Day: August 18, 2016

News & Politics, Photography

Happy 19th Amendment Day!

Shelly

On this day in 1920 the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified.

Penn[sylvania] on the picket line-- 1917
Penn[sylvania] on the picket line– 1917
Source: Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. [Pennsylvania on the Picket Line– 1917]. 1917. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/mnwp000212/. (Accessed August 18, 2016.)

Summary: Photograph of fourteen suffragists in overcoats on picket line, holding suffrage banners in front of the White House. One banner reads: “Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait For Liberty”. White House visible in background.

Photography

Fog

Shelly

Fog

Fog

When I was out walking the dog this morning, I watched the fog come down. It was pitch black still, so all the streetlights started to shimmer as halos appeared and spread around them, as the fog thickened. I don’t enjoy getting up at at ungodly hours, but there are perks.

The fog was still fairly thick at a little after 8am, when I took these photos.