3364 - Greenlawn, New York, United States of America

Another great vintage travel poster and this one is close to where I am - Glacier National Park. Glacier is south of my favourite Canadian national park, Waterton Lakes. In fact, Glacier and Waterton are a part of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. They were joined in 1932. Both parks are considered Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and their union as a World Heritage Site.

It was through the efforts of Rotary International members from Alberta and Montana that the park was established. Brigadier-General John Smith Steward, the Member of Parliament for Lethbridge, and Congressman Scott Leavitt of Montana took the bills to their governments in Ottawa and Washington, respectively. The Americans were the first to pass the act on March 1932, while the Canadians took a bit longer, but it was given Royal Assent on 26 May 1932.

Both Waterton and Glacier are administered separately and there are separate park entrance fees.

In 2007, the International Dark-Sky Association named Waterton-Glacier an International Dark-Sky Park.

Greenlawn is a hamlet of about 14 000 people found on Long Island in New York State. The Greenlawn Fire Department hold an annual Firemans' Fair on Labour Day weekend. This is the oldest and largest in New York state, first held in 1906.

Waterton is about a 3.5 hour drive from where I live.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

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Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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