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The Thomas Paine Monument. The first and longest-standing memorial to Paine is the carved and inscribed 12-foot marble column in New Rochelle, New York, organized and funded by publisher, educator and reformer Gilbert Vale (1791–1866) and raised in 1839 by the American sculptor and architect John Frazee, the Thomas Paine Monument.
Mayor Henry Clark accepting the Thomas Paine Monument on behalf of the City of New Rochelle, 1905. The Thomas Paine Monument located in New Rochelle, New York is dedicated to the memory of Founding Father Thomas Paine. The monument stands on North Avenue at the entrance to Paine Avenue. This is the oldest extant memorial to Thomas Paine.
New Rochelle is also the original site of Thomas Paine's Cottage, which along with a 320-acre (130 ha) farm were presented to Paine in 1784 by act of the New York State Legislature for his services in the American Revolution. [155] The same site is the home of the Thomas Paine Memorial Museum. [156]
The Thomas Paine National Historical Association was established in New Rochelle in 1884. The contents of the Paine archive were assembled over a century by the association and kept in a safe within the Associations headquarters at the Thomas Paine Museum. The responsibility for caring for the collection was too much for the organization ...
Philippe Jaroussky (French pronunciation: [filip ʒaʁuski]; born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing.
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The Thomas Paine Monument in New Rochelle, New York Designed by Frazee as New York Customs House, the building was converted into Federal Hall National Memorial.. John Frazee (July 18, 1790 – February 24, 1852) was an American sculptor and architect.
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