St. George's Fortifications, Bermuda(百慕大圣乔治岛·防御工事)
2024-08-08 National Happiness Happens Day

【Pink Tangle Teezer】
Nancy Anne Miller
Like a rose sun coral, nodules waft a watery aqua sky,
Deep down in the semitropical ocean of her youth.
A pink floral Octocorallia with tentacles swaying
In the waves of her breezy hair. A cow's udders
Dropping the dose of the mother country's
Milk into her body as it exfoliates her scalp.
Placed on the side of her daily bath, like
A set of extra teeth, ones sluggish on a slug's
Tongue, words emitted slowly, rubbery and
Bent. The slush, slur of an infant's speech, not
Enunciated but dissolving in her mouth, a lozenge
Sucked for the taste of the island's sweetness.
—— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? ——
【《粉红色发梳》】
(百慕大)南希·安·米勒“恩典·仁慈·磨坊主”
【红霞译】
像玫瑰绚烂的珊瑚,枝状体漂荡在水蓝色天空,
还有绽放青春的亚热带海底。
粉花羽软珊瑚的触手
随微风摇曳。母牛
将家乡的乳液
滴到她的身上一如去除她的皮屑。
摆放日常淋浴旁边,好似
一副多生的牙齿,赖在鼻涕虫的
舌头上,语速缓慢,吞吐
不清。婴儿说话时发出低沉含糊的声音,并非
直言相告,而口含菱形糖果
品尝岛上的甜美。
【注】圣乔治“农夫”城始建于1612年,坐落在百慕大“勇气”主岛东北角,是英国在新大陆最早的定居点之一。起初它被叫作“新伦敦”——这个名字里藏着初来者的野心和乡愁。几年后,更多移民抵达,他们以英格兰守护圣人圣乔治的名字重新命名了这座小城,这个名字便一直叫到了今天。城里街道窄而曲折,两旁是低矮的石砌房屋,屋顶刷成白色,在百慕大终年明亮的阳光下,蓝与白的对比像一幅被反复修补的旧画。400年前的鹅卵石路还铺在脚下,被无数脚步磨得光滑,踏上去有一种坚实而古老的回响,仿佛每一步都在踩实一段遥远的记忆。
在1815年汉密尔顿“山丘上的家园”崛起之前,圣乔治一直是百慕大的首府、人口中心和主要港口。那些年里,数以万计的百慕大人从这里出发,乘船驶向弗吉尼亚“圣洁女王”和美洲东南沿海——他们的行李、他们的名字、他们的手艺与口音,都顺着海流漂向了那片正待生长的大陆。圣乔治不仅仅是一座港口,它更像一个被海水反复冲刷的渡口,有人来,有人走,有人留下,有人再也没有回来。它的码头、仓库、教堂和堡垒,在几个世纪里静静地看着船只进港又离港,像在目送一页页翻过去的、写满名字的信纸。环绕港口和城堡,英国人用砖石建起了圣凯瑟琳“纯洁”堡、南安普顿堡“南方城镇”、国王城堡等25座坚固的军事设施,那些厚重石墙历经风雨仍立在原处,有的墙面上嵌着锈蚀的铁环和经年的弹痕,在阳光下泛出暗褐色的光。它们是时间的骨骼,裸露在外面,粗糙而不肯被岁月磨平。
今天走在圣乔治城里,那些砖石城堡已经不再驻军,炮口也不再对准海面——它们安静地坐在草丛里,像一群被历史卸下了任务的老兵,望着同一片海湾,只是望着。游客们举着相机拍下城墙的纹理、港口的倒影、教堂的尖顶,却很少有人知道,这些石头曾见证过一场又一场战争,也曾目送过一船又一船离开的人。我站在圣凯瑟琳堡的城墙上,手按在一块被海风啃了400年的石头上,它的表面粗糙、微凉,指腹贴着它时能感觉到某种几乎察觉不到的颗粒感——那不是风吹出来的,是时间一滴一滴凿出来的。港口的蓝在眼前铺开,天空和海水在远处融成一条线,一艘小船正缓缓驶出港湾,船尾的水痕在阳光下细细地亮着。那一刻我忽然觉得,400年其实并不遥远——船离开的姿势和400年前一样,海风吹来的方向也一样,甚至连石墙上那道裂缝的宽度,也和我上一次想象中它应该有的宽度分毫不差。或许历史不是用来被怀念的,它只是像港口的水面一样,始终在那里,不深不浅,安静地映着飞过它的每一只鸟。我走的时候,又回头看了一眼那座堡垒,它比我矮了一些,却还是稳稳地立着,像什么都没有发生过。
2000年,百慕大圣乔治历史名城及相关防御工事被列入联合国教科文组织《世界遗产名录》。
Today in History(历史上的今天):
2024: Hamilton, Costly Capital of Bermuda(百慕大哈密尔顿·最贵首府)
2024: UK-Crowned Bermuda w/ Quo Fata Ferunt(英属百慕大·命运之所在)
2020 Film Criticism—Webs of Intricacy(高三·影评—复杂网络)
2014: Punchliner on Carnival(嘉年华·妙语连珠)
Bierman Astor Estate, Originally Built by Multi-Millionaire & American Spy, Vincent Astor & His Wife Helen in 1933
(比尔曼·阿斯托“酿酒师·雷神”庄园——最初由千万富翁和美国间谍文森特·阿斯托“征服·雷神”及其妻子海伦“光明”于 1933年建造)
Close-up of Bierman Astor Estate (“酿酒师·雷神”庄园近景)

Admiral Sir George Somers Obelisk of Settlement of Bermuda
(百慕大殖民地海军上将《乔治“农夫”·萨默斯“夏天”爵士》方尖碑)
Tobacco Bay, a Popular Activity of Snorkeling w/ Impressive Underwater Coral Reefs
(烟草湾·浮潜活动的热门之地,拥有绝妙的水下珊瑚礁)
Tobacco Bay w/ Coast Rock Pools
(烟草湾海岸岩石池)
Tobacco Bay, a Slice of Paradise & Natural Wonders in St. George's
(烟草湾·圣乔治岛极乐天堂的自然奇观)
St Regis Bermuda Resort, a Ritz-like Marriott Property Located at the Tip of the Island, Next to Fort St. Catherine
(百慕大圣瑞吉“王者风范”度假村·类似丽兹“奢华 ”酒店的万豪“慈爱”酒店,位于岛屿顶端,毗邻圣凯瑟琳“纯洁”堡)
The History Behind the Bermuda Beach
After the Sea Venture wrecked on the reefs in 1609, a group of castaways started exploring the area. On one of the many beaches they came across something unusual — tobacco growing wild. In honor of this discovery, they named the spot Tobacco Bay Beach. Four hundred years later, you won’t find wild tobacco at Tobacco Bay, just a fun day at one of Bermuda’s National Parks.
The beach later became the backdrop to the 1775 Gunpowder Plot, where locals helped American revolutionaries steal a supply of British gunpowder from the Town of St. George.
America's Revolutionary War might have turned out very differently if it hadn’t been for a group of Bermudians sympathetic to the cause of the American Continental Congress. On the night of August 14, 1775, they stole more than 100 barrels of gunpowder from the Royal Arsenal in the Town of St. George, rolled them across the island to Tobacco Bay, and shipped each and every one to Philadelphia.
百慕大海滩背后的历史
1609年,《海上冒险》号在珊瑚礁上沉没后,一群遇难者开始探索该地区,在众多海滩之一,他们发现了一种不寻常的东西——野生烟草。为了纪念这一发现,他们把这个地方命名为烟草湾海滩。四百年后,你在烟草湾找不到野生烟草,只能在百慕大国家公园度过愉快的一天。
后来,这片海滩成为1775年火药阴谋的背景,当地人帮助美国革命者从圣乔治城偷走了一批英国火药。
如果不是因为一群同情美国大陆会议事业的百慕大人,美国独立战争的结果可能会大不相同。1775年8月14日夜间,他们从圣乔治城的皇家兵工厂偷走了100多桶火药并运到烟草湾,然后又全部转往费城。
Fort St Catherine, a Coastal Artillery Fort @ the North-East Tip of St. George's Is, in the Imperial Fortress Colony of Bermuda. Built in the 17th Century
(圣凯瑟琳堡·海岸炮兵堡垒,位于圣乔治岛东北端,属于百慕大帝国堡垒殖民地,建于17世纪)
Fort St Catherine, the Biggest Fortress in Bermuda Built in 1614
(圣凯瑟琳堡·百慕大最大的堡垒,建于1614年)

Fort St Catherine w/ Rear View of Rapid-Fire Gun
(圣凯瑟琳堡的速射炮·后视图)
Fort St. Catherine's Museum, Defending Gates Bay, Constructed in 1614
(建于1614年、保卫盖茨“守门人”湾的圣凯瑟琳堡博物馆)
Fort St. Catherine's Museum, One of Early Bermuda's Fortifications against the Spanish, French, and Much Later, the Americans
(圣凯瑟琳堡博物馆·百慕大早期抵御西班牙、法国和后来的美国人入侵的防御工事之一)
Bermuda Lagoon, Turquoise Colored Water of Achilles Bay
(百慕大泻湖·绿松石色的阿基里斯“痛苦”湾水域)
St. Peter's Church Folly of St. George's in Gothic Revival in 1874 & Damaged by a Tornado in 1925 & Subsequent Hurricanes
(原计划替代圣彼得“磐石”教堂的圣乔治教堂·1874年建成的哥特式复兴式教堂,1925年遭龙卷风及随后的飓风破坏)
Dilapidated St. George's Church
(年久失修的圣乔治教堂)
Cruise Ship Terminal (游轮码头 08-08-2024)
Monument to Admiral George Somers, the 1st Settled, Explored, & Mapped Bermuda after the Chance wrecking of the Sea Venture in 1609
(海军上将《乔治·萨默斯》纪念碑·1609年“海上冒险”号沉没后,第一个定居、探索和绘制百慕大地图的人)
Bermuda National Trust's Globe Museum and Trustworthy Gift Shop
(百慕大国家信托环球博物馆和值得信赖的礼品店)
St George's Town Hall (1782), Founded in 1612, an Outstanding Example of the Earliest English Urban Settlement in the New World
(1782年竣工的圣乔治市政厅·始建于1612年,堪称新世界最早英国城市定居点的杰出典范)
St Peter's Church, the Oldest Anglican Church Outside the British Isles & the Oldest Protestant Church in Continuous Use in the New World
(圣彼得教堂·不列颠群岛以外最古老的圣公会教堂和新世界现存最古老的新教教堂)
Old State House, the Home of Bermuda's Parliament in St George's from 1620 until the Capital's Relocation to Hamilton in 1815
(旧议会大厦·从1620年起至1815年首都迁至汉密尔顿,一直是位于圣乔治的百慕大议会所在地)
Ordnance Island & St. George's Town
(军械岛和圣乔治城)
St. George's Harbor, Once Storage Space for the British Army, Now the Site of the Deliverance
(圣乔治港·旧时英国军队的仓库,现为交货地点)
Crosslinks(相关博文):
St. George's Fortifications, Bermuda(百慕大圣乔治岛·防御工事)
Hamilton, Costly Capital of Bermuda(百慕大哈密尔顿·最贵首府)
UK-Crowned Bermuda w/ Quo Fata Ferunt(英属百慕大·命运之所在)
En Route to Bermuda via the Atlantic(经大西洋前往百慕大)
