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In 1969, a facility was built to house their national headquarters and a Civil War museum. [3] [4] Located next to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Museum is the Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson Library and Research Center, housed in a 2,800-square foot American Foursquare house from 1898. [5]
The Danaides (1904), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse. In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes (/ d ə ˈ n eɪ. ɪ d iː z /; Greek: Δαναΐδες), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the Metamorphoses, [1] Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate [1] hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, and the promotion of the pseudohistorical Lost Cause ideology and corresponding white supremacy. [2 ...
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Following Bolin's death, three years later, Jackson decided against applying for the $73.13 monthly pension (equivalent to $1,650 in 2024) after Bolin's daughters threatened to ruin her reputation. [4] The marriage was recorded in Bolin's family Bible and other documents verified by Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Las Danaides is a fountain and sculpture in Mexico City's Alameda Central, in Mexico. [1] The statue depicts two women representing the 50 daughters of Danaus ( Danaïdes ). [ 2 ]
The National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 was founded in New York City on January 9, 1912, by Mrs. Frank Crowell. [1] She met with a group of friends in her home to organize a society honoring the memory and contributions of those who preserved the Union during the American Civil War. [1]
Hypermnestra (Ancient Greek: Ὑπερμνήστρα, Hypermnēstra), in Greek mythology, was a Libyan princess and, as one of the 50 Danaids, the daughters of King Danaus, son of King Belus of Egypt. Her mother was Elephantis. She was the full sister to Gorgophone. [1]