Burkittsville in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

War Correspondents

Memorial Arch

Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 2003

1. War Correspondents Memorial Arch Marker

Inscription.

War Correspondents. Memorial Arch. Speed - Heed Sept. 14 - 62 - 96 To the Army Correspondents and Artists 1861-65 , Whose toils cheered the fireside Educated provinces of rustics into a bright nation of readers and gave incentive to narrate distant wars and explore dark lands., . Erected by subscriptions 1896 . (North side) , O wondrous youth Through this grand ruth Runs my boy's life, its thread The General's fame, the battle's name The rolls of maimed and dead I bear with my thrilled soul astir And lonely thoughts and fears And am but history's courier To bind the conquering years A battle's ray, through ages gray To light to deeds sublime And flash the lustre of my day Down all the aisles of time War Correspondent Ballad - 1865 , . [ Monument Text ], (North side) Directory of Army Correspondent Memorial Governor Lloyd Lowndee . George Alfred Townsend . John Hay . Richard C. McCormick . Edmund C. Stedman . Henry Watterson . Whitelaw Reid . Joseph B. McCullogh . Crosby S. Noyes . Nathaniel Paige . Edward W. Mealey . John L. Smithmeyer, Architect . Junius Henri Browne . James Elverson . Francis A. Richardson . Victor Lawson . John G. Moore . Daniel Houser , (South side) Army Artists J.A. Becker . H. Bensancon . F. Beard . A. Berghaus . C.E. H. Bonuill . A. McCallum . S.S. Davis . W.R. McComas . F. Dielman . E.F. Mullen . G. Ellsbury . Fred Shell . S. Fox . W.L. Sheppard . C.E. Hillen . J.S. Trexler . E.B. Hough . G.F. Williams . J.F. Laycock . W. Waud Southern P.W. Alexander . Geo. Perry . Durant Daponte . Jas. B. Sener . F.g. DeFontaine . W. Shepardson . D.C. Jenkins . Henry Watterson . Geo. W. Olney Artists M.B. Brady . F.H. Mason . W.T. Crane . Larkin G. Mead . F.O.C. Darley . Henry Mosler . Theo. P. Davis . Frank Shell . Ed. Forbes . Dav. H. Strother . J. S. Jewett . Alfred Waud . Henry Lovi . J.E. Taylor ( Not Seen Today ) Arthur Lumley . H. Vizzitelly . Finley Anderson . J.N. Ashley . Adam Badean . T. Barnard . Geo. W. Beman . H. Bentley . W.D. Bickham . A.H. Bodman . Geo. C. Bower . Geo. C. Bower . J.H. Browne . S.T. Buckley . A.H. Byington . S. Cadwallader . S.M. Carpenter . T.M. Cash . F.G. Chapman . E.P. Church . G.W. Clarke . W.C. Church . C.C. Coffin . John A. Cockerill . J. Cook . R.Y. Colburn . E.E. Cuthbert . T.M. Cook . E. Crapsey . N. Davidson . W.E. Davis . E.F. DeNyse . Creighton . D.B. M. Eaton . L.L. Crounse . J.C. Fitzpatrick . J.P. Dunn . T.B. Glover . C.H. Farrell . C.H. Griffen . R.D. Francis . C. Hannem . T.C. Grey . G.H. Hart . Chas. G. Helpine . John Hay . B. Harding . L.A. Hendricks . J. Hasson . F. Henry . S. Hayes . A.S. Hill . A.P. Henry . E.H. House . V. Hickox . A. Hutson . G.W. Gosmer . W.P. Isham . D.R. Kem . W.H. Kent . Thos. W. Knox . R.C. Long . P.T. McAlpin . Richard C. McCormick . Joseph B. McCullagh . W.H. Merriam . J.E. Norcross . C.S. Noyes . G.H. Osbon . B.F. Osborn . C.A. Page . Nat'l Paige . U.H. Painter . Count De Paris . A. Paul . E.A. Paul . E. Peters Henry . J. Raymond . Whitelaw Reid . Albert D. Richardson . W.H. Runkle . O.G. Sawyer . W.F.G. Shanks . R.H. Shelly . George W. . Smalley Henry M. Stanley . Edmund C. . Stedman Jerome B. Stillson . W.H. Stiner . William Swinton . R.H. Sylvester . Ben. F. Taylor . Geo. Alfred Townsend . B.C. Truman . Henry Villard . J.H. Vosburg . E.W. Wallazz . J.S. Ward . Sam Ward . F. Watson . E.D. Westfall . F.B. Wilkie . Sam Wilkeson . F. Wilkison . A.W. Williams . J.C. Wilson . T.C. Wilson . John Russell Young . W. Young .

Speed - Heed
Sept. 14 - 62 - 96
To the Army Correspondents
and Artists 1861-65

Whose toils cheered the fireside
Educated provinces of rustics into
a bright nation of readers
and gave incentive to narrate
distant wars and explore dark lands.

Erected by subscriptions 1896
(North side)

O wondrous youth
Through this grand ruth
Runs my boy's life, its thread
The General's fame, the battle's name
The rolls of maimed and dead
I bear with my thrilled soul astir
And lonely thoughts and fears
And am but history's courier
To bind the conquering years
A battle's ray, through ages gray
To light to deeds sublime
And flash the lustre of my day
Down all the aisles of time
War Correspondent Ballad - 1865

[ Monument Text ]

(North side)
Directory of Army Correspondent Memorial
Governor Lloyd Lowndee • George Alfred Townsend • John Hay • Richard C. McCormick • Edmund C. Stedman • Henry Watterson • Whitelaw Reid • Joseph B. McCullogh • Crosby S. Noyes • Nathaniel Paige • Edward W. Mealey • John L. Smithmeyer, Architect • Junius Henri Browne • James Elverson • Francis

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A. Richardson • Victor Lawson • John G. Moore • Daniel Houser

(South side)
Army Artists
J.A. Becker • H. Bensancon • F. Beard • A. Berghaus • C.E. H. Bonuill • A. McCallum • S.S. Davis • W.R. McComas • F. Dielman • E.F. Mullen • G. Ellsbury • Fred Shell • S. Fox • W.L. Sheppard • C.E. Hillen • J.S. Trexler • E.B. Hough • G.F. Williams • J.F. Laycock • W. Waud
Southern
P.W. Alexander • Geo. Perry • Durant Daponte • Jas. B. Sener • F.g. DeFontaine • W. Shepardson • D.C. Jenkins • Henry Watterson • Geo. W. Olney
Artists
M.B. Brady • F.H. Mason • W.T. Crane • Larkin G. Mead • F.O.C. Darley • Henry Mosler • Theo. P. Davis • Frank Shell • Ed. Forbes • Dav. H. Strother • J. S. Jewett • Alfred Waud • Henry Lovi • J.E. Taylor
( Not Seen Today )
Arthur Lumley • H. Vizzitelly • Finley Anderson • J.N. Ashley • Adam Badean • T. Barnard • Geo. W. Beman • H. Bentley • W.D. Bickham • A.H. Bodman • Geo. C. Bower • Geo. C. Bower • J.H. Browne • S.T. Buckley • A.H. Byington • S. Cadwallader • S.M. Carpenter • T.M. Cash • F.G. Chapman • E.P. Church • G.W. Clarke • W.C. Church • C.C. Coffin • John A. Cockerill • J. Cook • R.Y. Colburn • E.E. Cuthbert • T.M. Cook • E. Crapsey • N. Davidson • W.E. Davis • E.F. DeNyse • Creighton • D.B.

List of Army Correspondents on Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Linda Walcroft

2. List of Army Correspondents on Marker

M. Eaton • L.L. Crounse • J.C. Fitzpatrick • J.P. Dunn • T.B. Glover • C.H. Farrell • C.H. Griffen • R.D. Francis • C. Hannem • T.C. Grey • G.H. Hart • Chas. G. Helpine • John Hay • B. Harding • L.A. Hendricks • J. Hasson • F. Henry • S. Hayes • A.S. Hill • A.P. Henry • E.H. House • V. Hickox • A. Hutson • G.W. Gosmer • W.P. Isham • D.R. Kem • W.H. Kent • Thos. W. Knox • R.C. Long • P.T. McAlpin • Richard C. McCormick • Joseph B. McCullagh • W.H. Merriam • J.E. Norcross • C.S. Noyes • G.H. Osbon • B.F. Osborn • C.A. Page • Nat'l Paige • U.H. Painter • Count De Paris • A. Paul • E.A. Paul • E. Peters Henry • J. Raymond • Whitelaw Reid • Albert D. Richardson • W.H. Runkle • O.G. Sawyer • W.F.G. Shanks • R.H. Shelly • George W. • Smalley Henry M. Stanley • Edmund C. • Stedman Jerome B. Stillson • W.H. Stiner • William Swinton • R.H. Sylvester • Ben. F. Taylor • Geo. Alfred Townsend • B.C. Truman • Henry Villard • J.H. Vosburg • E.W. Wallazz • J.S. Ward • Sam Ward • F. Watson • E.D. Westfall • F.B. Wilkie • Sam Wilkeson • F. Wilkison • A.W. Williams • J.C. Wilson • T.C. Wilson • John Russell Young • W. Young •

Erected 1896 by By subscriptions.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications

Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 2002

3. War Correspondents Memorial Arch Marker

• Landmarks • Notable Places • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1896.

Location. 39° 24.346′ N, 77° 38.355′ W. Marker is in Burkittsville, Maryland, in Frederick County. Marker is on Gapland Road near Arnoldstown Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Burkittsville MD 21718, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. First New Jersey Brigade (here, next to this marker); Crampton’s Pass Tablet C.P. 1 (here, next to this marker); Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws' Command (here, next to this marker); Crampton’s Pass Tablet C.P. 3 (here, next to this marker); Sixth Army Corps (here, next to this marker); The Battle of South Mountain (a few steps from this marker); War Correspondents Memorial Arch (a few steps from this marker); The Battle of Crampton's Gap (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burkittsville.

Regarding War Correspondents. The book George Alfred Townsend describes the monument:
In appearance the monument is quite odd. It is fifty feet high and forty feet broad. Above a Moorish arch sixteen feet high

Partial list of Contributers names image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 2003

4. Partial list of Contributers names

built of Hummelstown purple stone are super-imposed three Roman arches. These are flanked on one side with a square crenellated tower, producing a bizarre and picturesque effect. Niches in different places shelter the carving of two horses'
heads, and symbolic terra cotta statuettes of Mercury, Electricity and Poetry. Tables under the horses' heads bear the suggestive words "Speed" and "Heed"; the heads are over the Roman arches. The three Roman arches are made of limestone from Creek Battlefield,
Virginia, and each is nine feet high and six feet wide. These arches represent Description, Depiction and Photography. The aforementioned tower contains a statue of Pan with the traditional pipes, and he is either half drawing or sheathing a Roman sword. Over a small turret on the opposite side of the tower is a gold vane of a pen bending a sword. At various places on the monument are quotations appropriate to the art of war correspondence. These are from a great variety of sources beginning with Old Testament verses. Perhaps the most striking feature of all are the tablets inscribed with the names of 157 correspondents and war artists who saw and described in narrative and picture almost all the events of the tour years of the war. ( Wikipedia; Gathland State Park )

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. To better understand the

Photographed By Craig Swain, August 5, 2007

5. Heed

relationship, study each marker in the order shown.

Also see . . . War Correspondents Memorial Arch. Stone Sentinels website entry (Submitted on April 13, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed By Craig Swain, August 5, 2007

6. Speed

Pheidippides Statue in the Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain

7. Pheidippides Statue in the Memorial

This statue, on the south side of the arch, depicting Pheidippides who brought news of the Greek victory at Marathon, symbolizes the correspondent. He is sheathing a sword, wearing Mercury's helmet, and using the pipes of Pan.

War Correspondents Memorial Arch, under construction image. Click for full size.

Photographed By National Park Service

8. War Correspondents Memorial Arch, under construction

War Correspondents Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Alexander Tasi, December 11, 2010

9. War Correspondents Marker

Crescent Moon and the Arch photographed at night with passing car headlights adding illumination.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,876 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on July 26, 2023, by Linda Walcroft of Woodstock, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on November 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5, 6. submitted on November 30, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 7. submitted on July 29, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 8. submitted on November 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 9. submitted on December 13, 2010, by Alexander Tasi of Annapolis, Maryland. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.