Memory & Meaning (1865-2015) – Page 2

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“Heroes of battle of Gettysburg paid tribute by surviving brothers-in-arms. Washington, D.C., May 30, Although there are only a few of the boys in blue and gray left, two of them were strong enough today, Memorial Day, to drop flowers from the air on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor their comrades who lost their lives in this historic battle of the Civil War. Here we see, left to right: William H. Jackson, 95, of Washington, D.C., 5/30/38” – Text from Library of Congress Metadata

According to an article in the Washington Post, the two veterans were unable to drop the flowers over Gettysburg – Click here to read the full article.

Posted by Don Sailer
Image Credit – Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Newspaper Citation Washington (DC) Post, May 31, 1938, p. X13.
Newspaper Credit Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

1938- Video from Gettysburg 75th Anniversary

By donsailer

On February 2, 2010

In Compromising for Union, Memory & Meaning (1865-2015)

Check out some archival footage on YouTube from the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Credit US Army

1942- More on William H. Jackson

By donsailer

On February 16, 2010

In Memory & Meaning (1865-2015)

Note that William H. Jackson was one of the veterans in the picture posted in this blog post — 1938- Memorial Day, Gettysburg Veterans.

Jackson died on June 30, 1942 and the New York Times published:
Obituary (see col. 1)
Editorial (see col. 3-4)

Jackson’s Diary
Jackson wrote a diary during the Civil War, which is in the William Henry Jackson Papers (New York Public Library). The finding aid is available here.

Diary entries from Gettysburg not online, but were printed in William H. Jackson, Time Exposure: The Autobiography of William Henry Jackson, Profusely Illustrated with Photographs, Paintings, and Drawings by the Author (New York: Putnam’s, 1940), 66-67.

Part of his diary from 1869 is online

Text from finding aid — These “diaries” as a whole cover his nine months in the Vermont Regiment, 1862-1863; his first trip West in 1866-67; the opening of his studio in Omaha; his photography along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869; his “photographic campaigns” with the U.S. Geological Survey, 1870-1878; his travels abroad with the World’s Transportation Commission, 1894-1986; and his years in retirement, 1925-1942.

Other Online Image Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wtc/wtchome.html
http://www.lib.byu.edu/dlib/jackson/
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/knudsen/index.htm

Posted by Don Sailer
Newspaper Credit – “W. H. Jackson Dies; Photographer, 99,” New York Times, July 1, 1942, p. 25: 1-2; “He Couldn’t Age,” New York Times, July 3, 1942, p. 25: 3-4. Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)

1946 (Arguing for Justice) Paul Robeson

By sailerd

On December 13, 2010

In Arguing for Justice, Memory & Meaning (1865-2015)

Paul Robeson (Farm Security Administration)

Places to Visit
You can visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.

Images
The photograph of Paul Robeson is available from the Farm Security Administration.

Image Credit – (Farm Security Administration – photographer Gordon Parks)

1963 GEORGE WALLACE AT GETTYSBURG

By sailerd

On March 4, 2010

In Arguing for Justice, Memory & Meaning (1865-2015)

In July 1963, Alabama governor George Wallace traveled to Gettysburg for the 100th anniversary commemorations of the battle. The article (right) describes George Wallace’s remarks soon after he arrived.

Citation: Florence (AL) Times, July 1, 1963, p. 1. Credit: Google News

While Wallace did not appear to make a speech in Gettysburg, he went to Washington D.C. in mid-July 1963 to testify before the Senate about JFK’s proposed civil rights legislation. At one point during the hearing, Wallace referred to the South as “the Confederate States” (see excerpt to the right). Source – Dan T. Carter, The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), 157.