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Washington Post
04-08-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Texas dispute highlights nation's long history of partisan gerrymandering. Is it legal?
When Democratic lawmakers fled Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state's congressional districts , it marked the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering. The word 'gerrymander' was coined in America more than 200 years ago as an unflattering means of describing political manipulation in legislative map-making.
BBC News
28-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Newbury Armed Forces Day parade celebrates Army map-makers
An Armed Forces Day parade has marked the bicentenary of British army map-making in Berkshire was the home of 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) until 2014 and remains a base for nearby Newbury, the Royal Engineers exercised their Freedom of the Town with a march which celebrated the 200th birthday of three of the regiment's Armed Forces Day events were held across the country, including a national celebration at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire. In Newbury, a large crowd turned out for the event, which included the Nottinghamshire Band of the Royal Paul Thomas said: "I absolutely love doing these parades."The civilian community basically only see the British army when we're parading through the streets... Armed Forces Day is a very important day for us to show off ourselves in this way."Ian Thurgate, who served in the Royal Engineers, said: "We're very proud to be part of Newbury and I hope that Newbury's very proud that we're on the doorstep." The map-making units were formed in 1825 to undertake the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, according to Newbury Town mayor of Newbury, Councillor David Harman, said: "Our long and friendly relationship with the Royal Engineers culminated in the granting of the Freedom of the Town in 1997, and we are proud to celebrate that ongoing bond." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Unsung hero, 104, who drew up D-Day maps honoured
Veterans and historians have come together to honour one of D-Day's unsung heroes involved in top secret map Lamb was a British naval officer who helped draw up the maps for the invasion and was one of only a handful of people who knew about the Tuesday, the 104-year-old joined a celebration for her achievements at Syrencot House in Salisbury, where Operation Overlord was planned in said she was kept in an office by herself while she carried out her secretive work that was integral to the success of the invasion. "A ship coming in from England would try to identify where things were and be able to see things like churches, stations - anything visible from the distance," she said."I had to try and arrange something that would help and they provided me with an office entirely to myself. "I found it enjoyable - I suppose you can concentrate more when you're on your own."She said at the time, it was "impossible" to know whether her work had helped the invasion or not. Last year the French president Emmanuel Macron awarded her with the Légion d'honneur for her service - the highest French Order of Merit for Military and civil the war she worked in the War office in made the maps which were then delivered to Syrencot House where Lieutenant- General "Boy" Browning and other generals would use them to see what the shore looked like. Her son Martin Lamb, also attended the celebration in Salisbury and said he was "extremely proud" of his mother."As a family we didn't know anything about it," he said.
