This month I was able to do a little more photography work for the Inside The Walls project. Here are a couple of past and current overlays from the execution. Feel free to use them as a guide if you ever have a chance to take the Grant Hall tour. They aren't 100% accurate but they are pretty darn close.
Oh, wow! These are absolutely terrific, John! I swear you never cease to amaze. These photos give an approximation as to the actual location of the gallows as to today. I love "Now and Then" photos - Thanks so much for sharing!
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
(07-20-2014, 08:01 AM)Rsmyth Wrote: Thanks John! What happened to the wall!
The wall was torn down in 1867 as was most of the penitentiary portion of the building. Many of the bricks were preserved from the demolition and re-purposed for other buildings on Ft.McNair and portions of the wall surrounding it.
(07-22-2014, 02:58 PM)L Verge Wrote: I'm pretty sure that it is reserved for personnel at Ft. McNair. The post has tight security, so I don't imagine they let the public use the courts.
That's right. But at least our government lets captured international terrorist use the same courts that American citizens get to use.
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
This picture has always fascinated me. I have seen a couple of versions of what George's last words were. Can anyone clarify what they know them to be?
Thank you.
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