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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.
This list of museums in New Orleans, Louisiana contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available ...
National Memorial Arch (1917), Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Victory Arch (1919), Macarty Square, New Orleans, Louisiana [1] Victory Gate (1919, razed 1920), Madison Square Park, Manhattan, New York City; Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch (1924), Kansas City, Kansas; Memorial Arch (1924), Huntington, West Virginia; Gateway Arch (1965), St. Louis ...
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 museum closed for three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans on August 29, 2005, re-opening on December 3 of that year. A museum banner promoted the re-opening by proclaiming "We Have Returned," a phrase made famous by General Douglas MacArthur regarding his eventual return to the Philippines in 1944.
Jim Mowrer and his wife, Nicole, snapped a photo early morning Jan. 1, 2025, in New Orleans' French Quarter about 30 minutes before an attack killed at least 14 people and injured dozens more.
In 1862, the New York Herald hired him to work as a war correspondent. He was one of the youngest war correspondents to cover the American Civil War. He travelled with the Army of the Potomac under the command of George McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign. He was with the Army of the Potomac during the failed attack on Richmond, Virginia.