Download or read book To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington written by Louis Torres and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Washington Monument is one of the most easily recognized structures in America, if not the world, yet the long and tortuous history of its construction is much less well known. Beginning with its sponsorship by the Washington National Monument Society and the grudging support of a largely indifferent Congress, the Monument's 1848 groundbreaking led only to a truncated obelisk, beset by attacks by the Know Nothing Party and lack of secured funding and, from the mid-1850s, to a twenty-year interregnum. It was only 1n 1876 that a Joint Commission of Congress revived the Monument and entrusted its completion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.In "To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington": The United States Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Washington Monument, historian Louis Torres tells the fascinating story of the Monument, with a particular focus on the efforts of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, Captain George W. Davis, and civilian Corps employee Bernard Richardson Green and the details of how they completed the construction of this great American landmark. The book also includes a discussion and images of the various designs, some of them incredibly elaborate compared to the austere simplicity of the original, and an account of Corps stewardship of the Monument up to its takeover by the National Park Service in 1933. First published in 1985. 148 pages, ill.

Download or read book George Washington s Hair written by Keith Beutler and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mostly hidden from public view, like an embarrassing family secret, scores of putative locks of George Washington’s hair are held, more than two centuries after his death, in the collections of America’s historical societies, public and academic archives, and museums. Excavating the origins of these bodily artifacts, Keith Beutler uncovers a forgotten strand of early American memory practices and emerging patriotic identity. Between 1790 and 1840, popular memory took a turn toward the physical, as exemplified by the craze for collecting locks of Washington’s hair. These new, sensory views of memory enabled African American Revolutionary War veterans, women, evangelicals, and other politically marginalized groups to enter the public square as both conveyors of these material relics of the Revolution and living relics themselves. George Washington’s Hair introduces us to a taxidermist who sought to stuff Benjamin Franklin’s body, an African American storyteller brandishing a lock of Washington’s hair, an evangelical preacher burned in effigy, and a schoolmistress who politicized patriotic memory by privileging women as its primary bearers. As Beutler recounts in vivid prose, these and other ordinary Americans successfully enlisted memory practices rooted in the physical to demand a place in the body politic, powerfully contributing to antebellum political democratization.

Download or read book Grand Themes written by Jochen Wierich and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Includes the work of artists such as Daniel Huntington, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Eastman Johnson"--Provided by publisher.

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Download or read book Observance of Centennial Anniversary of Death of George Washington written by Freemasons. Maryland. [from old catalog] and published by . This book was released on 1900* with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Order of Free and Accepted Masons of Nova Scotia written by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Observance of Centennial Anniversary of Death of George Washington Classic Reprint written by Freemasons Maryland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Observance of Centennial Anniversary of Death of George Washington On the Centennial Anniversary of the death of Brother George Washington, December 14th instant, representatives of the Free masons of the United States will gather at the tomb at Mount Vernon to pay tribute to the memory of the Father of his Country. The Grand Master desires that at the same time similar appropriate exercises shall be held by the Fraternity throughout the State. To this end, it is ordered that all Lodges of Freemasons in Mary land shall, during the day or evening on the date mentioned, as semble, either in public or private, and commemorate the occasion. In Baltimore city a general meeting of the Craft will be held in corinthian hall, Masonic Temple, at 8 o'clock P. M. In other localities, where it is preferred, Lodges may unite to gether for the purpose, and if need be, a procession of the Craft may be made from the Lodge room to the place selected for a public assemblage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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