Post by LongBlade on Dec 11, 2010 10:50:47 GMT -5
Last chance to see Irish Brigade sword!
Blog by Clint
The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 11, 2010
blogs.fredericksburg.com/pastisprologue/2010/12/11/last-chance-to-see-irish-brigade-sword/
Alan Zirkle photographed historians Frank O'Reilly and Greg Mertz delivering the Meagher sword from the Irish Embassy to the Fredericksburg park last year. Below, a close-up view of the finely crafted sword's hilt, decorated with an American eagle.
Come Monday, a great Civil War talisman will vanish from public view. A sword owned by Union Brig. Gen. Thomas Meagher, commander of the legendary Irish Brigade, can be seen through Sunday at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center off Lafayette Boulevard. And then, no more.
Full story: blogs.fredericksburg.com/pastisprologue/2010/12/11/last-chance-to-see-irish-brigade-sword/
Blog by Clint
The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 11, 2010
blogs.fredericksburg.com/pastisprologue/2010/12/11/last-chance-to-see-irish-brigade-sword/
Alan Zirkle photographed historians Frank O'Reilly and Greg Mertz delivering the Meagher sword from the Irish Embassy to the Fredericksburg park last year. Below, a close-up view of the finely crafted sword's hilt, decorated with an American eagle.
Come Monday, a great Civil War talisman will vanish from public view. A sword owned by Union Brig. Gen. Thomas Meagher, commander of the legendary Irish Brigade, can be seen through Sunday at the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitor Center off Lafayette Boulevard. And then, no more.
Full story: blogs.fredericksburg.com/pastisprologue/2010/12/11/last-chance-to-see-irish-brigade-sword/