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Sacrifice June 25 1876 We don't often think of horses making sacrifices in battle, but they too, "Gave their all" during the Battle of Custers Last stand.

Winston Churchill with shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Taken on the 3rd August 1959 on Aegean Island. Onassis, long an admirer of Churchill, had invited the elder statesman to join him on a yachting holiday through the Aegean Sea.

"We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who work your wicked will. You do your worst – and we will do our best." - Winston Churchill; 4th July 1941.

Working my way through boxes of some fabulous family archive of one of those who served in the wartime SAS - includes press cuttings lovingly filed, of his wartime comrades ... We remember them.

Blackbird decline is ‘a taste of what’s to come’ #blackbirds #birds #ProtectBirds naturalworldfund.com/blackbird-decl…

On this day in 1918, America wins its first major victory of World War One as the Battle of Belleau Wood ends. General Pershing heaps praise on the USMC for its contribution. "The deadliest weapon in the world is a United States Marine and his rifle," he says.

Developers must be held accountable—not given a green light to destroy vital wildlife habitats. The new Planning Bill threatens to put profit ahead of nature. Raise your voice before it’s too late. Sign the petition to protect our wild spaces: protectthewild.org.uk/planningbillpe…

June 26th, 1863, General Jubal Early entered Gettysburg demanding a ransom of $10,000 and supplies to fill his 15 empty wagons. Demands on the town included extremely large quantities of bacon, flour, salt, sugar, onions, hats and shoes or he would burn the town. #Gettysburg162

A Bren carrier of the 1st (Motor) Grenadier Guards, Guards Armoured Division, pictured near Le Tourneur, France, 2 August 1944. Image: IWM (B 8523)

6-Pounder smoothbore cannon in the collections of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. The flags in the background belong to Swett’s Mississippi Battery and Battery A, 1st Mississippi Light Artillery.

June 26, 1863, PA Governor Curtin issued his third and most stirring proclamation. He called for 60,000 men to come "promptly forward' to defend the state for ninety days. #Gettysburg162

Lance Corporal Lodge of 278th Field Company, British Royal Engineers holding a captured German 3 HL shaped charge, near Caen, France, 26 Jun 1944

The Numbers of Mediterranean Gull currently gathering at Minsmere is quite a spectacle. Lots of these Birds are flying in from the Continent.I have emailed relevant Ringing Scemes. #suffolkbirds #mediteraneangull #gulls #crbirding

Lesser Emperor at Minsmere this evening on the coast pool just north of the Sluice. I also recorded Male Vagrant Emperor at this site two days ago.

Feeling incredibly lucky to spot another Nightjar on this afternoon Nature Walk.This Male was pretty well hidden in the middle of a large Gorse Bush. #suffolkbirds #goatsucker #nightjar #birding

Would You Support a Worldwide Ban on Trophy Hunting? Please, just yes or no?

France and Spain are dealing with an extreme heat wave, with temperatures soaring to 40 °C plus in many regions. Climate change makes these heatwave events up to 10x more likely. This is not normal, this is not "summer" - the global thermostat is being turned up rapidly.

A young badger was trapped for days and left struggling to escape from an illegal snare. This is still legal in England. Share this and sign our petition to get them banned! protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/

White Storks born at the Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex last year have returned to the site this spring having wintered as far south as Morocco: bit.ly/4kMBXSg

27 June 1941: After the Germans take Bialystok, Poland during World War II, more than 700 Jews are forced into the Great Synagogue and burned alive. #WWII #WW2 #holocaust #OTD #history #ad amzn.to/35V4Bw0