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'According to the Mighty Working' by Thomas Hardy

~this is just a little love note to the Golden Gate Bridge & the City By the Bay, that I love so much~ as I've said many a time before, I left my ❤ in San Francisco❣ 🌁 ~ Enter the Golden Gate Bridge ~ 1) the rainbow entrance to Robin Williams Tunnel going on to the Golden Gate Bridge & into the City ~ 2) the iconic Bridge, herself~ 3) there's artwork, notes, & 'I was here' moments, on the rocks, that make up the rock wall at the Vista Point & 4) the Lone Sailor at the Vista Point ~Plaque reads: The Lone Sailor This is a memorial to everyone who ever sailed out the Golden Gate in the service of their Country – in the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Merchant Marine. A ship heading for sea passes directly by this spot at the northern end of the Golden Gate. Here the Sailor feels the first long roll of the sea, the beginning of the endless horizon that leads to the far Pacific. There is one last chance to look back at the city of San Francisco, shining on its hills, one last chance to look back at the coastline of the United States, one last chance to look back at home. Thousands and thousands of American seafarers have sailed past this place, in peace and war, to defend this Country and its sea frontiers. Many of them never returned. This monument is dedicated to the ordinary Sailors and Marines who sailed from this place and did their duty. Bas relief sculptors commemorating the individual sea services are located across from the statue. Approximately 1.5 million men and women shipped out from San Francisco during WWII. This statue is a replica of the U.S. Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Sculptor - Stanley Bleifeld #fms_g ♡2•6 • • • • #fmspad #fatmumslimphotoadaychallenge #02062022 #theletterg #goldengatebridge #robinwilliamstunnel #rainbow #thelonesoldier #stanleybleifeld #iwashere #iloveyou #rockmoments #vistapointsanfrancisco #ileftmyheartinsf #sanfrancisco #citybythebay #nofilterneeded #wanderlust #californiadreamin #californialove #californiacoast #everypicturetellsastory #goexplore #bridgesofcalifornia (at Golden Gate Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZpr7dvPDnS/?utm_medium=tumblr