Kara: I’m Calling Alex!

Imperial War Museum Opened by King George

An 18-inch naval gun (the largest ever used by Britain, and the second-largest ever used after those of Japan’s Yamato-class battleships in the next war), being installed at the Imperial War Museum in the Crystal Palace ahead of the June 1920 opening.

June 9 1920, London–Already in 1917, the Imperial War Cabinet began considering how to commemorate and preserve the history of the war.  An MP, Alfred Mond, proposed the idea of a National War Museum, and this was swiftly agreed to.  Proposals to expand the scope into a museum and memorial were rejected by the War Cabinet, who wanted to keep the two concepts separate (the Cenotaph would be unveiled on Armistice Day 1920).  To reflect the contributions of India and the other Dominions, the name was changed to the Imperial War Museum by the end of 1917.  The museum held a few temporary exhibitions in the following years, but did have a permanent location until June 9, 1920, when its site in the Crystal Palace was opened by King George V.

The museum would relocate in 1924 (well before the Crystal Palace burned in 1936), and again in 1936.  In the years since, its collections have grown to encompass material from the Second World War and subsequent British conflicts, and it has opened additional locations.

The author would like to thank the Imperial War Museum for their extensive photographic archive of the First World War, from which many of the pictures for Today in World War I were drawn.

During descent

Lena is charmed by Kara’s inability to control herself.

— Sue Zhao

a mensch

[OC] 𝗪𝗪𝟮 𝗣𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 – 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗙.𝗠𝗸.𝗫 «𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆» (Trivia in Comment)

Memories

Save Me - Remy Zero

I made a wood topographic Airport Diagram. Laser burnt, hand assembled. Sky Acres Airport

I wanted the scene were Lena gets on the bus and just stands there. Kara’s behind her. The bus driver is staring at her. Lena looks back at Kara. Kara looks at Lena like, c’mon. Lena starts to go get a seat but the bus driver is like, “Ma’am, you need to pay first.” Lena looks back at the driver, then Kara and whispers, “I don’t know how this works.” Kara is frustrated and says, “It’s okay, I’ve got it.” and pays for both. We see them both sit down, next to each other. Lena offers Kara a hundred dollar bill. Kara whispers angrily to put it away, looking around for anyone watching. Lena is still feeling embarrassed and tries to make a joke. “So, is this the bus you usually fly in on?” Big smile. Kara just gives her a scowl. Lena whispers under her breath, “Okay, we’re not to the joke phase yet. Got it.” They sit quietly the rest of the way. So close they can feel each others body heat, and it’s driving Kara mad.

So true