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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 29, 2017
Caption:
Eyewitness to History | Additional Description: James McHenry witnessed Washington resigning his commission in the Maryland State House in Annapolis on December 23, 1783. He later reported that “the spectators all wept, and there was hardly a member of Congress who did not drop tears.”
James McHenry by James Sharples, Senior, ca. 1796-1800 Independence National Historical Park
Close-up of image on marker
Submitted: May 30, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p384142
File Size: 1.391 Megabytes
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