorial at Night – Washington D.C.

September 18, 2022 0 Comments

Lincoln Memorial at Night - Washington D.C.

Purchase Print

Lincoln Memorial at Night. Constructed between 1914-1922, the Lincoln Memorial was fashioned after a Greek Doric Temple, and sits west of the reflecting pool on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The temple contains a large statue of President Lincoln along with the words from two of his famous speeches, the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. Lincoln’s Statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. The Memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

Uncategorized

, , , , , ,

Sunrise over Valley of Fire Wash – Las Vegas, Nevada

September 17, 2022 0 Comments

Sunrise over Valley of Fire Wash - Las Vegas, Nevada

Purchase Print

The sun rises over a colorful dry desert wash in the Valley of Fire, near Las Vegas Nevada. The Valley of Fire State Park covers an area of more than 49,000 acres, and offers of varied landscape, flat open desert, colorful sandstone rock strata, the written remains of ancient native american tribes, and beautiful isolated canyons and ravines that offer recreational opportunities and shelter a variety of plant and wildlife species. The Valley of Fire is part of the Mojave Desert, and lies at an elevation from 1,320–3,009.

The park is also part of the Virgin River drainage, which originates east of Zion National Park in Utah, and forms part of the vast Colorado River Basin that eventually drains into the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) in Mexico.

Uncategorized

, , , , , , ,