Author: United States. Washington, George, Commission for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Birth of
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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The United States Congress on George Washington, to July 16, 1932
Author: United States. Washington, George, Commission for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Birth of
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2608
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2608
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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the [the Fifty-third] Congress [to the 76th Congress] and of All Departments of the Government of the United States
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2606
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2606
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration ...
Author: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 756
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Pages : 756
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To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington
Author: Louis Torres
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ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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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.
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ISBN: 9781907521287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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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.
Writings on American History
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1432
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Agricultural Economics Bibliography
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Report of the Government of the District of Columbia
Author: District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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