Pierre Charles L'Enfant was a captain, U.S. Engineers, and a brevet major, U.S. ... At 4 p.m. May 22, 1911, the monument marking the grave of Pierre Charles ...
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Woodrow Wilson's idea of League of Nations........was the inspiration of United Nations......supposedly..................we have a lot in common with England.......our language for one.................an insurrection obviously..............a battle that ended it in Virginia......Yorktown.........
First holder, Thomas Jefferson. Succession, Fourth. Deputy, Deputy Secretary of State. Salary, Executive Schedule, level I. Website, www.state.gov. The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of ...
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The only US president to rest in DC..............................founded the league of nations.............before they called it the United Nations..........Tom Jefferson........our 1st sec of state....................outside the country.......foreign service...........some code dad..........
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington, ... They wanted it to be a national shrine and a venue for great services. ... Safety netting was erected throughout the nave to protect visitors from any ..... Jr. (ashes), dean of the cathedral and grandson of President Woodrow Wilson, ...
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Dec 29, 2011 - Looking northeast at the tomb of Woodrow Wilson in the Wilson Bay of the south nave of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, ...
DC's corner stone is physically in the Commonwealth of Virginia..........in the Shadow of the W. Wilson bridge.....................who is put to rest in the nave of the Nat. Cathedral.......on Wisconsin ave..........in North West.........kinda like Westminster abbey near the Thames river........a cathedral...
So many C's...........the 3rd letter of the English alphabet.......from England.......3 is a F number...............C.......like i wish i could C my way out of this fucking whore of a nation.......
So many C's...........the 3rd letter of the English alphabet.......from England.......3 is a F number...............C.......like i wish i could C my way out of this fucking whore of a nation.......
Feb 7, 2018 - Jones Point Park is located on the Potomac River, just south of Old Town ... of Old Town Alexandria underneath the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
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England..........to DC..........Andy Jackson.............20.............Smith Institute.........get it Dan Brown?? John Brown the abolitionist..................................a Black man holding keys with his left hand in A Span........whore house.......................his hearing is being examined in another wall picture......his right ear............you hear a nat. anthem with your ears......Star Span Banner..............Banneker.......used astronomy to place DC's corner stone...........on Jones Point..........an island in the Potomac river........Tom Sawyer's island................Disney World........Mark Twain wrote Tom S............two fathoms...........two pieces.......what is left of the Alex Aqueduct...................Stars.......astronomy.....it is all right at L'Enfant metro.........Pierre L'Enfant........burned the blue prints for the city map of Dc....(noon blue apples)..Ben B redrew the entire thing from memory....................................the Air and Space museum.......is right next to L'Enfant metro...........Pierre L'Enfant.......is buried in Arlington Nat Cemetery..........................a hop, skip and a jump from A Span........whore house.............L.......R.......i6, Dr. King............ear examination.......eye exam......right side, left side...............Black homeless man.......Ben Banneker..........Black man polymath....................what a code......
On 24 February 1847 the Board of Regents, which oversaw the creation of the Smithsonian, approved the seal for the institution. The seal, based on an engraving by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, was manufactured by Edward Stabler and designed by Robert Dale Owen.[26] Although Smithson's papers and collection of minerals were destroyed in a fire in 1865, his collection of 213 books remains intact at the Smithsonian.[4][27][28] The Board of Regents acquired a portrait of Smithson dressed in Oxford University student attire, painted by James Roberts, that is now on display in the crypt at the Smithsonian Castle.[29] An additional portrait, a miniature, and the original draft of Smithson's will were acquired in 1877; they now reside in the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institution Archives, respectively.[30] Additional items were acquired from Smithson's relatives in 1878.[31]
Smithson was buried just outside Genoa, Italy. The United States
consul in Genoa was asked to maintain the grave site, with sponsorship
for its maintenance coming from the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian
Secretary Samuel P. Langley
visited the site, contributing further money to maintain it and
requested a plaque be designed for the grave site. Three plaques were
created by William Ordway Partridge.
One was placed at the grave site, a second at a Protestant chapel in
Genoa, and the last was gifted to Pembroke College, Oxford. Only one of
the plaques exists today. The plaque at the grave site was stolen and
then replaced with a marble version. During World War II, the Protestant
chapel was destroyed and the plaque was looted. A copy was eventually
placed at the site in 1963.[27] The cemetery in Italy was going to be moved in 1905 for the expansion of an adjacent quarry. In response, Alexander Graham Bell, then a regent of the Smithsonian, proposed that Smithson's remains be moved to the Smithsonian Institution Building; in 1903, he and his wife, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, traveled to Genoa to exhume the body. A steamship departed Genoa on 7 January 1904 with the remains and arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey on 20 January, where they were transferred to the U.S.S. Dolphin for the trip to Washington. On 25 January a ceremony was held in Washington, D.C. and the body was escorted by the United States Cavalry to the Castle.[32] When handing over the remains to the Smithsonian, Bell stated:
After the arrival of Smithson's remains, the Board of Regents asked
Congress to fund a memorial. Artists and architects were solicited to
create proposals for the monument. Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis Saint-Gaudens, Gutzon Borglum, Totten & Rogers, Henry Bacon, and Hornblower & Marshall
were some of the many artists and architectural firms who submitted
proposals. The proposals varied in design, from elaborate monumental
tombs that, if built, would have been bigger than the Lincoln Memorial,
to smaller monuments just outside the Smithsonian Castle. Congress
decided not to fund the memorial. To accommodate the fact that the
Smithsonian would have to fund the memorial, they used the design of Gutzon Borglum, which suggested a remodel of the south tower room of the Smithsonian Castle to house the memorial surrounded by four Corinthian
columns and a vaulted ceiling. Instead of the tower room, a smaller
room (at the time it was the janitor's closet) at the north entrance
would house an Italian-style sarcophagus.[33]
On 8 December 1904 the Italian crypt was shipped, in sixteen crates from Italy. It travelled on the same ship that the remains of Smithson travelled on. Architecture firm Hornblower & Marshall designed the mortuary chapel, which included marble laurel wreaths and a neo-classical design. Smithson was entombed on 6 March 1905. His casket, which had been held in the Regent's Room, was placed into the ground underneath the crypt. This chapel was to serve as a temporary space for Smithson's remains until Congress approved a larger memorial. However, that never happened, and the remains of Smithson still lie there today.[34]
Legacy and the Smithsonian
Later in the year of his death the United States government was informed about the bequest when Aaron Vail wrote to Secretary of State John Forsyth.[21] This information was then passed onto President Andrew Jackson who then informed Congress; a committee was organized, and after much debate the Smithsonian Institution was established by legislation.[22] In 1836 President Jackson sent Richard Rush, former Treasury Secretary, to England as Commissioner to proceed in Chancery Court to secure the funds. In 1838 he was successful and returned, accompanied by 104,960 gold sovereigns (in eleven crates) and Smithson's personal items, scientific notes, minerals, and library.[23][24] The gold was transferred to the treasury in Philadelphia and was reminted into $508,318.46.[23] The final funds from Smithson were received in 1864 from Marie de la Batut, Smithson's nephew's mother. This final amount totalled $54,165.38.[25]On 24 February 1847 the Board of Regents, which oversaw the creation of the Smithsonian, approved the seal for the institution. The seal, based on an engraving by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, was manufactured by Edward Stabler and designed by Robert Dale Owen.[26] Although Smithson's papers and collection of minerals were destroyed in a fire in 1865, his collection of 213 books remains intact at the Smithsonian.[4][27][28] The Board of Regents acquired a portrait of Smithson dressed in Oxford University student attire, painted by James Roberts, that is now on display in the crypt at the Smithsonian Castle.[29] An additional portrait, a miniature, and the original draft of Smithson's will were acquired in 1877; they now reside in the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institution Archives, respectively.[30] Additional items were acquired from Smithson's relatives in 1878.[31]
Relocation of Smithson's remains to Washington
Smithson's crypt in Washington
And now... my mission is ended and I deliver into your hands ... the remains of this great benefactor of the United States.[32]The coffin then lay in state in the Board of Regents' room, where objects from Smithson's personal collection were on display.[32]
Memorial
Smithson's gravestone in the Smithsonian Institution Castle
On 8 December 1904 the Italian crypt was shipped, in sixteen crates from Italy. It travelled on the same ship that the remains of Smithson travelled on. Architecture firm Hornblower & Marshall designed the mortuary chapel, which included marble laurel wreaths and a neo-classical design. Smithson was entombed on 6 March 1905. His casket, which had been held in the Regent's Room, was placed into the ground underneath the crypt. This chapel was to serve as a temporary space for Smithson's remains until Congress approved a larger memorial. However, that never happened, and the remains of Smithson still lie there today.[34]
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