Eric’s Journal

This Thanksgiving marks the 40th anniversary of the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island. Here is a great PBS web site about the event (via MetaFilter). Below is a photo I took last Spring of the “Indians Welcome” sign that is still visible.

Sign from the 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Island

Here a picture of the penitentiary while approaching by boat.

Photo from our Spring trip to Alcatraz

Filed by Eric at 11:48 am under Around the Web,History
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Thanks to Bre’s link to the Darth Tater Puns, I got Boingboinged. At last check there were 7 sites linking to Darth Tater, which helped the Eckstein site set a a new record for hits in one month. Thanks Bre!

Filed by Eric at 1:32 pm under Around the Web
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