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The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken in San Francisco, California, located at the center of Union Square. Union Square is bounded by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets. The monument is dedicated to Admiral George Dewey and commemorates his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War ...
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club , a chief librarian at Columbia University , and a founding member of the American Library Association .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 This article is about the War of 1812 contributor. For the chocolate company, see Laura Secord Chocolates. Laura Secord Secord in 1865 Born Laura Ingersoll (1775-09-13) 13 September 1775 Great Barrington, Province of Massachusetts Bay Died 17 October ...
The engraved plaque affixed to the monument is made of a metal panel retrieved from the Maine.The USS Olympia is at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia A seashell is depicted on the coat-of-arms of Gridley's original alma mater , Hillsdale College , in honor of his heroism at the Battle of Manila Bay .
A new plaque was made, without mention of the Pequots. In 1859, a Founders Monument, containing a statue of Mason and the names of the 38 original settlers of Norwich, Connecticut, was erected at the original burial grounds at Bean Hill in Norwich. This monument is also referred to as the Mason Monument.
The Dewey Arch was a triumphal arch that stood from 1899 to 1900 at Madison Square in Manhattan, New York City, United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was erected for a parade in honor of Admiral George Dewey celebrating his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898.
Chart of public symbols of the Confederacy and its leaders as surveyed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, by year of establishment [note 1]. Most of the Confederate monuments on public land were built in periods of racial conflict, such as when Jim Crow laws were being introduced in the late 19th century and at the start of the 20th century or during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ...
Created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878–1949) in 1904, the Monument was dedicated in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded McKinley after his assassination in 1901. The monument was unveiled on November 24, 1904 at the entrance to the Golden Gate Park panhandle. Over 5,000 people came to the unveiling.