The Veterans Day panoramas were shot for Mickael Therer's collaborative VR project commemorating the end of "The War To End All Wars."
In the U.S. there is no specific ceremony marking the end of World War One. Instead, Nov. 11 is recognized as Veterans Day, a time for honoring veterans of all wars. (Like my father, Lee S. Fink, who served in World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam.)
Visit The War To End All Wars collaborative VR project to see 360 degree panoramas of WWI battlefields and various Nov. 11th memorials and ceremonies around the world.
The North Bridge panoramas were shot for the World Wide Panorama: Bridges project.
After adding the "Veterans" category for the Veterans Day panoramas, it struck me that perhaps my Concord North Bridge panoramas also belonged in this category. The men and boys who fought and died on this bridge and during the Brit's bloody retreat to Boston were the very first American veterans.
The audience sings "God Bless America" during an emotional Veterans Day ceremony at the Minneapolis, Minnesota VA Home on Nov. 11, 2004, attended by Gov. Tim Pawlenty and U.S. Sens. Mark Dayton and Norm Coleman, along with Marland Ronning, MN American Legion Commander, and Maj. Gen. Doyle Larson, USAF (retired).
These Veterans Day (Nov. 11th) panoramas were shot for a collaborative vr project remembering the end of "The War To End All Wars."
In the U.S. there is no specific ceremony marking the end of World War One. Instead, Nov. 11 is recognized as Veterans Day, a time for honoring veterans of all wars. (Like my father, Lee S. Fink, who served in World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam.)
Visit our international collaborative project to see 360 degree panoramas of some of the battlefields of WWI and various Nov. 11th memorials and ceremonies around the world.
The audience salutes as the color guard retrieves the flags at the end of an emotional Veterans Day ceremony at the Minneapolis, Minnesota VA Home on Nov. 11, 2004, attended by Gov. Tim Pawlenty and U.S. Sens. Mark Dayton and Norm Coleman, along with Marland Ronning, MN American Legion Commander, and Maj. Gen. Doyle Larson, USAF (retired).
These Veterans Day (Nov. 11th) panoramas were shot for a collaborative vr project remembering the end of "The War To End All Wars."
In the U.S. there is no specific ceremony marking the end of World War One. Instead, Nov. 11 is recognized as Veterans Day, a time for honoring veterans of all wars. (Like my father, Lee S. Fink, who served in World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam.)
Visit our international collaborative project to see 360 degree panoramas of some of the battlefields of WWI and various Nov. 11th memorials and ceremonies around the world.
Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, where the Shot Heard 'Round the World was fired which began the American Revolution.
Bridges, Favorites, Landmarks, North Bridge, Personal, Veterans, World Wide Panorama
Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, where the Shot Heard 'Round the World was fired which began the American Revolution.
Bridges, Landmarks, North Bridge, Personal, Veterans, World Wide Panorama
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