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SUMMARY:Statue of General Gibbon
DESCRIPTION:\r\nIn the famous Mount Laurel Cemetery next to Fairmount 
 Park, there is a statue called The Silent Sentry.  The statue was re
 scued and restored and remounted and presented to the public on Memori
 al Day 2015.  The statue has a strange tale of being vandalized in th
 e 1970's at its original home at Mount Moriah Cemetery.\r\n\r\nThe ori
 ginal pedestal for The Silent Sentry was later reused and rededicated 
 on July 2, 1988 for a statue for Gen John Gibbon.\r\n\r\nGeneral Gibbo
 n served under Philadelphia's General Meade at Gettysburg.  He is one
  of the few generals of the Civil War who was never criticized for his
  conduct or actions in battle. And he is a hometown hero being born i
 n the Holmesburg section of Philly before his family moved south. http
 s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gibbon\r\n\r\nFrom the Old Baldy CWRT N
 ewsletter of 08 August 2015:\r\nIn 1986, Old Baldy member John Reilly,
  the District Attorney of Delaware County, contacted the membership an
 d informed us that there were funds available to erect a statue of Gen
 eral John Gibbon at Gettysburg.\r\nIn the early 1900s, the State of Pe
 nnsylvania made available  funds to erect statues of every Pennsylvan
 ia general that  fought at Gettysburg.\r\nWhen it came to John Gibbon
  and Samuel Crawford, the funds ran out.\r\nThrough John Reilly and st
 ate officials, the funds were restored and made available to erect the
  statues of the last two generals. Each project would receive $75,000.
  A  committee was formed from the membership of Old Baldy and the Civ
 il War Library and Museum and it was decided to erect a stature of Gen
 eral John Gibbon.\r\nBlake Magner was elected chairman and Mike Cavena
 ugh treasurer. Right off the bat, strong supporters of the project wou
 ld be the Union League of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Commandry 
 of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS
 ). Terry Jones was named the sculpture and project manager. His fee wa
 s $75,000 just to produce the statue. This meant we had to raise at le
 ast $6,000 for incidentals and find a base to complete the project. Ma
 jor players and average Civil War buffs came forward and more than $8,
 000 was raised. The balance of over $2,000 was given to the Gettysburg
  NMP for maintenance. The base of the statue came from the MOLLUS plot
  at Mt Mariah Cemetery in West Philadelphia. It was the base for the S
 ilent Sentry bronze statue that was stolen and recovered several years
  back. It now stands in a place of honor in the Laurel Hill Cemetery i
 n Philadelphia.\r\nUsing this base saved us over $25,000! The project 
 moved along nicely and it was ready for dedication on July 2, 1988, th
 e 125th anniversary of the battle. After a very moving and well attend
 ed dedication ceremony, Blake Magner and the committee gathered behind
  the General and toasted the event with a bottle of Don Perrion.\r\nOv
 er the years Blake had the ritual of setting next to the general in hi
 s folding chair smoking a cigar on the anniver- sary of the dedication
 . One year a van load of Japanese tourist passed, stopped, and backed 
 up. The occupants jumped out and began snapping pictures. Blake Magner
  was in his glory!\r\n \r\nPhoto: Blake Magner , Mike Cavenaugh, Blak
 e Magner, Terry Jones, sculptor, Sen Vince Fumo, Russ Pritchard, John 
 Reilly - Dedicated July 3, 1988\r\nPhoto: Gibbon Model and Final Monum
 ent\r\n\n\nFor more information visit https://agilephilly.ning.com/eve
 nts/general-gibbon
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CATEGORIES:history, general, gibbon
LOCATION:Philadelphia and Gettysburg
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