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Time: December 23, 2018 all day
Location: Ben Franklin Parkway
Street: Downtown
City/Town: Philadelphia
Website or Map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
Event Type: dedication, george, washington, eakins, oval, statue
Organized By: John Voris, Lead Coordinator
Latest Activity: Jan 8, 2019
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Event Description
235 years later, we should reflect on the modesty of the Father of our Nation.
George Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, resigned his commission and became a regular citizen. This act took place in the Maryland State House on December 23, 1783 in our sister city of Baltimore.
( And who could forget his thoughts of Sept 17, 1796 )
His modesty is well documented
http://lite.cnn.io/en/article/h_02794d07ae252098c1a6c67d2777b144
The Washington Monument in Baltimore has this image of Washington at its apex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument_(Baltimore)
Here in Philly, our monument to Washington resides in Eakins Oval on the Ben Franklin Parkway and was dedicated in May 1897, 120 years ago.
( I missed putting this on our event calendar in May, but I am correcting this oversight now. The Baltimore Monument is just as impressive as ours.)
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