Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Հատոր 24The Society, 1922 |
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... erected to honor men who were of foreign parentage and birth . Of these eleven , Pulaski alone is a man on horseback . It shall be my pleasant task tonight to resume the study of statuary in Washington only so far as it relates to these ...
... erected to honor men who were of foreign parentage and birth . Of these eleven , Pulaski alone is a man on horseback . It shall be my pleasant task tonight to resume the study of statuary in Washington only so far as it relates to these ...
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... erected , but the cynical smile of this foreigner is now obscured in a cobwebby corner of the War College basement . Those who are familiar with the beginnings of the Federal City will recall that its founder , President George ...
... erected , but the cynical smile of this foreigner is now obscured in a cobwebby corner of the War College basement . Those who are familiar with the beginnings of the Federal City will recall that its founder , President George ...
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... erected within the year 1783 in honor of George Washington , the illustrious Commander - in - Chief of the armies of the United States of America during the war which vindicated and secured their liberty , sovereignty and independence ...
... erected within the year 1783 in honor of George Washington , the illustrious Commander - in - Chief of the armies of the United States of America during the war which vindicated and secured their liberty , sovereignty and independence ...
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... erected in Lafayette Square , subsequent to the central equestrian figure was that of the Marquis de Lafayette . By act of Congress of March 3 , 1885 , $ 50,000 were appropriated to defray the expense of purchasing statue and pedestal ...
... erected in Lafayette Square , subsequent to the central equestrian figure was that of the Marquis de Lafayette . By act of Congress of March 3 , 1885 , $ 50,000 were appropriated to defray the expense of purchasing statue and pedestal ...
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... . Coming to the last memorial in this group , is Baron von Steuben , erected on December 7 , 1910 , a day as bleak and depressing as the one on which Frederick's drill - master Downing : Foreign Heroes in Washington Parks . 13.
... . Coming to the last memorial in this group , is Baron von Steuben , erected on December 7 , 1910 , a day as bleak and depressing as the one on which Frederick's drill - master Downing : Foreign Heroes in Washington Parks . 13.
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Էջ 120 - Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives.
Էջ 117 - Every white* male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years...
Էջ 203 - How loved, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the praised ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Էջ 119 - Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory...
Էջ 125 - Resolved, by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the City of Washington...
Էջ 217 - And what could you, what should you, what would you do ? " Why, just what he did. They were left in the lurch For the want of more wadding. He ran to the church, Broke the door, stripped the pews, and dashed out in the road With his arms full of hymn-books, and threw down his load At their feet. Then above all the shouting and shots Bang his voice: ' Put Watts into 'em ! boys, give 'em Watts !'
Էջ 164 - The station which we occupy among the nations of the earth is honorable, but awful. Trusted with the destinies of this solitary republic of the world, the only monument of human rights, and the sole depository of the sacred fire of freedom and selfgovernment...
Էջ 216 - He stuck in their gorge, For he loved the Lord God and he hated King George. He had cause, you might say ! When the Hessians that day Marched up with Knyphausen they stopped on their way At the " Farms," where his wife, with a child in her arms, Sat alone in the house. How it happened none knew But God — and that one of the hireling crew Who fired the shot. Enough ! there she lay, And Caldwell, the chaplain, her husband away...
Էջ 151 - It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of the United States a signal victory over their enemies on this lake. The British squadron, consisting of two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop, have this moment surrendered to the force under my command, after a sharp conflict.
Էջ 117 - ... state above the value of thirty pounds current money, and having resided in the county, in which they offer to vote, one whole year next preceding the election, shall have a right of suffrage, in the election of Delegates for such county...