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This is Peter force, I just did a short video on his Stone marker at Rock Creek cemetery check it out.
Peter Force (November 26, 1790 – January 23, 1868) was an American politician, newspaper editor, printer, archivist, and early American historian. He was twice elected the twelfth Mayor of Washington D.C. During his lifetime he amassed an invaluable and vast collection of books, manuscripts, original maps and other archival material from statesmen, and American and British military officers of the American Revolution. Force's collection is considered to be among the most extensive. Force served in the Washington militia as a lieutenant during the War of 1812. Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party, and supporter of John Quincy Adams. He is mostly noted for editing and publishing a massive collection of historical documents, books and maps in several volumes involving the American colonies and the American Revolution which was ultimately purchased by the Library of Congress.
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Today marks the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Fort stevens, DC in July of 1864. I have uploaded a few shorts and will be uploading many videos as the days go by so stay tuned to my channel!
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I want to do a post on a follow-up to the Grand Army of the Republic medal design I found on a stone marker yesterday. I couldn't make out what the scene was, researching it online I have found that it is a sailor and a soldier shaking hands representing fraternity. Between them is Lady Liberty. (*details below) ALSO: I noticed that it had a Maltese Cross or a Tiffany cross also on the stone marker of this US Army Civil War veteran. So you may find the Maltese Cross (that the secessionists used for their so-called medal of honor and grave markers) on a US Army Civil War veteran grave stone marker. The Maltese cross represents bravery and the four directions. (See photos)
"The design of the badge, in use since 1869, is one that commemorates the great struggle in many ways. The pendant of the badge is a fine pointed star, like the Medal of Honor granted by Congress, and is made of cannon bronze.
The face of the medal has the Goddess of Liberty in the center, representing loyalty, and on either side stands a soldier and a sailor clasping hands in front of the Goddess to represent fraternity. &Two children are kneeling in the foreground to receive a benediction and the assurance of protection from comrades. This is the symbol of charity. On each side of this center group are the flag and eagle representing freedom and an ax and a bundle of rods for union. In the star points are the emblems of different arms of service, bugle for infantry, cannon for artillery, muskets for marines, swords for cavalry, and an anchor for sailors. Surrounding the center is the legend, Grand Army of the Republic, 1861 Veterans -1866, the later date commemorating the close of the war and the founding of the order."
Source: GARlynn.org
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😮😮 I just found out at Arlington Cemetery across the river, which I'm going to visit this spring, there is a Sheridan Gate. It has columns exactly like the ones at the US Soldiers Cemetery, DC down the street from me. 😮 They also have names carved on them. I'm going to make a video of all these columns, and have a Dan Brown hidden symbol Civil War walking tour video. Can you identify every name on these columns? 🤔 #DCShaneTours
Pic 2: Sheridan Gate. 1900. LOC.
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US Soldiers Cemetery, DC. The Meigs Columns.
I actually found the pictures to these columns when they were still part of the interior of the US Patent Office building. In 1877 the US Patent Office building caught fire, and Montgomery Meigs helped clean up and rebuild. He took eight of the columns and marble pieces to the US National Cemetery in DC; and around 1883 he built a gazebo, or rostrum, in the center of the cemetery. In the 1930s the gazebo was dismantled, and the columns and marble pieces were incorporated into the gate at the northwest corner.
I actually found a picture of the interior before the fire, and you can compare the tops and bottoms to the column and can see the designs are the same, these columns were in the inside of the US Patent Office building. - If you look at the second picture when the firemen are putting the fire out, you can see one of the columns lying horizontally on the left side. I also see other columns.
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Every 'Civil War' US Military Cemetery has what they call a rostrum or gazebo. It's used for dignitaries and speakers to speak on at funerals, holidays and other events. It is my intention to prove that Montgomery Meigs & Co. also built one of these in the center of the US Soldiers Cemetery here in DC between 1878 and 1882. He also built the gate in the northwest corner, but it was separate construction. The columns were not in the original design of the 1883 gate in the northwest corner. The fourth picture below proves it. #DCShaneTours
Pic 1: Rostrum or gazebo at Arlington National Cemetery.
Pic 2: Gazebo at Gettysburg National cemetery.
Pic 3: Rostrum at US Battleground Cemetery on Georgia Avenue here in DC.
Pic 4: Rostrum or gazebo at US Soldiers Cemetery from 1872 to 1930.
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I found a 1905 map that shows the US Soldiers Cemetery extended into the area where the 1911 Grant building is. This changes the history of this place tremendously and I have not heard one expert talk about this. In addition the picture shows a rectangular structure exactly where I'm putting Montgomery Meig's columns at, in the middle of the cemetery, not at the corner. There are roads and lanes that aren't there anymore. I'm going to change history folks! I've outlined in red the modern and current border of the US Soldiers Cemetery.
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Walking tours of the District of Columbia. Focused on the history from the 1800s to the 1920s.