Chirol’s America

Posted on 9/16/2006 by Chirol

As readers know, I recently returned from three weeks at home in America. Here are a few pictures from that time to enjoy. In keeping with my Victorian anonymity, labels are intentionally vague.

Historic district: old cotton exchange

Catholic Church

Civil war fort

Old cannons at a second civil war fort

Swamp in a wildlife refuge

Oyster shells

About Chirol

Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol (1852 - 1929) was a journalist, prolific author, world historian, and British diplomat. He began his career as a foreign correspondent and later became editor of the London Times. After two decades as a journalist he joined Her Majesty's Foreign Ministry as a diplomat and was subsequently knighted for his distinguished service as a foreign affairs advisor. Additionally, he wrote a dozen books on foreign affairs including The Far Eastern Question (1896), Serbia and the Serbs (1914), The End of the Ottoman Empire (1920) and The Egyptian Problem (1921). He is generally credited with popularizing "Middle East" in reference to the Arabian Peninsula with his book The Middle Eastern Question (1903). "Chirol" is a US citizen and graduate student studying Defense and Strategic Studies and government contractor. As with the historical Chirol, he has traveled to over two dozen countries and lived abroad for many years. Chirol speaks English and German fluently with basic knowledge of manyl of others.
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9 Responses to Chirol’s America

  1. ElamBend says:
    9/16/2006 at 2:07 pm

    Surely the southeast, Chastown or perhaps Richmond. Beautiful shots. Completely different from the southern plains where I grew up where few places had the time to build a lasting legacy before urbanism began their decline.

  2. andrewdb says:
    9/16/2006 at 3:38 pm

    My money is on NOLA

  3. NS says:
    9/16/2006 at 6:05 pm

    It’s Charleston, SC.

  4. Rommel says:
    9/16/2006 at 6:41 pm

    Elam –

    From your comments I gather you are either from Oklahoma or north Texas (Rommel’s homeland)?

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  6. McKellar says:
    9/17/2006 at 12:33 am

    Savannah! It’s great to see the old lady again. It’s Factor’s walk, St. Johns, Ft. Pulaski, and Ft. Jackson. The Victorian theme suddenly makes sense…we all seem to hold to the old affected gravitas. You should have gotten a shot from the bridge, just before dusk when the streetlights come on, where you can see the whole city peeking out from underneath a carpet of oak and palmetto.

  7. lirelou says:
    9/17/2006 at 11:50 pm

    Savannah of course. Had it been Charleston some shots of the Citadel, Battery Park (with Fort Sumpter in the distance), Osceola’s grave, and the Huguenot Church would have been obligatory. But then, Charleston’s St. Paddy’s day is nowhere near the size of Savannah’s.

  8. Tom says:
    9/18/2006 at 9:38 pm

    I think my parents have the same picture of Ft. Pulaski, just with a three year old me playing on the cannon.

  9. Gollios says:
    9/19/2006 at 1:46 pm

    “This place is like ‘Gone With the Wind’ on mescaline. Everyone’s drunk and heavily armed. New York is boring. I’ll call you tomorrow.”
    -Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil