Neat that you've put these photos together and then added those wonderfully interesting captions. I like the little brad and banner combo in the bottom corner.
I love American history. I didn't appreciate it so much when I was in school, but now I enjoy learning about the heroes in our own country. This is a beautiful park - you have shown me so many places that I never heard of, but now want to visit!
What a great trip! I really love the photos you have taken of the memorials. Your background papers are perfect. They fit this theme as well as Christmas. Nicely done.
More of our 2014 to Vicksburg. These papers are old stash - in fact they are "technically" Christmas/winter papers - Authentique "Peaceful" and Collage Press Doubletake "Scrooge & Marley". I remember when I got them I felt I could use them on other pages and I have saved them.
Journaling: "We continued our drive, coming to Grant Circle near to where Grant's headquarters was located. There are five state memorials located on Grant Circle – Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Statue of Ulysses S. Grant The New York Memorial is a granite obelisk standing 43-feet tall. It was dedicated on October 17, 1917, during the Memorial Reunion and Peach Jubilee celebration held at the park.
The Pennsylvania Memorial consists of a granite shaft placed at the back of an elliptical platform. There are bronze reliefs of the five unit commanders from Pennsylvania who fought at Vicksburg - Curtin, Brenholtz, Hartranft, Leasure, Durell. Columns flanking the monument feature sculptures of Andrew Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania during the war, and General John Parke of the 9th Army Corps. The memorial was dedicated in March 1906.
Inscription reads: “Here brothers fought for their principles. Here heroes died for their country and a united people will forever cherish the precious legacy of their noble manhood.”
Recollection butterfly, Paper Studio flowers, Basic Grey brad
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