File:Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington County, VA HABS VA,7-ARL,11A- (sheet 4 of 10).tif

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HABS VA,7-ARL,11A- (sheet 4 of 10) - Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington County, VA
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HABS VA,7-ARL,11A- (sheet 4 of 10) - Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington County, VA
Depicted place Virginia; Arlington County; Arlington
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 34 x 44 in. (E size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS VA,7-ARL,11A- (sheet 4 of 10)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Johnson supported this order by allowing federal employees to take a day of leave to attend the ceremonies. Thus, the first Memorial Day ceremony was held on May 30, 1868, taking place about 100 yards west of the Lee Mansion. Temporary stands were set up for the President and speakers and a separate one for the Marine Corps band. In 1873, the elliptical brick and wood pergola now known as the Old Amphitheater was built on the same site. Designed by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs, the pergola is architecturally significant as a prominent garden structure of the nineteenth century. The Memorial Day procession concluded at the Amphitheater for speeches by renowned political and military leaders. By the early 1900's the Old Amphitheater was unable to accommodate the growing number of participants, which led to the construction of a larger ceremonial structure, the Memorial Amphitheater, dedicated in 1920.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N180
  • Survey number: HABS VA-1348-A
  • Building/structure dates: 1873 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va1792.sheet.00004a
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