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SUMMARY:Picnic at General Meade's Statue in Fairmount Park
DESCRIPTION:General George Gordon Meade - the victor at Gettyburg over
  Confederate General Robert E Lee -is getting a picnic in his honor.\r
 \n\r\nWell, it is him and his horse Old Baldy.\r\n\r\nGeneral Meade - 
 a Philadelphian and one of the co-creators of Fairmount Park, where he
  would ride his horse Old Baldy through it almost daily. - is the patr
 on saint of AgilePhilly.\r\n\r\nAnd on May 15 2021 there is a picnic a
 t his statue near the Please Touch Museum.\r\nFor up to date info, con
 tact the Old Baldy Civil War Round Table of South Jersey\r\nhttps://ww
 w.oldbaldycwrt.org\r\n\r\n-===========================-\r\n \r\nThe p
 icture used here is of his equestrian statue in Philadelphia located i
 n Fairmount Park near the Please Touch Museum.\r\n \r\nThe statue in 
 Fairmount Park is notable for being the work of Alexander Milne Calder
  - who made the statue of William Penn that stands atop City Hall.  (
  The son and grandson of Calder have works of art in and around the Ph
 ila Museum of Art.)\r\n The one in Fairmount park is older, unveiled o
 n October 18th, 1887 with 30,000 people in attendance.  \r\n \r\nAlso
 , the citizens of Philly and the nation were so grateful for his servi
 ce that they gave him and his family a house in Philadelphia.\r\n\r\nh
 ttps://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/major-general-george-go
 rdon-meade/#\r\n\r\nhttps://www.loc.gov/item/01006345/\r\n\r\nMore inf
 ormation is always at hand at\r\n(you got it) the General Meade Societ
 y of Philadelphia \r\nhttps://generalmeadesociety.org \n\nFor more i
 nformation visit http://www.agilephilly.com/events/picnic-at-general-m
 eade-s-statue-in-fairmount-park
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CATEGORIES:meeting, crossposting, historical, meade, old, baldy
LOCATION:Meade Statue near Please Touch Museum
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ORGANIZER:Old Baldy's friends https://generalmeadesociety.org
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="John Vor
 is, Lead Coordinator":http://www.agilephilly.com/profile/JohnVoris
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