Author: Ohio. Adjutant General's Department
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Annual Report
Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, with Copies of Documents Ordered to be Printed
Author: South Australia. Parliament
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
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Publisher:
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
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To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis Torres
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
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.
The City Record
Author: New York (N.Y.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia
Author: South Australia. Parliament
Publisher:
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
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Publisher:
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Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
Book Description
Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Michigan
Author: Freemasons. Grand Lodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The Law Times
Engineering
Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of the State of Michigan ...
Author: Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Michigan
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ISBN:
Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 1848
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 1848
Book Description
Senate Manual Containing the Standing Rules, Orders, Laws, and Resolutions Affecting the Business of the United States Senate
Author: United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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