#decatur

[yesterdaysprint]

The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, October 29, 1933  

#1933 #1930s #halloween #decatur #illinois #spooky #ghost story #ghosts #ghost #1930's #spook #newspapers #history #vintage #historic #scary

[spawnofvulcan-knits]

Wheeler Weather by Steve Driskell Via Flickr: July 10th, 2011. Definitely one of the most frightening pictures I've ever taken. While standing under a pavilion at Rhodes Ferry Park, in Decatur, lightning was striking every few seconds, sometimes 4 maybe 5 in a single second. At one point a bolt spread its fingers directly above the pavilion and made me realize that it might be a good idea to leave. This is the last picture I took before I ran back to my car. Immediately after this picture, lightning started striking the bridges, about 5 times with in 2 or 3 seconds. Explore: July 10, 2011 #246

#Decatur #Alabama #ALalto #Wheeler Lake #Tennessee River #river #Rhodes Ferry Park #weather #clouds #grass #lightning #storm #thunderstorm #flickr

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6th Ave SE, Decatur, Alabama.

#Decatur #Alabama #November 2022

[thechanelmuse]

Black American cowboys and cowgirls in Decatur, Georgia.

#black american culture #black cowboys #black cowgirls #horses #atlanta #decatur #georgia

[jsstanotherguy]

#music #6lack #SIHAL #Decatur

[ghostlytales]

Dark Man in The Peck Cemetery, Taken in Decatur, Illinois

#peck cemetery #decatur #Illinois #dark man #paranormal #ghost photography #paranormal photography #spirit photography #creepy #ghosts #ghost #ghost photos #spirit

[unteriors]

Park Place, Decatur, Indiana.

#Decatur #Indiana

[corgiboobs]

Photos from around Decatur, Alabama from January 2024 taken on Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro.

#Alabama #Decatur #graffiti #abandoned #Fujifilm #Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

[20th-century-railroading]

Sometimes Wabash Train Masters led trains through Decatur. One such occasion occurred on April 2, 1966 when #553 handled an extra through town. Photo by Bill Warren

#n&w #norfolk & western #wab #wabash #1966 #trains #freight train #history #decatur #illinois

[clove-pinks]

The "Decatur" and "Dominica" in moderate gale (port view) by Worden Wood (American, 1880–1943) (Yale Art Gallery)

Happy War of 1812 Wednesday to those who celebrate: here's a painting of a single ship action that is surprisingly overlooked in many accounts of the naval War of 1812, despite being an American victory. HMS Dominica was a small British schooner commanded by Lieutenant Barrett. In the summer of 1813, Dominica encountered the American privateer Decatur off Bermuda.

Rather than try to run, as most privateers would when chased by a Royal Navy vessel, Decatur's commander decided he would engage. He was Dominique Diron, an experienced French privateersman, as bold as he was cocky. The two engaged in a fierce, close-quarters action, and by the end 'not more than three men' in fighting shape were left on the British schooner. Her lieutenant was killed and the midshipman next in command, Nichols, was badly wounded. The losses on board were so horrific, and the command team so thoroughly destroyed, that the crew had not even managed to throw their secret signal code book overboard before capture. Charles Simpson, a British official who worked to secure parole for Nichols and the surviving crewmen, blamed Lieutenant Barrett's inexperience with schooners (coupled with Diron's long privateering experience) for the embarrassing defeat.

— Nicholas James Kaizer, Revenge in the Name of Honour: The Royal Navy’s Quest for Vengeance in the Single Ship Actions of the War of 1812

I have not been able to find much more information about Captain Diron, despite the wonderful description of him "as bold as he was cocky." The battle between Dominica and Decatur is also described in the 1907 book The Free Lances: Stories of the Sea Fighters of All Nations in Their Long Cruising and Desperate Battling for Honor and Treasure by Captain Jack Brand (Google Books), which confirms that Diron was basically a Freelance Professional British-Hater:

A French-American privateer captain was the hero of another fight which was one of the most ferocious actions on the high seas, the loss in killed and wounded being greater than in eight of the famous sloop-of-war duels in which the American navy was so successful in this war. [...] Captain Diron himself was a noted privateer who had enjoyed a brilliant and successful career as a French privateer during the long wars with England, and who found the American service extremely congenial.

Victory at Bermuda, the Capture of HMS Dominica by American Privateer Decatur, by Maarten Platje, 2018.

#War of 1812 Wednesday #war of 1812 #age of sail #naval battle #naval history #military history #privateer #hms dominica #decatur #dominique diron #age of fighting sail #naval art #maritime history #the sea #i feel very bad for poor midshipman nichols #also... a man named barrett having a big problem with a privateer?

[transastronautistic]

Quite enjoyed this sign in a local Decatur shop:

please don’t steal from small businesses

(but big corporations are fair game)

#shoplifting #decatur #funny #signs #anti capitalism

[yesterdaysprint]

The Decatur Daily Review, Illinois, May 17, 1936

Just jumping around from one party to another...

#1936 #1930s #history #comics #newspapers #cartoons #j norman lynd #1930s fashion #1930's fashion #historic #vintage #1930's #decatur #illinois #partying #party #rushing #running #jumping

[federer7]

July 1942. "Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Construction of ocean-going barges for the U.S. Army on the Tennessee River. A shipfitter and his helper. They are C.R. Willingham (right) and E.L. Sparkman."

Acetate negative by Jack Delano

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#jack delano #1942 #july #decatur #alabama

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US-31, Decatur, Alabama.

#Decatur #Alabama #November 2022

[sitting-on-me-bum]

6/26/2018 - American Green Tree Frog by Becky Cover Via Flickr: Using its green color as an effective camouflage against predators.

#color green #American Green Tree Frog #DeKalb #Newman Wetlands #amphibian #Decatur #GA #United States of America #flickr #becky cover #photographer #nature

[kreativit]

#Decatur