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Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 05-05-2013 05:53 PM

Who is this gentleman?


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RE: Assassination Trivia - Bill Richter - 05-05-2013 06:08 PM

It is newspaperman and war correspondent GATH


RE: Assassination Trivia - BettyO - 05-05-2013 06:22 PM

You got it, Wild Bill! Your prize is to ride Orb in the Preakness!


RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 05-05-2013 06:52 PM

How many of you know that GATH bought property in the mountains of Maryland after the war and built an estate named Gathland? On that estate, he built a large memorial arch to war correspondents. The arch and land and now part of the Maryland State Parks system.


RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 05-06-2013 05:55 AM

Bill, from my unfortunate experience, please take Betty's advice. Do not think like John Velazquez - ride Orb and not Verrazano.


RE: Assassination Trivia - Susan Higginbotham - 10-30-2016 09:03 PM

I went to Gathland State Park today. Here are a few images of the War Correspondents' Arch:

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Lovely place, and well worth a visit. I would recommend a cool day when the gnats are not out, though. (You can see Dudley and I sneaked into a picture.)


RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 10-31-2016 09:33 AM

Wonderful photos, Susan. Thank you for sharing!


RE: Assassination Trivia - Gene C - 10-31-2016 10:08 AM

I have never seen that before, that's impressive.


RE: Assassination Trivia - L Verge - 10-31-2016 11:48 AM

We had hoped to include that in a Sunday trip for the 2017 Surratt Conference, but we had to change things around. Maybe next year. I think Bob Allen did a great article on George Alfred Townshend for the Courier a year or so ago.


RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-14-2016 09:54 AM

What is the name of this ship?

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RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 11-14-2016 12:13 PM

I cannot off the top of my head come up with a name, but the skyline looks London to me. Did J. Benjamin board this ship?


RE: Assassination Trivia - Houmes - 11-14-2016 12:13 PM

(11-14-2016 09:54 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  What is the name of this ship?

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HMS Warrior?


RE: Assassination Trivia - RJNorton - 11-14-2016 01:19 PM

Eva and Blaine, those are excellent guesses by both of you folks, but neither one is correct.


RE: Assassination Trivia - Thomas Kearney - 11-14-2016 02:14 PM

River Queen? Wild guess


RE: Assassination Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 11-14-2016 03:19 PM

Drives me nuts to brooding about that background. What I thought St. Paul's - could it be the Capitol, hence DC? Or NYC, regarding the skyscrapers?