Catching up on the week's historical anniversaries:
11 December 1917: British General Allenby enters #Jerusalem (Collier's New Photographic History of the World War)
The Damascus Gate #WWI #Palestine
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"I entered the city officially at noon, December 11th, with a few of my staff, the commanders of the French & Italian detachments"
General Allenby quite deliberately chose to enter on foot: Jesus had ridden donkey, whereas the German Kaiser had arrogantly ridden in on a horse
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11 December 1917:
British proclaim martial law but “General Allenby, in front of the Tower of David which was standing when Christ was in #Jerusalem, promised that all holy places of Christians, Jews, & Moslems would be maintained according to existing customs.”
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Fast-forward: During its occupation of #Jerusalem, #Jordan violated the guarantees of religious freedom in the 1949 Armistice Agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_annexation_of_the_West_Bank#Access_to_holy_sites
In 1967, #Israel restored them
The Astonishing Israeli Concession of 1967 - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/israel-paratroopers-temple-mount-1967/529365/?gift=o3mXELi_RO_4chhhFEiMMeN4hJPZ1LrAMmHegqwYxb0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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“Allenby Before #Jerusalem,” by Captain Adrian Jones — portrait hanging in the Victory Services Club, London
British forces accepted the surrender of the city on December 9 and entered the city on the 11th
The caption to an earlier #photo notes that, after taking #Jerusalem in December 1917, "The British Army proceeded to the further conquest of #Palestine"
Allenby's great victory at #Megiddo in 1918 decisively defeated German & Ottoman forces. https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-megiddo
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Allenby's great victory at Megiddo in 1918 decisively defeated German & Ottoman forces.
In 1919, he was promoted to Field Marshal & created Viscount Allenby, of Megiddo & of Felixstowe in the County of Suffolk
Plaque on the South Kensington house of his last years
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@CitizenWald Any public Mark about Lawrence of Arabia near this place ?
T. E. Lawrence | Actor | Blue Plaques | English Heritage
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/t-e-lawrence-of-arabia/
@CitizenWald Looks like he wants to ride the other way?
@ppappas yes, somewhat strange pose