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Plaques, plaquettes

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Photo of a Commemorative Plaque Depicting Charles Francis Adams, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0078
Scope and Contents A photograph of a bronze plaque created by Edward Field Sanford in 1916. The plaque reads, "Charles Francis Adams - Presented by Southern Men in Appreciation of his Friendship for the South and his Noble Tribute to Robert E. Lee." Adams was the son of John Quincy Adams and served as an officer in the Massachusetts Cavalry of the Union army during the American Civil War. Adams gave the keynote address of the Robert E. Lee Centennial Celebration at Washington and Lee University on January 19,...
Dates: 1916 - 1950

Photograph of Jennie Jerome Bronze Plaque

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-PP-0069
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a photographic print of a bronze plaque dedicated in 1952 to Jennie Jerome, mother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The plaque is on Henry Street in Brooklyn, New York, the birth place of Jennie.

Dates: Date of dedication of the plaque