Assassination

Funeral arrangements for a Tsar – memories of my great grandmother

September 18, 2022 No Comments

The recent death of the Queen of England, and the arrangements for her funeral, made me think of this post from earlier in the year. My great-grandmother, mother of my maternal grandfather remembered the funeral for Tsar Alexander II and I am fortunate to have her memories in my possession.

Assassination in St Petersburg! The Tsar is dead!

March 13, 2022 No Comments

On the 13 March 1881 (1 March in the Russian old style calendar) Tsar Alexander II was assassinated. His carriage was bombed in St Petersburg by the group known as People’s Will. Initially the bombs missed their target but, when the Tsar insisted on leaving his carriage to check on

Found Objects – The New York Times and the assassination of JFK

November 21, 2021 2 Comments

The assassination of JFK was my first memory. It was November 1963 and I was three years old. I remember sitting cross legged, on the carpet, in front of a black and white television watching as the President was shot over and over again. Of course I did not know

Alex de Fircks

Assassination

Funeral arrangements for a Tsar – memories of my great grandmother

Assassination in St Petersburg! The Tsar is dead!

Found Objects – The New York Times and the assassination of JFK

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