I have to say, Freepers are the best!
I had posted them a week ago, but, none of them came out unless perhaps you were able to go to the Kodak website and view my photo album.
I have enclosed a bit of info on the German POW grave marker's below the photo's of what I learned as it regarded who and what they did to be buried in the military cemetery.
If there is anything you would like to add, let me know.
As I said StarCMC was kind enough to host the photo's and I did add some info when you get to the German Grave marker's again thank you for giving the first thread a chance.
Interesting stuff. Thanks!
Actually a very nice pictoral essay. A bit rough on the bandwidth, but nice. Thank you for sharing.
Look forward to everyone's opinion good, bad or indifferent.
The federal prison has 5 to 7 buffalo in its pen by the prison camp at any one time. The federal prison was built by the military prison inmates in 1897 brick by brick.
Fascinating pictures. I'll throw out a couple of guesses for you.
The barbed wire cage at the top of the staircase probably allowed people to smoke outside without being able to actually get away. It's cheaper to cage the top instead of the entire structure and it provides less areas for convicts to find weak spots.
The sun room is probably just some perk that the CO had installed. Bases have all sorts of stuff like that, I wouldn't think a military prison would be too much different. I had a CO in Korea that insisted everything he could see from his office window be color coordinated. Guess who got to do the painting? They can pretty much get anything they want when they get that flag on their car.:D
Thanks for the repost. I saw all of them before, but had to do a "view image" separately.
This is much better. Interesting photos and thanks for taking the effort to post these again.
Hey friend, if it were not for you, I would not be able to share these photo's with our fellow Freepers.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I hope you will enjoy the finished project!
Again, a huge applause for your generosity!
Howdy, Some may have a repeat PING, and I apologize for that, but I am attempting to share these photo's with my fellow Freepers.
I do love history. While I love military history, some installation's provide little when it comes to year's long ago.
So, Ft Leavenworth provided wonderful historic scenery to photograph. Some photo's speak for themselves. Other's I have done some research but only touching the surface.
Leavenworth, is rich in history. Beyond the United States Disciplinary Barracks, there are several prison's the most well known the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.
As I have said in the past, I hope you enjoy viewing Leavenworth through the lenses of my camera.
Should you want other's photo's or interested in something else let me know. I am always happy to assist a fellow Freeper!
(His 'JAG' officer status I'm sure went over very well inside the 'Big House.')
It was amazing how he fell down some stairs on his way to Leavenworht - seems he had been mouthing off a wee bit much or something like that.
I don't know if they still mandate it, but years ago to help 'keep things clean' inside the prison, prisoners were required to polish the bottoms of their shoes as well as the tops.
On a sad note, America now has the bleak distinction of housing more prisoners than any other country in the free world. And a large percentage of them are illegal aliens.
In the picture in post #21 ... one can see the parking lot (lower left) ... a flag pole ... then a small tower. That tower, in the early 70's at least, was where law enforcement checked their weapons prior to entering the prison. They had a drawer that slid out, you inserted the firearms, and you continued to the prison entrance.
Thanks again. That was swell swell? ... er ... uh ... I mean kewel. ;)
WOW!! This turned out GREAT!! Thanks for re-doing it for us! *HUGS!*
In the 70s, trustees from the USDB operated a greenhouse, an auto body repair/painting shop and loaded groceries at the commissary. At the commissary, you got a claim check when you checked out then drove around back where the trustees put your groceries in the trunk. The auto body/paint shop operated on a lottery basis and, as I recall, the customer paid only for materials.
Thanks for reposting. I enjoyed them the first time, but it was a lot more work to see them, then.
Great post. Thanks!
Thank you for adding me to your ping list. This is most interesting to see. Are there any pix taken from a plane or chopper that show the entire installation?
Perhaps the sun room is also another smoking room/break room. Being inside those stone buildings must be oppressive for the staff too.
http://www.wyomingfrontierprison.com/index.html
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I had a private in my squad that was Court Martialed for rape/sexual assault. I was his escort/bailiff during the trial. He was sentenced to 15 years at Leavenworth. I remember transporting him to the MP's in an open jeep thinking he was going to jump out and run.