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Photographer: Library of Congress (Chroncling America)
Caption: Monument For the Victims of June 17th.
Additional Description: The committee (Messrs Dudley, Burch, King and Johnson) to receive proposals for the erection of a monument at the Congressional Cemetery over the remains of the victims by the explosion at the Arsenal in June last, have awarded the contract to Flannery & Bros. of this city. The accepted bid is $3,000. The design is a very handsome one, the monument to be of Italian marble, 25 feet high, surmounted by a statue of Grief, and with an inscription bearing the names of the victims. The monument to be completed, by the terms of the contract by the 15th of May 1865.

There were nineteen designs offered for the monument -- two from Hartford, Ct., three from New York, on from Baltimore, and the others from this city. It is a matter of pride to the city that the handsomest design, and upon the best terms of construction, come from our own artizens.

-- Contract notice from The (Washington) Evening Star, November 26, 1864.
Submitted: September 13, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p493077
File Size: 0.332 Megabytes

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