© Vincenzo Aiosa
© Vincenzo Aiosa
Pink Saturday in Amersfoort NL on June 26, 2010!
Peck Lumber Mfg. Co. – Peckville, PA
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Peckville
Williamsport was once the unofficial lumber capital of the world, but northeastern Pennsylvania also “saw” its share of the lumber industry as well. For many years the Peck Lumber Manufacturing Company contributed heavily to the region’s economy. The operation was begun by Samuel Peck of Massachusetts. – Nepa Newsletter dot com
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan – Born in Amersfoort NL & Buried in Brooklyn
Koen Steenbergen in front of Mondrian's grave marker in Cypress Hills Cemetery © Barbara Snow
Piet Mondrian, Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930 - Wikipedia
Mondriaan's birth house in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, picture by Wikipedia contributor: Ellywa
He was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representational form which he termed Neo-Plasticism. This consisted of a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the use of the three primary colors. – Wikipedia
Piet Mondrian in 1924- Wikipedia
Died Together – Remembered Separately – Hikind: Holocaust memorial should only honor Jews
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind yesterday argues against the inclusion of non-Jewish victims.- NY Post
“The Holocaust is a uniquely Jewish event,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn), whose mother is a Holocaust survivor and only Jews persecuted during the Nazi reign should be honored at a Holocaust memorial in Brooklyn.
