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Civil War correspondent George Alfred Townsend, or "Gath", built the arch in 1896, [2] and it was dedicated October 16, 1896. [1] It is claimed that the arch is the only monument in the world dedicated to journalists killed in combat. [3] [4] However, a tree in Arlington National Cemetery was also dedicated as a war correspondents' memorial in ...
Gathland State Park is a public recreation area and historic preserve located on South Mountain near Burkittsville, Maryland, in the United States.The state park occupies the former estate of war correspondent George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914), who wrote under the pen name "Gath" during the American Civil War.
Crampton's Gap at the crest of the mountain is encompassed by Gathland State Park, which features the War Correspondents Memorial Arch, erected in 1896 to memorialize journalists killed in wartime. The arch is listed on the National Register as part of Antietam National Battlefield. The mountainous portions of the district feature numerous ...
The gap is the location of Gathland State Park and was the site of the Battle of Crampton's Gap on September 14, 1862, during the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. War Correspondents Memorial Arch and First New Jersey Brigade Monument at Crampton's Gap
In 1896, Townsend built the War Correspondents' Memorial Arch, the first such monument tribute to war journalists. [ 6 ] His novels included The Entailed Hat (1884), which fictionalized a true story of a woman named Patty Cannon who kidnapped free blacks and sold them into slavery.
The three Star-Telegram correspondents were in attendance during the final moments of the war aboard the USS Missouri, marked by the signing of the surrender terms by Japan on Sept. 2, 1945.
Charles Carleton Coffin was not only well-known to many U.S. political and military leaders, but to many noted U.S. writers and to a large number of foreign dignitaries. His name is listed on the War Correspondents Memorial Arch at Gathland, Maryland. He died in Brookline, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1896, a few months short of his 73rd birthday ...
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