Attention history fans! The U.S. Army's Center of Military History has stood up its World War I centennial website in time for the approaching 100th anniversary of the United States' entry into that conflict.
After reviewing information covering "The Great War," check out their other publications. They have a wealth of great references you can download covering the U.S. Army's preparations for and involvement in armed conflicts and other operations through the nation's history.
New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted a large STEM event. Thanks to the visitors for spending time with us!
DISTRICT STAFF MENTOR STUDENTS IN STEM
Recently, a group of 70 NYC high school students attended workshops at the NY District to learn more about careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) from staff volunteers. #USACE #STEM #NYCSchools
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Philadelphia District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated with local officials the completion of recreational trails along the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, uniting Maryland and Delaware for foot-powered traffic.
We get to look at this scenery out the back door on all but the foggiest days at historic USAG Fort Hamilton.
#OTD: In 1983, exceptional Native American athlete Jim Thorpe had his Olympic medals restored by the International Olympic Committee, nearly 30 years after his death. Born in a one-room log cabin on the North Canadian River near Belmont in Oklahoma territory, Thorpe was an All-American football player for the Carlisle Indian School located at Carlisle Barracks, #Pennsylvania.
During the four years he played for the Carlisle Indians, this small school won 43 games, lost 5 and... tied 2. Included in the list of defeated powerhouses were Penn State, Syracuse University, West Point - The U.S. Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Chicago (under Amos Alonzo Stagg), Princeton University, Harvard University, and Villanova University.
In the 1912 summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, Thorpe won both the pentathlon and decathlon and finished 4th in the broad jump. Following college, he played six seasons of professional baseball (1913-1919) and 15 seasons of professional football (1915-1929).
In 1950, Thorpe was voted the "Greatest Male Athlete of the Half Century" by the Associated Press. In 1977, he was selected as the "Greatest Football Player in History" in a poll conducted by Sport Magazine.
(Image: Library of Congress photo of Jim Thorpe in football gear.)
Our headquarters at historic USAG Fort Hamilton in #BrooklynNY is close to the base of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge's left tower in this great sunset image taken three weeks ago.
New York, New York
December 25, 2016
Twilight on New York City, Brooklyn, New Jersey, and the Statue of Liberty.
Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is getting its Willoughby Spit project started. The project area is located in the city of #NorfolkVA, and consists of 7.3 miles of shoreline along the southern portion of the #ChesapeakeBay extending from the tip of Willoughby Spit near the #HamptonRoads Bridge-Tunnel to the federal navigation project at Little Creek Inlet.
Formed during a hurricane around 1749, Willoughby Spit along with Ocean View has been influenced by coastal storms ever since. T
To learn more, please visit: http://go.usa.gov/x9m2U
Virginia's Ronald O. White was sworn in last week to serve as a Civilian Aide of the Secretary of the U.S. Army (CASA) for the state's Capital Region.
"On behalf of the Army, I want to thank our newest CASAs for making a commitment to our Solders and to our nation's security, for agreeing to give of your time and talent and insights for our nation's future," Army Secretary Eric Fanning said.
CASAs serve in regions around the United States and territories as liaisons between t...heir own communities and the Army, through the secretary.
Congratulations, CASA White!
#OTD: In 1781, Continental Army and militia units commanded by New Jersey native Daniel Morgan defeat Banastre Tarleton's British Legion at Cowpens in South Carolina. Morgan and General Nathanael Greene had been retreating from (and leading) Lord Cornwallis' army northward after the latter's battlefield victories at Charleston and Camden in South Carolina.
At Cowpens, Morgan stopped his retreat and turned to meet Tarleton's command with his back to the Broad River. Morgan put... his militia in front of the regulars and asked only that they fire twice, then withdraw to the left and reorganize behind the Continental Army regulars.
The British, seeing their movement and thinking that they had won, pressed forward and found the regulars ready and waiting for them. Morgan's cavalry, which had been hidden behind a hill to the rear, swept around to the British flanks and hastened the American victory. After one hour, it was over.
(Images: West Point History Department map of the Battle of Cowpens and National Portrait Gallery 1780 portrait of General Daniel Morgan)
With colder weather expected to return to the northeast for the next few days, this thought from our National Park Service friends at Morristown National Historical Park helps keep things in perspective.
You may be cool but you'll never be "Continental Soldiers surviving a winter at Morristown" cool...
The winter of 1779-1780 is still the worst recorded in U.S. ...history for the northeast. Washington wrote on January 6, 1780, "The snow which in general is 18 inches deep is much drifted — roads impassable." This accumulation of 18 inches fell on top of nearly four feet of snow already on the ground from previous snowstorms.
The temperatures were so cold for such an extended period of time that all rivers, creeks, and streams in the northeast froze solid. There are even reports of British troops hauling cannon across the frozen Hudson from Manhattan to Staten Island.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tully Lake's wildlife is taking advantage of a warm spell to get out and about. Cold weather is in the forecast for #NewEngland and the mid-Atlantic states, so hopefully they will be all buttoned up again when it rolls in.
Hello everyone and Happy New Year! It sure does not feel like winter right now even though we will be back to reality with the weather soon. In any case, the trails are open, albeit a little icy, and the wildlife is out enjoying the warm spell, you should too!
#ThrowbackThursday: 1917 photo of New Rochelle men arriving at Camp Upton, Yaphank, N.Y. on Long Island for induction and service during World War I.
#OTD: In 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing approximately 100,000 people and according to the USAID - US Agency for International Development, leaving over one million homeless.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deployed subject matter experts shortly after the earthquake to assist with relief efforts, including Mr. Scott Acone of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England who provided urban search and rescue expertise and assistance. Scott was promoted to b...ecome the New England District's senior civilian leader in August 2016.
Photo: Acone exits a void he has just searched at the collapsed 5-story Hotel Montana in Haiti following the earthquake.
To learn more about urban search and rescue, please visit: http://go.usa.gov/x9UGs
Castle Williams and Governors Island National Monument's view of Manhattan's southern tip on a sunny, mid-winter day.
The National Park Service's latest addition: Harriet Tubman Historical Park in Auburn, New York. A pastor speaking at yesterday morning's ceremony pointed out that Tubman led combat and intelligence gathering missions during the Civil War and received a monthly $20 pension for her service, and now she's expected to be honored by the U.S. Treasury with a place on the front of the... [wait for it] U.S. $20 bill in the next few years.
Today, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, became our nation’s newest national park. The new park commemorates the work of the fearless... Underground Railroad conductor during her later years in life, when she was an active proponent of women’s’ suffrage and other causes. Learn more: https://on.doi.gov/2jeppor #FindYourPark
Photos by National Park Service.
