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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 18, 2012
Caption: Vinnie Ream Models Admiral Farragut
Additional Description: Vinnie Ream Hoxie, a young female sculptor,carefully researched the life of Farragut and produced Washington D.C.'s first statue of a Civil War Hero. The statue was dedicated on April 25, 1881, the nineteenth anniversary of Farragut's capture of New Orleans. The Ten-foot figure and the four mortars were cast from the propeller of the Admiral's flagship, USS Hartford.
Close-up of photo on marker
Submitted: May 5, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p241040
File Size: 1.090 Megabytes

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