#evanston

[victusinveritas]

In the Nativity scene outside Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois, Mary and Joseph are wearing gas masks, Jesus is nestled in a reflective blanket with his hands bound with zip ties, and behind the family stands three Roman centurions wearing vests with a very modern label: ICE.

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[blondebrainpowered]

Shown here with her six-gun on her hip, Martha “Calamity Jane” Canary found freedom to live an unconventional lifestyle when she masqueraded as a man and secured employment as a muleskinner. (Evanston, Wyo., 1880s. American Heritage Center.)

[williammarksommer]

The Sun Shines Through

Wyoming

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[onlytiktoks]

Federal agents arrest 3 US citizens after crash during immigration operation in Evanston

Witnesses say agents slammed on their brakes, causing a car that was following them to crash. DHS says the collision happened as agents trie

[johndunwin]

This image captures an electric blue vintage Chevrolet amidst the urban backdrop of Evanston.

[thatsrightice]

For part of the time that the 100th Bomb Group was overseas, Jean Crosby lived in an apartment in Chicago with Gerry Hamilton and Margaret Ann Blakely. But they had originally met under what Crosby described in his book as “trying circumstances in Wendover” when Crosby and Hamilton crashed into the mountains on a practice mission.

On Christmas Eve of 1942, the crew of John Brady, took off on a six-hour practice mission just after midnight. When 0600 rolled around, they were no where to be found. And it wouldn’t be until hours later that they finally received word that the crew was alive, though they had crashed-landed into the mountains of Evanston, Wyoming.

Jean Crosby and Gerry Hamilton had moved to Wendover to be with their husbands while they were stationed there. Even if they didn’t know at the time that that their husbands were technically MIA, they certainly would have been informed of their crash fairly soon after word reached base considering the crew wouldn’t be allowed to leave Evanston until two days later on the 26th of December. And though Margaret Ann Blakely’s husband wasn’t on their crew nor did her husband crash, she likely provided moral support to the them as they processed everything.

You can read more about the crash in this post I made or check out the accident report, which consists of Brady’s account of what happened along with all of the other documents from the investigation.

[copperbadge]

[ID: A series of photographs taken on a recent trip; they include the interior of a spice store done in warm wood and stocked with endless jars, a delicious-looking bagel, a retro-looking store with a neon sign reading "Newspapers - Magazines" above it, a Little Free Library shaped like a church, and the entrance to an El platform with two sets of stairs, between which is an old-timey sign reading "TO ALL TRAINS" and pointing to either stair.]

I did a little mini-vacation recently, staying over for a weekend in Evanston, just north of Chicago and accessible by the El. I had a great time -- bought some herbs and spices to mix my own italian seasoning from The Spice House, got a chocolate bagel with a cherry shmear at Lefty's Righteous Bagels (DO recommend), and saw some sights. Most of my touristing got done on Sunday so a lot of stuff was closed, but I'm thinking I'll do another day trip (perhaps when it's significantly warmer out) to hit up the stores and sights that I missed.

[chalkskyline]

University Library, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 2024