Memorial

The Niños Héroes (in English: Boy Heroes), were six Mexican teenage military cadets. These cadets died defending Mexico at Mexico City's Chapultepec Castle (then serving as the Mexican Army's military Academy) from invading U.S. forces in the 13 September 1847 Battle of Chapultepec, during the Mexican–American War. In an act of bravery, Juan Escutia wrapped the Mexican national flag around his body and jumped from the top of the castle in order to keep it from falling into the enemy's hands.

The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 US annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.

“In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.”
― Czesław Miłosz

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THE CURRENT CHALLENGE

Fri Aug 05, 2016

This week’s challenge:

‘Tall’.

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Rainy Afternoon

August 2016 Theme Day – My City’s SkylinE

“Hate is... It's too easy. Love. Love takes courage.”
― Hannah Harrington, Speechless

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Wave

"I am at war with the obvious."

William Eggleston

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Fri Jul 29, 2016

This week’s challenge:

‘Smooth’.

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Urban Life

“Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince

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The Lake House of Culture

“Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.”


~ Aristotle

“You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents,

Not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.” 


~ Abbie Hoffman

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves. 


~ Herbert Marcuse. One-dimensional man.

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