#August 18

[soulless-bex]

imagine creating a silly little story for your kid, and years later, they light the empire state building in blue to celebrate the silly little character you created. must be crazy

#percy jackson #rick riordan #happy birthday percy #empire state building #august 18

[shisasan]

August 18, 1929 Journals of Anais Nin 1927-1931 [volume 4]

#anais nin #august 18 #august #literature #words #rain #quotes #academia #dark academia #quote #lit #books #books and libraries #reading #quote of the day #bookworm #book quotes #prose #booklr #bibliophile #excerpt

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Altai Weasel (Mustela altaica)

(Photo by David Blank)

Conservation Status- Near Threatened

Habitat- Central Asia

Size (Weight/Length)- 300 g; 27 cm

Diet- Rodents; Rabbits; Fish; Amphibians; Insects; Small birds

Cool Facts- Despite looking like a plushie, the Altai weasel is a weasel nonetheless. Their short legs and long body gives them the agility they need to hunt pika and voles through rock piles and burrows. Their excellent vision helps in spotting prey and predators alike. Altai weasels are generally solitary outside of the mating season in which males try to mate with as many females as possible. The female can delay her pregnancy until periods of excess resources to feed both herself and her babies. The Altai weasel is strictly protected and programs to protect their habitat are helped by conservation groups around the world.

Rating- 12/10 (You may look but no touchy.)

#animal of the day #animals #mammals #weasel #mustelids #friday #august 18 #altai weasel #mountain weasel #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

August 18: Happy Birthday Perseus "Percy" Jackson (Riordanverse)!!!!

#perseus jackson #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #riordanverse #rick riordan #pjo #heroes of olympus #pjo hoo toa #hoo #happy birthday #august 18 #18 august #fuck this post and happy birthday

[newyorkthegoldenage]

This double line of baseball fans ends on the other side of Yankee Stadium, where the entrance to the Rotunda is located. On August 18, 1948, thousands of people from all walks of life stood on line during the day for the opportunity of passing by the body of Babe Ruth, who had died of cancer two days before, as it lay in state in the rotunda of the ballpark where he achieved his greatest fame.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP

#vintage New York #1940s #John Lindsay #Babe Ruth #Babe Ruth death #Yankee Stadium #August 18 #18 August #18 Aug. #Aug. 18 #lying in state #vintage baseball #Bronx

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 33, 18 août 1901, Paris. Robe de casino et de réunions d'été. Modèle de Mme Angenault, rue de Provence, 67. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Cette robe, exécutée en batiste de soie vert réséda, est entièrement plissée et ornée d'une riche garniture en dentelle Renaissance ivoire. La jupe est faite avec un empiècement en dentelle terminé par des motifs isolés rattachés à une bordure pareille; la jupe est cerclée, en outre, de cinq rangées de rubans de velours noir plissé avec l'étoffe, le contour inférieur est garni d'une ruche en batiste de soie et d'entre-deux de dentelle ornés de petits choux en velours noir; on pose la jupe librement sur une jupe en taffetas vert. Le corsage, également plissé, est garni de dentelle Renaissance formant boléro dans le dos et descendant devant jusqu'à la ceinture en velours noir. Le corsage ferme devant, la garniture de dentelle sur le côté. Les manches, faites jusqu'au coude avec delà batiste de soie plissée, sont évasées pour former des bouillonnes retenus par des bas de manches ajustés, exécutés en dentelle; la contour supérieur est orné de choux en velours. Le haut col droit est lait en dentelle.

On complète la toilette par une grosse ruche tour de cou, à longs pans, en mousseline de soie blanche.

Le chapeau, en paille de soie vert réséda, est relevè de côté à l'aide d'un nœud de velours noir. La calotte est entourée d'une draperie en mousseline de soie vert réséda et d'une guirlande de fleurs d'acacias.

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This dress, executed in reseda green silk batiste, is fully pleated and adorned with rich ivory Renaissance lace trim. The skirt is made with a lace yoke finished with isolated patterns attached to a similar border; the skirt is also encircled with five rows of black velvet ribbons pleated with the fabric, the lower contour is trimmed with a ruffle in silk cambric and lace inserts adorned with small black velvet puffs ; the skirt is placed freely on a green taffeta skirt. The bodice, also pleated, is trimmed with Renaissance lace forming a bolero in the back and descending in front to the black velvet belt. The bodice closes in front, the lace trim on the side. The sleeves, made up to the elbow with pleated silk batiste, are flared to form bubbles retained by fitted cuffs, executed in lace; the upper contour is decorated with velvet puffs. The high straight collar is lace milk.

The toilet is completed by a large hive around the neck, with long sides, in white silk muslin.

The hat, in reseda green silk straw, is raised on the side with a black velvet bow. The crown is surrounded by a reseda green silk chiffon drapery and a garland of acacia flowers.

#La Mode illustrée #20th century #1900s #1901 #on this day #August 18 #periodical #fashion #fashion plate #cover #color #cover redo #description #Forney #dress #Modèles de chez #Madame Angenault

[todaysdocument]

“Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a very long way yet to travel.”

JFK’s proposed statement on the March on Washington, August 18, 1963. 

Collection JFK-3: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: President's Office Files

Series: Subject Files

File Unit: Civil rights: March on Washington, 28 August 1963

Transcription:

MARCH IN WASHINGTON

AUG 18, 1965

Proposed Statement

We have witnessed today in Washington and tens of thousands of Americans -- both Negro and white -- exercising their right to assemble peaceably and direct the widest possible attention to a great national issue. Efforts to secure equal treatment and equal opportunity for all without regard to race, color, creed or nationality are neither novel nor difficult to understand. What is different today is the intensified and widespread public awareness of the need to move forward in achieving these objectives -- objectives which are older than this nation.

Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a very long way yet to travel. One cannot help but be impressed with the deep fervor and the quiet dignity that characterizes the thousands who have gathered in the Nation's Capital from across the country to demonstrate their

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faith and confidence in our democratic form of government. History has seen many demonstrations - - of widely varying character and for a whole host of reasons. As our thoughts travel to other demonstrations that have occurred in different parts of the world, this Nation can properly be proud of the demonstration that has occurred here today. The leaders of the organizations sponsoring the March and all who have participated in it deserve our appreciation for the detailed preparations that made it possible and for the orderly manner in which it has been conducted.

The Executive Branch of the Federal Government will continue its efforts to obtain increased employment and to eliminate dicrimina-tion in employment practices, two of the prime goals of the March. In addition, our efforts to secure enactment of the legislative proposals made to the Congress will be maintained, including not only the Civil

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Rights Bill, but also proposals to broaden and strengthen the Manpower Development and Training Program, the Youth Employment Bill, amendments to the vocational education program, the establishment of a work-study program for high school age youth, strengthening of the adult basic education provisions in the Administrations education program and the amendments proposed to the public welfare work-relief and training programs. This nation can afford to achieve the goals of a full employment policy --it cannot afford to achieve the goals of a full employment  policy --it cannot afford to permit the potential skills and educational capacity of its citizens to be unrealized.

The cause of 20 million Negroes has been advanced by the program conducted so appropriately before the Nation's shrine to the Great Emancipator, but even more significant is the contribution to all mankind.

#archivesgov #August 18 #1963 #1960s #civil rights #March on Washington #JFK #John F. Kennedy #Black history #African American history

[happybirthday-unusannus]

Happy 3rd Birthday to

“We're Better Than Dogs”

#unus annus #markiplier #crankgameplays #ethan nestor #august 18

[warmglowofsurvival]

#twenty one pilots #twentyonepilots #josh dun #joshua dun #tyler joseph #2022 #aug #august #aug 2022 #aug '22 #aug 18 #august 18 #august 2022 #august '22 #minnesota #st paul #st paul minnesota #icy tour #the icy tour #twitter #tweet #tweets #josh's tweets #tyler's tweets

[typelikeagirl]

#quotes #quote of the day #keep going #keep trying #motivational quotes #august 18

[ourgoodfriendjonathan]

She's laughing. Sweet, gay Lucy, with an adorably puckered face, told us the most harrowing out-of-body experience known to men, and she's laughing

#dracula daily #august 18

[duadaily]

August 18, 2023

#dua lipa #social media #2023 #august 18

[shisasan]

August 18, 1929 Journals of Anais Nin 1927-1931 [volume 4]

#anais nin #august 18 #august #literature #words #rain #quotes #academia #dark academia #quote #lit #books #books and libraries #reading #quote of the day #bookworm #book quotes #prose #booklr #bibliophile #excerpt

[your-friend-bram]

August 18

Mina dear, I don't think you should breeze on past Lucy's disturbing dream that she finally recanted to you. After all, you saw the man with red eyes too. Maybe it was a trick of the light, but what are the odds of seeing something like Lucy says she saw in 'not dreams' in real life with your own two eyes?

-Bram

#dracula daily #re: dracula #august 18 #mina 'the train fiend' harker nee murray #lucy 'dream girl' westernra #bram blogs

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

August 18: Happy Birthday Kenjirou Minami (Yuri!!! on Ice)!!!!

#kenjirou minami #minami kenjirou #yuri!!! on ice #yuri on ice #happy birthday #august 18 #18 august #fuck this post and happy birthday

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Jobs were hard to come by even before the Depression. Out of the 6,000 men and women who stormed the Free Employment Agency at 60 Lafayette St. on August 18, 1920, only 135 found jobs.

This was the "Females" section. Job postings were sex-segregated in those days, with women being offered positions in domestic service and low-level clerical work. This practice continued for more than 50 years.

Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/Fine Art America

#vintage New York #1920s #unemployment #job hunting #August 18 #18 August #18 Aug. #Aug. 18 #Roaring Twenties #Jazz Age #old NYC #sex discrimination