#nelson memorial

[ltwilliammowett]

Royal Navy Copper Grog Ladle with Lord Nelson Decoration, after 1805

The ladle was made, or at least decorated, after the 1805 Naval Battle of Trafalgar, where Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson died amidst his greatest Naval Triumph. It has been engraved with his greatest naval battle honors in a banner, below a Naval Fouled Anchor: LORD NELSON ("Fouled Anchor")ABOUKIR TRAFALGAR COPENHAGEN& THE PRIZE

[ltwilliammowett]

Rose gold fob with a plain cornelian seal. The fob formed of twin anchors, canon, and rope; the mount engraved with Nelson’s immortal signal - ‘England expects everyman to do his duty’ and ‘Oct 21st 1805 Trafalgar’, c. 1810

[ltwilliammowett]

An early 19th century, Staffordshire pearlware mug printed and coloured with Neptune and Britannia, and with a sailor beneath the banner England expects every man to do his duty, 27.2cm.

[disabilityhorizons]

Fake Sign Language interpreter at Mandela Memorial

You can see on the video that the signs are obviously nonsense and don't match a real signer.

It was first spotted by people on twitter. He seems to repeat the same signs over and over. It raises big questions about how seriously South Africa took the accessibility of the event for disabled people. Also raises questions about security if this man was a fake. How carefully were his credentials checked?

"means that on a day when the world saluted a man who fought oppression, a guy stood on stage and effectively oppressed another minority – Deaf people, by making a mockery of our language."

from the Limping Chicken Deaf news and blog

This is an insult to deaf people, and in fact, all disabled people.