Meriwether Lewis Memorial -- Natchez Trace Parkway (TN) July 2011 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Meriwether Lewis Memorial -- Natchez Trace Parkway (TN) July 2011 / Ron Cogswell
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| 説明 | The inscription on the Memorial reads in part:"MERIWETHER LEWISBorn near Charlottesville, VA. Aug. 18, 1774.Died October 11, 1809 aged 35 years."After the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition returned home in 1806, President Thomas Jefferson rewarded Lewis with the governorship of the Louisiana Territory. But as the presidency changed, so did politics. Several of the bills that Lewis submitted to the Department of War for payment were questioned, and Lewis in 1809 set out from St. Louis (the capital of the Louisiana Territory) toward Washington to defend them. Part of Lewis’s route took him along a portion of the Natchez Trace, a pioneer road that ran 444 miles from Natchez (MS) to Nashville (TN). During the early morning of October 11, 1809, while staying in the Grinder’s Stand inn (70 miles SW of Nashville), Lewis died of gunshot wounds. Suicide, or murder? The debate continues until today. On the Natchez Trace Parkway website administered by the National Park Service, there is this statement: "There is currently interest by a private organization to exhume the body of Meriwether Lewis. No decision has been made, or will be made, by the National Park Service until compliance documents are completed according to the National Environmental Policy Act." Lewis was buried near Grinder's Stand, and, in 1848, the State of Tennessee erected a memorial to honor him. A simple erect, broken shaft reaches above the stone base, symbolizing a life cut short. The Lewis Memorial is located at Milepost 385.9 on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee.Image by Ron Cogswell on July 19, 2011, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.DSC_0306 |
| 撮影日 | 2011-07-19 16:37:58 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Metal Ford, Tennessee, United States 地図 |