Alternate title: | War Correspondents' Memorial, Gathland State Park, near Boonsboro, Washington County, Maryland |
Summary: | War Correspondents' Memorial Arch, Gathland State Park, near Boonsboro, Maryland, circa 1971-1990. Caption reads: "This national monument is under the supervision of the Maryland Dept. of Forests and Parks. It was built in 1885 by Geo. Alfred Townsend, famous author and war correspondent of the Civil War period. Located in Washington Co. along the famous Appalacian [sic] Trail that stretches from Maine to Georgia. Gath was the pen name of Townsend, from which Gathland originates. This arch is the only monument in the world erected to the memory of war correspondents." Postcard number: S-45517. |
Contributor: | Kelley, Frank D. |
Provider: | Kelley's Studio |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Hagerstown |
Temporal subject: |
1971-1980
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1981-1990
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Boonsboro |
Geographical subject – District: | Gathland State Park |
Topical subjects: | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Memorial arches |
War correspondents |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
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