Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . $50-000, cast out of guns do-nated by Congress. it represents Washington at thecrisis of the Battle of Princeton, thehorse shrinking before the storm ofshot and the din of conflict, while therider preserves that equanimity ofbearing native to his great character. Thh Thomas Circle {Circle ofVictory), at the intersection ofMassachusetts and Vermont avs.,and 14th St. NW. Here is the bronzestatue 0/ Maj. Gen. George , contracted for by theSociety
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . $50-000, cast out of guns do-nated by Congress. it represents Washington at thecrisis of the Battle of Princeton, thehorse shrinking before the storm ofshot and the din of conflict, while therider preserves that equanimity ofbearing native to his great character. Thh Thomas Circle {Circle ofVictory), at the intersection ofMassachusetts and Vermont avs.,and 14th St. NW. Here is the bronzestatue 0/ Maj. Gen. George , contracted for by theSociety of the Army of the Cumber-land, 1874, with J. Q, A. Ward,sculptor, for ^40,000, Bureau Broth-ers & Heaton, of Philadelphia,founders, , from new ma-terials, heroic height, 16 ft., weight7500 lbs. Unveiled November 19, 1879, amida grand military and civic pageant,Hon. Stanley Matthews, Hynm 0/ Victory, words byHerbert A. Preston, music by Mueller, was executed by 100male voices and accompaniment ofthe U. S. Marine Band, 60 pieces, afull drum corps, and battery of Ar-tillery. Baileys Statue of Rawlins (Page The General is represented in the field dress of a Major General of the U. , suddenly reining his horse to observe the field of battle. The statuefaces south, the line of vision being directed towards the Generals native hillsof Virginia. Pedestal erected by Congress, $25,000, Virginia granite, is ofbeautiful design, elliptical shape, 16 ft. high, with bronze tablets, representingthe badge of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Four bronze lampposts designed by General Thomas L. Casey, Engineer Public Buildings andGrounds, cast by Robert Wood & Co., Philadelphia, 1877, cost $1,000 each, 12ft. high, with three-sided base and three ornamental shafts with surmountingcentre and three bracketed lanterns surrounding it. On this site a salute of800 guns was fired in commemoration of the fall of Petersburg and Richmond,April 3, 1B65, and a fe
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