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New Overlay Photos - John E. - 07-19-2014 11:24 PM

Hello all,

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.

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RE: New Overlay Photos - BettyO - 07-20-2014 07:23 AM

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!

RE: New Overlay Photos - Gene C - 07-20-2014 07:51 AM

They have an interesting "ghostly" presence to them

RE: New Overlay Photos - Rsmyth - 07-20-2014 08:01 AM

Thanks John! What happened to the wall!

RE: New Overlay Photos - DanielC - 07-20-2014 09:12 AM

Great work John! Thanks for sharing.

RE: New Overlay Photos - Kieran McAuliffe - 07-20-2014 09:16 AM

Very interesting. Well done! I always wondered where the gallows was in relation to the tennis court. Thank you.

RE: New Overlay Photos - John E. - 07-20-2014 01:13 PM

(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.

RE: New Overlay Photos - RJNorton - 07-20-2014 02:05 PM

Great work, John!

RE: New Overlay Photos - RobertLC - 07-20-2014 08:30 PM

Excellent!

RE: New Overlay Photos - richard petersen - 07-22-2014 02:44 PM

Can the public actually play tennis on the courts?

RE: New Overlay Photos - L Verge - 07-22-2014 02:58 PM

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.

RE: New Overlay Photos - Gene C - 07-22-2014 04:04 PM

(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. Dodgy

RE: New Overlay Photos - DanielC - 07-23-2014 09:38 AM

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.

RE: New Overlay Photos - RJNorton - 07-23-2014 10:16 AM

Hi Dan. I have seen a few versions, too. One is, "Good-bye, gentlemen who is before me. May we all meet in the other world."

RE: New Overlay Photos - Dave Taylor - 07-23-2014 10:17 PM

John,

I discovered this photograph of the site of the execution while visiting Lincoln Memorial Univeristy. Sadly it is undated.

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