Guess the Architecture

"On a clear July morning, Independence Day to be exact, citizens of Boonsboro, Maryland and nearby communities gathered in the town square to embark on an endeavor only reserved for those with a means to create. To the rolling of the drum and patriotic music, they marched up the to a rocky knoll where they would build a free-standing stone monument to the one of the founding fathers of the United States, George Washington. Built to a height of 30 feet, half on July 4th and half later in the fall, this stone monument would be the first of its kind completed in honor our first president and ,unlike the monuments of the grand architect's, this one was built by the hands of private citizens who felt it was their duty to do so.

Fast forward to 1861 and the monument that these patriotic citizens built had fallen into ruin from neglect and vandalism. And as the monument went, so did the country. The country that George Washington had fought to had begun destroying itself and the patriotism that had built this monument had turn from a local sense of pride in one's country to a regional hatred for their countrymen.For the better part of a year, the monument lay in ruin among the quiet countryside of western Maryland. That would all change in September 1862 when Robert E. Lee pushed his Army of Northern Virginia, fresh off a summer of victories, across the Potomac River and into Maryland as part of a massive Confederate offensive in both the Eastern and Western Theatre's of the war."

"Following the 1862 Maryland Campaign, the monument's signal station was broken down as the armies moved back into Virginia. The next monument wouldn't see again until the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign when another signal station was erected atop the ruins of the monument watching the movements of the Confederate Army during its retreat. The stations was established on July 9th and immediately began reporting on troop movements and strengths. The station reported on the construction of earthworks near Hagerstown and the fighting that took place outside of Funkstown on July 10th. It remained in use until after Lee pulled his army back across the Potomac. The following year, in 1864, the monument again witnessed a Confederate invasion when Jubal Early took the 2nd Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia on an invasion that reached the gates of Washington, D.C. Following this final invasion, the monument would sink back into the quiet country side."

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"The only monument in the world to the memory of war correspondents, this unusual piece of masonry was erected by George Alfred Townsend, author and war correspondent. It is located in Washington County on top of South Mountain at Gapland, a few miles southeast of Boonsboro off US Rt. 40."

Related link: Civil War Correspondents Memorial Arch