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Taken: 1911
Caption: 1911 Dedication of the Lincoln Boulder
Additional Description: "Aunt Betty" Thomas posed in 1911 with William Van Zandt Cox, to her right and Civil War veterans who funded the Lincoln Memorial Boulder, the first marker commemorating the events of Fort Stevens. (Photo from the nearby "Aunt Betty's Story" marker.) The plaque on the boulder that preceded the 1920 Kelly/Schweizer bas-relief plaque indicated that this was the site General Wright identified as the spot where Lincoln stood exposed to enemy fire.
Submitted: April 28, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p240348
File Size: 1.499 Megabytes

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