Durham - 8 Rifles Sound Retreat

Sounding Retreat is a ceremony conducted by the Rifles based upon the practice of using bugles as a means of communication which dates back to the 16th Century.

Rifles Bugles Durham Market Square

The Rifles were formed in 2007, it's lineage includes the Light Infantry (formed in 1968) which brought together county Light Infantry Regiments, one of which was the Durham Light Infantry (DLI).

Durham Light Infantry Memorial
Durham Market Square

Sounding Retreat is the Rifles equivalent of Beating Retreat. The Beating Retreat originated in the 16th century and was used to recall troops back to their quarters. Drums were used as a mechanism for communication. Drum calls would be exchanged between the troops outside the barracks and their headquarters. The returning troops would beat the retreat as they returned. As drums as a means of communication fell out of use, the practice developed into a ceremony.

The Light Infantry Regiments used bugles, not drums, to communicate. They Sounded Retreat, an exchange of bugle calls.

Light Infantry Bugler

The 8 Rifles Sounding Retreat was performed on Castle Green, Durham by the Bugles of 8 Rifles, Durham ACF Cadet Band and Rifles Bugle Veterans.

Sounding Retreat Durham June 2019

Sounding Retreat Durham June 2019

Sounding Retreat Durham June 2019

 

 

 

Durham June 2019 IJ / DM



 

 

New York 2019 - Husdon River

New York 2019 Hudson River

The Hudson River flows between Manhattan Island and New Jersey into New York Harbour. The river originates in the Adirondack Mountains, Upstate New York, flowing from north to south or 507 km (315 miles). It takes it's name from English sea explorer Henry Hudson who explored the river in 1609.

Hudson River



The 'North River', the southern most part of the river lies between Manhattan and Jersey City. As New York grew, the piers along the Hudson on Manhattan Island became the location for the berths for ocean going ships. Chelsea Piers (23rd Street) became the main locations from 1910 to 1930s for passenger liners. With the decline of trans Atlantic passenger liners the piers closed down leaving their remnants along the Hudson.

Hudson River Piers Downtown Manhattan

Hudson River Chelsea Piers

Hudson River Chelsea Piers
Cunard Pier 59

New York 2019 Hudson River
New York Harbour

New York 2019 Hudson River
New Jersey Jersey City

New York 2019 Hudson River
Manhattan North Esplanade



New York 2019 Hudson River
New Jersey Ferry Terminal and Rail Station

New York 2019 Hudson River
Former Piers

 
On the 14th April 1912 at 11:40 pm ships time, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg 620 km (400 miles) south of Newfoundland and sank two hours later. The 705 survivors from the Titanic were picked up by the RMS Carpathia. On the evening of 18th April 1912 Carpathia arrived in New York disembarking the Titanic survivors at Pier 54.

RMS Carpathia Pier 54New York

New York 2019 Hudson River
Pier 54

New York 2019 Hudson River
Pier 54 IJ

New York 2019 Hudson River
Pier 56 garden under construction

New York 2019 Hudson River
Pier 59

New York 2019 - Staten Island Ferry

The Staten Island Ferry runs between the Whitehall Street Terminal in Lower Manhattan and the St George Terminal on Staten Island. The 8.4 kilometre (5.2 miles) crossing across New York Harbour takes 25 minutes.

The ferry first operated in 1817, coming into the ownership of the City of New York in 1905.

Staten Island Ferry Terminal Manhattan VM

Staten Island Ferry

Staten Island Ferry

Staten Island Ferry  New York Harbour  Statue of Liberty

Staten Island Ferry  New York Harbour Ellis Island

Staten Island Ferry  New York Harbour Manhattan

Staten Island Ferry Terminal Manhattan

Staten Island Town Hall

Staten Island overlooking New York Harbour IJ

Staten Island overlooking New York Harbour IJ

Staten Island Ferry approaching Manhattan

Staten Island Ferry approaching Manhattan

Staten Island Ferry approaching Manhattan

Staten Island Ferry approaching Manhattan

New York 2019
Staten Island Ferry approaching Manhattan

 





New York 2019 - East Coast Memorial

Situated in Battery Park on the tip of Manhattan is the World War II East Coast Memorial. The memorial commemorates the soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, merchant mariners and airmen who were lost in the western waters of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.

New York 2019
 East Coast Memorial

Four granite pylons record the names the 4,611 service personnel lost in the Western Atlantic.

New York 2019
 East Coast Memorial

The monument overlooks New York Harbour, it's axis orientated on the Statue of Liberty.

New York 2019
 East Coast Memorial looking towards Statue of Liberty

 

AMERICAN MONUMENTS COMMSISSION

EAST COAST MEMORIAL


 

New York 2019 - Irish Hunger Memorial

The Irish Hunger Memorial is dedicated to those lost in the Great Irish Famine 1845 - 1849. Over 1,000,000 perished when the potato crop failed with devastating effect on those already at subsistence level. The effect of the famine resulted in large scale migration from Ireland, many coming to the United States.

Great Irish Famine

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial VM

 

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial VM

The memorial is situated overlooking the Hudson River at the end of Vasey Street. The stones used in the memorial came from all over Ireland, the soil and vegetation form the west coast.  

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial Inscriptions

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial Celtic Stone and Irish vegetation

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial Celtic Stone

 The memorial features a ruined cottage which was transported from Carradoogan, in the parish of Attymass, County Mayo.

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial Ruined Cottage

New York 2019
Irish Hunger Memorial Ruined Cottage

 

New York 2019 - World Trade Centre Sphere

World Trade Centre Twin Towers
Sphere

The Sphere is a sculpture that one stood between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York. It was commissioned by the owners of the Twin Towers, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The 52 panels of the sculpture formed the Globe as a symbol of world trade. 

World Trade Centre Twin Towers
Sphere

On the 11th September 2001, 9/11, the attacks on the Twin Towers using hijacked airliners resulted in their collapse.

The Sphere survived the collapse of both Towers relatively un-damaged. It was recovered from the ruins of ground Zero and placed in storage.
 

World Trade Centre Twin Towers
Sphere Ground Zero

World Trade Centre Twin Towers
Sphere Ground Zero

World Trade Centre Twin Towers
Sphere Ground Zero

Six months after 9/11 it was erected in Battery Park as a monument to remember those lost in athe attack on the World Trade Centre. An eternal flame burnt along side the Sphere.

New York 2016
The Sphere  and Entrnal Flame
Battery Park NYC

 In August 2017, the Sphere was moved to it's present location in Liberty Park which overlooks Ground Zero. It was unveiled on the 6th September 2017.

New York 2019
The Sphere and One World Trade Centre

New York 2019
VM and The Sphere Liberty Park

New York 2019
The Sphere Liberty Park