Meigs family plot - Arlington National Cemetery - 2013-01-18 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Meigs family plot - Arlington National Cemetery - 2013-01-18 / Tim Evanson
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Meigs/Taylor "family plot" at Arlington National Cemetery. I'm looking south across Section 13 from Meigs Avenue at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia.The raise sarcophagus in the background contains the remains of Brig. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, the famous Quartermaster General of the Union Army who (along with Ulysses S. Grant) saved the Union. The square marker by its side marks the graves of Meigs' grandfather, University of Georgia president Josiah Meigs, and his great-grandfather, Samuel William Meigs, reburied next to him.The three long granite slabs mark Meigs family descendants. The furthest away is that of Jospeh Hancock Taylor. His grandfather's brother was Zachary Taylor, President of the United States. His father was Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor. Joseph Hancock Taylor only rose to the rank of Major, but he was Assistant Adjutant-General of the U.S. Army (the deputy to the top legal person).The in-between slab is Joseph Hancock Taylor's wife, Mary Rodgers Meigs Taylor. She's the daughter of Montgomery C. Meigs.The closest slab is that of John Rodgers Meigs Taylor. He's the son of Joseph and Mary Taylor, and was a colonel in the U.S. Army. He was present during the Philippine-American War. (The U.S. captured the Philippines in 1898 as part of the Spanish-American War. But the Philippine people, having already fought and lost one war for independence against Spain, didn't want a new imperial overlord. They fought the U.S. from 1899 to 1902, but the Americans crushed their attempt at freedom. Very limited guerrilla fighting occurred until 1916, at which time the U.S. agreed to give the Philippines limited autonomy. That actually didn't occur until 1935. The Japanese seized the Philippines in 1941, and they were liberated by the U.S. in 1945. The U.S. granted the Philippines complete independence in 1946.) John R.M. Taylor tried to accurately document American atrocities in the Philippines (and they were many). But he was drummed out of the Army for doing so, and retired in disgrace.The slab to the left is that of Admiral Montgomery Meigs Taylor, Joseph and Mary Taylor's other son. He went to the U.S. Naval Academy, served on a bazillion minor ships, and then commanded a gun battery about Admiral John Dewey's ship during the Battle of Manila during the Spanish-American War. Luckily for him, World War I broke out in 1916 and he got assigned to the Naval War College as the Navy tried to prepare for war. He commanded the USS Florida during the war, and won the Distinguished Service Medal. He started moving up the ranks: Naval War Plans, command of Naval Base Coco Solo, command of the U.S. Control Fleet, command of the 3d Battleship Division of the U.S. Battle Fleet, command of the U.S. Scouting Fleet, head of the Naval War Plans Office. He finally consummated his career with command of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in 1931 -- just as war in Asia broke out. He diplomatically helped the U.S. stay out of the war for two years, and then retired in 1933. |
| 撮影日 | 2013-01-18 14:21:24 |
| 撮影者 | Tim Evanson , Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
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| カメラ | NIKON D5100 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 26 mm |