Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial
| Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial | |
| historic district contributing structure | |
 Plaque on back of memorial's base
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Adams |
| HD & NPS unit | Gettysburg HD & NMP |
| Borough | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Park District | Gettysburg National Cemetery |
| Landform | Cemetery Hill |
| Parts | sculpture & base w/ plaque |
| Elevation | 591 ft (180 m) [1] |
| Coordinates | 39°49′15.5″N 77°13′54.5″W / 39.820972°N 77.231806°W [citation needed] |
| Sculptor Funding |
Ron Tunison Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania[2] |
| Material | sculpture: polychrome bronze[3] |
| Dedicated Designated |
August 21, 1993 January 23, 2004 (contributing structure)[citation needed] |
| Owner | National Park Service |
| Access | annex sidewalks |
| Wikimedia Commons: Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial | |
The Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial is a Gettysburg Battlefield monument depicting the "Armistead-Bingham incident"[2] after Pickett's Charge[4] in which Union Army Captain Henry H. Bingham assisted mortally-wounded Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead, both Freemasons. Although Armistead's sword was captured and later returned in 1906,[5] Armistead entrusted other personal effects (e.g., a pocket watch) with Bingham after Armistead was shot twice ("as he went down he gave a Masonic sign asking for assistance").[6] En route to the Spangler Farm field hospital where he died 2 days later,[7][8] Armistead briefly met Winfield Scott Hancock, a Freemason brother and close Federal colleague from before the war.[3]
The initial record that documented this memorial's depiction had been written[who?] by 1870 when James Walker painted the 20 × 7.5 ft (6.1 × 2.3 m) The Repulse of Longstreet's Assault at the Battle of Gettysburg[4] with "Armistead, mortally wounded, is seated on the grass, and is in the act of giving his watch and spurs to his friend,[clarification needed] Captain Bingham."[5] The Lewis A. Armistead marker was placed at the high water mark of the Confederacy in 1887, and Gettysburg (1993 film) dramatized the meeting (also at the location where Armistead fell): "Tell General Hancock for me that I have done him and you all an injury which I shall regret the longest day I live."[6]
[edit] Memorial description
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The sculpture depicts Bingham at the side of Armistead.
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[edit] References
- ^ "X_Value=-77.231806&Y_Value=39.820972". USGS Elevation Web Service Query. United States Geological Survey. http://gisdata.usgs.gov/xmlwebservices2/elevation_service.asmx/getElevation?X_Value=-77.231806&Y_Value=39.820972&Elevation_Units=FEET&Source_Layer=-1&Elevation_Only=FALSE. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial
- ^ Commissioned Bronze Monuments by Ron Tunison
- ^ Junkin, David Xavier (1880). The Life of Winfield Scott Hancock. D. Appleton and Co. p. 117. http://www.archive.org/details/lifeofwinfieldsc00injunk. Retrieved 2011-09-04. "As he was being carried to the rear, he was met by Captain Harry Bingham, of Hancock's staff, who, getting off his horse, asked him if he could do anything for him. Armistead replied to take his watch and spurs to General Hancock, that they might be sent to his relatives. His wishes were complied with, General Hancock sending them to his friends at the first opportunity. "
- ^ Frazier, John W (1906) (Google Books). Reunion of the Blue and Gray: Philadelphia Brigade and Pickett's Division. Philadelphia: Ware Bros, Company, Printers. http://books.google.com/books?id=QeNYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ "Masons at the Battle of Gettysburgand the Masonic Friend to Friend Monument". Gettysburg. Bessel.org. http://www.bessel.org/gettysbg.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
- ^ Wolf Run Studio - Friend to Friend Memorial Notecards NOTE: "Colonel Martin was shot through the body and fell with Armistead."[1]
- ^[dead link]Images: Past and Present : photos : Gettysburg National Cemetery- powered by SmugMug
[edit] External links
GNMP website for memorial(s) (List of Classified Structures)
