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SUMMARY:General Meade's Old Baldy passes away
DESCRIPTION:\r\n\r\nThe picture is of his equestrian statue in Philade
 lphia located in Fairmount Park near the Please Touch Museum. The stat
 ue in Fairmount Park is notable for being the work of Alexander Milne 
 Calder - who made the statue of William Penn that stands atop City Hal
 l.  ( The son and grandson of Calder have works of art in and around 
 the Phila Museum of Art.)\r\n\r\nMeade's equestrian statue in Gettysbu
 rg was dedicated on June 5 1896, 125 years ago.  It features the Grea
 t General and also his steed named Old Baldy\r\n\r\nIt is this day tha
 t we note the passing of Old Baldy on December 16, 1882 - 140 years ag
 o\r\n\r\n But also that Old Baldy has a new home on Frandkford Avenue
  where he was moved last month ... soon to be opened to the public\r\n
 https://garmuslib.org \r\n \r\nFrom Wikipedia,\r\nBaldy was sent nor
 th to  Philadelphia and then to the farm of Meade's staff quartermaste
 r, Captain Sam Ringwalt, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. He was later re
 located to the Meadow Bank Farm, owned by a friend of the Meade family
 , where he remained for several years.\r\n\r\nHe was moderately active
  in retirement and Meade rode the horse in several memorial parades. H
 is last parade was as the \"riderless horse\" in the funeral processio
 n of his master, in November 1872. Baldy lived another 10 years.\r\n\r
 \nHe was euthanized on December 16, 1882, at the age of 30, when he be
 came too feeble to stand.\r\n\r\nOn Christmas Day of that year, two Un
 ion Army veterans (Albert C. Johnston and H.W.B. Harvey) disinterred B
 aldy's remains and decapitated him, sending the head to a taxidermist.
 \"\r\n\r\nAfter that, a century later, the tale of Old Baldy is fraugh
 t with court cases and the undaunted affections of his followers, in s
 tories too long to post here.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thet
 wo-way/2010/03/fight_over_civil_war_horses_he.html\r\n\r\nhttps://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Baldy_(horse)\n\nFor more information visit http
 s://agilephilly.ning.com/events/old-baldy-2022
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CATEGORIES:meeting, crossposting, historical, meade, old, baldy
LOCATION:in the hearts of all proud Philadelphians
WEBSITE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Baldy_(horse)
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Baldy_(horse)
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ORGANIZER:Old Baldy's friends
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 is, Lead Coordinator":https://agilephilly.ning.com/profile/JohnVoris
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