Here’s an unusual photo. See if you can figure out what this is, and where it’s located. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The last Mystery Photo identification came from George Graf of Palmyra, Va., who recognized the statue of the Marquis de Lafayette on the campus of Lafayette College in Easton, Penn.
He wrote: “This one was tougher than it originally looked. The statue, designed by Daniel Chester French and standing on a pedestal designed by Henry Bacon, was dedicated in 1921 in honor of the college’s namesake, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. The statue is located at the south entrance of Colton Chapel. It is one of a number of sculptures made by French for universities.” The photo came from Lee Klaer of Duluth.
Always reliable Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. added: “LaFayette’s birth name was extremely long: He was born Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette in an expansive chateau in Chavaniac, France, on September 6, 1757. ‘It’s not my fault,’ he joked in his autobiography. ‘I was baptized like a Spaniard, with the name of every conceivable saint who might offer me more protection in battle.’”
The mystery was also solved by Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill .
Local C.A.R. chapter wins recognition in Washington
Elisha Winn Society, Children of the American Revolution of Gwinnett received the second place award for the Outstanding Society during the C.A.R. National Convention in Washington D. C. recently. The chapter is the top society in Georgia. From left are members Collyns P. and Raleigh P. from Lawrenceville and Noah T. from Hoschton. On the back row are Hunter N. and Taylor N. from Newnan and Senior President Randy Tindall from Hoschton. It is the centennial Year of the Georgia State Society, C.A.R. The mission of all levels of the C.A.R. is to train good citizens, develop leaders, and promote a love of the United States of America and its heritage among young people
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