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Sec'y Stimson, Gen. F.D. Grant (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Randy Reiss said:
    The date at the top says Feb 25, 1911. I beleive that's General Frederick Dent Grant (son of General Ulysses S. Grant) and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Grant sucumbed to cancer on April 11, 1912.
  • Richard said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Dent_Grant
  • S Jones said:
    Left: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (1867-1950) See also this picture of Secy Stimson & Ge. Grant at lawn party. It is interesting that hanging behind Stimson is the 45-star (pre-Oklahoma) U.S. flag which was replaced by the 46-star version in 1908. Maybe the obscured flag on the right is the contemporary 46-star flag displayed beside the "old" one. In a year's time from this photo, the U.S. would have the 48-star flag that would remain unchanged until 1959.
  • Harry Angstrom said:
    Maybe its the Fourth of July?
  • Wystan said:
    The lawn party was an annual fundraising event for the Army Relief Society, which provided for widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. General Frederick Dent Grant, the Army's commanding officer on Governor's Island, was the host on this occasion. General Grant, the son of former President U. S. Grant, resided on the island, and died there, in 1912. We have been misreading the date on this photo as February, but in fact the 1911 party was held on May 25: that's a "5" in the date, not a "2." In response to an email query, Mike Shaver, National Park Service Ranger/Historian at the Governors Island National Monument, provided the date of May 25, 1911, for this event, and also noted that Stimson had been appointed Secretary of War only a few weeks earlier, in that same month. Here is a photo of the lawn party, going full blast: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163472204/in/p...

Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • mhobl said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Just walking, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • mhobl said:

    Your Walking-picture is really interesting! Gratulations!
  • Wystan said:
    The Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York harbor was an annual fundraising event for the Army Relief Society, which provided succor to widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. Henry L. Stimson, the newly-appointed Secretary of War, attended this affair on May 25, 1911. Here is another photo of Stimson with General Grant: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163471766/in/p...
  • Barbara (LOC P&P) said:
    Wystan: Thanks for pinning down the event and tying this and related images together. We'll add information when we update the descriptions.

Gen. F.D. Grant; Sec'y Stimson (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    Photographed on Governors Island in New York harbor, May 25, 1911. Henry L. Stimson had been appointed Secretary of War in the administration of President Taft just a few weeks earlier. General Frederick Dent Grant (son of President Grant) was commanding officer on Governors Island, where he lived with his family. This occiasion was the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which raised money to succor widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army. The Lawn Party: