James II

James Pegrum has been building the kings and queens of England, including James II.

Gettysburg Address

Today is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, created 7 score and ten years later by Gary^The^Procrastinator. Via the Brothers-Brick.

Roswell

Today's Google doodle notes that on this date in 1947, aliens are supposed to have crash landed at Roswell. Here is Kylan's vig of that day.

Pickett's Charge

150 years ago today, Pickett's charge was turned back by Union forces, effectively ending the Battle of Gettysburg and, along with the surrender of Vicksburg in the west 150 years ago tomorrow, turning the tide of the war to eventual Union victory. Yes, this rendition of Pickett's Charge by Eric Schmidt is way too big to be called a vignette, and there are other more vig-like MOCs of the Civil War and of Gettysburg specifically, but I thought it was appropriate to feature this here today. If you are interested in this era of history, there's going to be a big collaborative display at BrickFair next month, celebrating the sesquicentennial of Gettysburg.

Happy birthday, Mrs Wobblehead's husband

Mrs Wobblehead's husband is Crashing Into 40!.

Maggie Thatcher 1925-2013

Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, passed away today. Earlier this year James Pegrum built Knock, knock, who's there?.

Lost your bottle?

Apparently this Lost your bottle? case by James Pegrum is an important legal precedent in British law.

Cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them

Workshysteve's Flashman series is full of such great work I have to keep blogging it again and again. Check out the awesome horses in this vig from the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Ethan Allen

Bricko is telling the story of Ethan Allen in vig form.

Ides of March

Ordo built the Ides of March.

You lose

The senator's decision, by JackJonespaw.

Mulan

Chiukeung made a series of Mulan vigs.

Feud

Gravescout remembers the Hatfields and the McCoys.

That was then ...

Inspired by , JetFRI has done a series of Then and Now dueling vignettes, including the pop star, then and now. I particularly like the scenery backdrop for the opera singer.

Icarus

Icare made this beautiful Rise and Fall of Icarus, perhaps my favorite story from Greek mythology.

Beware last week

Cmorgenweck built the Ides of March as a MOCathalon entry.

MOCathalon

It's time for MOCathalon, and a lot of the entries are vigs or bignettes. Interestingly, Lincoln's assassination has already shown up in two different categories. In the Ars Historica category (calling for a historical scene) Alex Mack made Lincoln's Assasination, and in the Ides of March category (calling for a conspiracy), Christopher Baldacci made Half Mast, a multi-tiered bignette showing the assassinations of US Presidents Kennedy, McKinley and Lincoln.

Blitz

Bricko built a great rendition of the London Blitz.

Battle bookends

Diidy made this pair of scenes: Sound of war and Fate of the bullet.

On the hunt

Nabaelu1 made this great hunting scene.