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1/25/2006, 07:04 AM
January 25, 1776: First national memorial is ordered by Congress
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress authorizes the first national memorial in honor of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, who had been killed during an assault on Quebec on December 31, 1775.
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General Richard Montgomery. During our revolution, he helped lead an invasion of Canada, conquered Montreal, but bought it trying to take Quebec.
Montgomery, along with the later to be discredited Benedict Arnold, led a two-pronged invasion of Canada in late 1775. Before joining Arnold at Quebec, Montgomery successfully took Montreal. But the Patriot assault on Quebec failed, and Montgomery became one the first American general of the American Revolution to lose his life on the battlefield.
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Death of Montgomery at Quebec, New Years Eve 1775.
When word of his death reached Philadelphia, Congress voted to create a monument to Montgomery's memory and entrusted Benjamin Franklin to secure one of France’s best artists to craft it. Franklin hired King Louis XV’s personal sculptor, Jean Jacques Caffieri, to design and build the monument.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3775/aaaametropolitanthesculptorcaf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Sculptor Jean Jacques Caffieri
Upon its completion almost two years later in 1778, the Montgomery memorial was shipped to America and arrived at Edenton, North Carolina, where it remained for almost ten years while the revolution raged. Although originally intended for Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Congress eventually decided to place the memorial in New York City.
In 1788, it was installed under the direction of architect Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant beneath the portico of St. Paul's Chapel, which served as President George Washington’s church during his time in NYC when the city was the de facto capital of the infant US. It remains there to this day. Montgomery’s body, which was originally interred on the site of his death in Quebec, was moved to St. Paul’s in 1818.
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St Paul's Chapel as it appeared when President and Mrs Washington attended services there while they lived in NYC.
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Exterior front of St Paul's Chapel in lower Manhattan. Sorry I couldn't find an image of the Montgomery statue.
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The twin towers of NYC's World Trade Center used to be directly across the street from St. Paul's Chapel. The chapel structure was miraculously left standing after the collapse of the towers and quickly became the headquarters for rescue and recovery workers. The main entrance of the chapel has a Year of Ministry Timeline exhibit that dates their efforts in the first 12 months after the disaster.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7210/aaaaastpaul55pw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Post 9-11 interior rear of the chapel. Notice the banner hanging on the right side of the image.
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On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress authorizes the first national memorial in honor of Brigadier General Richard Montgomery, who had been killed during an assault on Quebec on December 31, 1775.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9109/aaaaamontgomerytop4256rt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
General Richard Montgomery. During our revolution, he helped lead an invasion of Canada, conquered Montreal, but bought it trying to take Quebec.
Montgomery, along with the later to be discredited Benedict Arnold, led a two-pronged invasion of Canada in late 1775. Before joining Arnold at Quebec, Montgomery successfully took Montreal. But the Patriot assault on Quebec failed, and Montgomery became one the first American general of the American Revolution to lose his life on the battlefield.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/710/aaaaadeathmontgomerycolor5001b.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Death of Montgomery at Quebec, New Years Eve 1775.
When word of his death reached Philadelphia, Congress voted to create a monument to Montgomery's memory and entrusted Benjamin Franklin to secure one of France’s best artists to craft it. Franklin hired King Louis XV’s personal sculptor, Jean Jacques Caffieri, to design and build the monument.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3775/aaaametropolitanthesculptorcaf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Sculptor Jean Jacques Caffieri
Upon its completion almost two years later in 1778, the Montgomery memorial was shipped to America and arrived at Edenton, North Carolina, where it remained for almost ten years while the revolution raged. Although originally intended for Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Congress eventually decided to place the memorial in New York City.
In 1788, it was installed under the direction of architect Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant beneath the portico of St. Paul's Chapel, which served as President George Washington’s church during his time in NYC when the city was the de facto capital of the infant US. It remains there to this day. Montgomery’s body, which was originally interred on the site of his death in Quebec, was moved to St. Paul’s in 1818.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2985/aaaaanyciconsoc37lv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
St Paul's Chapel as it appeared when President and Mrs Washington attended services there while they lived in NYC.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2607/aaaaastpaul26ry.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Exterior front of St Paul's Chapel in lower Manhattan. Sorry I couldn't find an image of the Montgomery statue.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5485/aaaaaagzchurch27254bd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The twin towers of NYC's World Trade Center used to be directly across the street from St. Paul's Chapel. The chapel structure was miraculously left standing after the collapse of the towers and quickly became the headquarters for rescue and recovery workers. The main entrance of the chapel has a Year of Ministry Timeline exhibit that dates their efforts in the first 12 months after the disaster.
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7210/aaaaastpaul55pw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Post 9-11 interior rear of the chapel. Notice the banner hanging on the right side of the image.
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2899/insane7zo8ms.jpg
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