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The Anglo-Boer War Museum (also known as The War Museum of the Boer Republics) in Bloemfontein is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1899 to 1902. The museum has a unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits but also brings the visitor closer to understanding the background against which the war took place. [2]
Near Bain's Vlei, the garden was established in 1965, around 10 km north of downtown between picturesque dolerite rocks. 140 bird species, 50 mammal species, and 50 reptile species live in the park. A wild olive tree ( Olea europaea subsp. africana ) there is probably more than 200 years old.
Anglo-Boer War Blockhouse, Drakensberg Botanical Garden, Harrismith This Anglo-Boer War blockhouse is situated on the town commonage of Harrismith, to the north-east of the town. In 1901 the British military authorities built a formidable system of blockhouses in the north-eastern Orange Free State. One of the lines of the Type of site: Blockhouse.
During the Second Boer War, the British established a concentration camp in Winburg for Afrikaner civilians, primarily women and children, who were captured in the Boer republics by British forces as part of a scorched earth campaign. 132 adults and 355 children died in the camp during the war due to a combination of malnutrition and infectious disease, exacerbated by the fact that they were ...
It was established on 20 July 1877 and opened to the public on 20 May 1878. The old Raadsaal building was made available by the then Free State Volksraad for hosting the Museum collections. A new museum building was completed in 1913 and the official opening took place in 1915. Since 1881 the museum has been subsidised mainly by government.
The Texas Civil War Museum is closing and its $20M in antiques are for sale. (It tried to show “both sides.” But there aren’t two sides of slavery.)
The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, which has been open since 2006 and displays Union and Confederate artifacts, is taking back its decision to close its doors at the end of 2023.. The ...
Flowers and items left at a makeshift memorial near the Walmart where 20 people were killed Saturday, in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 4, 2019. Federal investigators in El Paso said they were treating the ...