Extra Credit Questions

[Eva Elisabeth]

(08-25-2018 06:57 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(08-25-2018 03:51 PM)Steve Wrote:  The Mifflin County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the town of Lewistown in the great state of Pennsylvania.

Excellent reply and a correct one, Steve. The monument was dedicated in 1906 and stands 64-feet high on the town square of Lewistown, PA. We can thank the boyhood friendship between George Frysinger, then editor of the town's Gazette, and Major Robert Hoover, who was then in charge of the Lincoln Memorial Foundation. At that time, the Lincoln Tomb was being remodeled, and Frysinger contacted Hoover with a request for a piece of the Tomb. The town received a 14- by 24-inch block to honor the citizens of Lewistown who were among the very first to heed the call for volunteers issued by President Lincoln.

No one can see, but behind that block is a glass jar containing the names of all of Mifflin County's Civil War veterans, their respective military records, a GAR button and badge, U.S. coinage from the CW years, and an 1895 medal commemorating the centennial of Lewistown.

For more info and photos, go here https://www.lewistownsquare.com/square.html

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(08-25-2018 04:15 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Well, Laurie, I didn't think that little, little south of -
Brooklyn latitude 40.650002
Lewistown Pennsylvania latitude: 40.606915
(assuming Steve is correct).

1° latitude is 111.2 km, hence the difference of 0,043087° is 4,8 km = 2 Miles...(without considering if the PA monument possibly is located in the north of Lewistown and the other in the south of Brooklyn...not saying I object the hint...)

Eva - Not sure what I'm apologizing for, but I gave that hint off the top of my head, just visualizing a map of the NY/PA area and specifically the area around Harrisburg, the capital of PA. Unless I'm being quizzed, I am not a GPS person. Sorry if I caused you to miss the question.

No problem, I likely would still have needed more further tires than Steve! Somehow in my brain PA is pretty in the north, even more than Brooklyn, so I was curious to check.