Trivia Advent Calendar

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(12-11-2015 10:51 AM)L Verge Wrote:  I hate to rain on Joseph's parade, but this particular photo is incorrect. If you had shown the original Marshall House from the Civil War era, he would be 100% correct. However, that original building was completely demolished in the 1950s, and the photo that was shown is of what is now the Hotel Monaco on that corner. If you re-read the plaque, you'll see that the wording is somewhat strange in the first sentence, but does say "stood" instead of confirming that the real building still exists.

I've laughed before about the plaque on the new building because it credits the first combat death as that of Mr. Jackson, a civilian owner of the Marshall House in 1861. In Civil War history, the site is better known for being where Lincoln friend, Elmer Ellsworth, was killed by Jackson as Union forces under Ellsworth attempted to take down the Confederate flag. Google Marshall House and Elmer Ellsworth for the full story -- and the correct photo of what Marshall House looked like.

I don't know, Laurie.....

The correct response to Eva's question of "What is #11 [the photo], respectively what happened here?" necessitated an identification of the site and a statement of the event which occurred at that site.

While the building itself is not the original to at which stood at the time of the event, it stands on the same site and is built in the same style of the original (which certainly aids in the identification of the current structure and the event that transpired there).

While perhaps in a shorthand manner, Mr. Beckert correctly identified the site (albeit the original structure no longer exists) of the Marshall House (in Old Town, Alexandria, VA) and the event which made it famous, namely the death of Col. Ellsworth. Therefore, I believe that he has earned and is entitled to the point, gold star sticker, set of steak knives, trip the the Cayman Islands, and/or the new car prize(s) that was/were associated with this question. (Batteries not included.)

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PS - On the site today (i.e., on the southeast corner of King and S. Pitt Streets) is, as Laurie identified it, the Hotel Monaco Alexandria. I interpreted Eva's question to be one about the historical site and event; not about the physical structure today.