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[G.A.R. hall with altar to dead comrades] (LOC)

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  • Doug Connell said:
    Civil War veterans George H. Cake, Sgt. Newell Kinsman, Cpl. John M. Turrill and Capt. E. B. Strong are buried at the Santa Ana Cemetery in Santa, Ana, California, according to findagrave.com. This indicates that this photo pertains to the General John Sedgwick GAR Post No. 17 of Santa Ana, California.
  • Adam Silvia said:
    Thank you for finding their full names, Doug!

"Benjamin Banneker: Surveyor-Inventor-Astronomer," mural by Maxime Seelbinder, at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

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  • John Guarino said:
    Wikipedia had a very interesting write up about him. I hadn't been aware of him.
  • jessamyn west said:
    Oh thanks for this, I was curious about Seelbinder and there wasn't much about her online so I wrote this Wikipedia article. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Merlino
  • Hanna (LOC P&P) said:
    A surveyor and farmer, Benjamin Banneker assisted Major Andrew Ellicott with the survey establishing the original borders of the District of Columbia in 1791. From 1792 to 1797, Banneker wrote almanacs, using his astronomy skills to predict long-range weather patterns.

[John W. January, veteran of Co. B, 14th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, with prosthetic legs] (LOC)

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  • swanq said:
    www.minonktalk.com/jjanuary.htm indicates that Illinois Historical Society also has a copy of this photograph and suggests that it was taken at a Meeting of Former Prisoners of War.
  • NUBUCK said:
    Praise Him 4 His Service War iz