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St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in Washington, D.C., along the former Black Lives Matter Plaza. The Greek Revival building, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is adjacent to Lafayette Square, one block from the White House. It is often called the "Church of the Presidents". Every sitting president has attended the church at least once since it was built in 1816, starting with James Madison. Many of the traditional Inauguration Day spiritual services have been held at St. John's. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. History Organized as a parish in 1815, it was named for Saint John the Evangelist. The building opened and the first service was held at St. John's Church on October 27, 1816. The Rev. William Dickinson Hawley served as its rector from 1817 to 1845, also serving as Chaplain of the Senate.Grimmett, Richard F. ''St. John's Church, Lafayette Square: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dickinson Hawley
William Dickinson Hawley (1784 – January 23, 1845) was an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate. Early years Dickinson Hawley was born in 1784 in Manchester, Vermont, the fifth child of Jabez Hawley and Phoebe Peet. He first studied for the law under Judge Peter Radcliffe in New York City. While in New York he also served in the state militia and was court martialed in 1813 for unofficerlike conduct; he was acquitted of the charges against him. General Bogardus was outraged at the acquittal. Hawley was permitted to resign his commission and thereafter studied for the ministry.St. John's Church, Lafayette Square: The History and Heritage of the Church , by Richard F. Grimmett, pp. 13ff Ministry He was ordained a deacon on November 4, 1814 by New York Bishop James Hobart. His first charge was St. Stephen parish, Culpeper County, Virginia; he was ordained a priest in May 1815 by Bishop of Virginia Richard Channing Moore. He was called to serve St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart ( Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter born in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best-known work is an unfinished portrait of George Washington, begun in 1796, which is usually referred to as the ''Athenaeum Portrait''. Stuart retained the original and used it to paint scores of copies that were commissioned by patrons in America and abroad. The image of George Washington featured in the painting has appeared on the United States one-dollar bill for more than a century and on various Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps, postage stamps of the 19th century and early 20th century. Stuart produced portraits of about 1,000 people, including the List of Presidents of the United States, first six Presidents., ''The Story of Gilbert Stuart''. Woonsocket Connection. Retrieved July 25, 2007. His work can be found to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Intelligencer
The ''National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser'' was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from October 30, 1800 until 1870. It was the first newspaper published in the District, which was founded in 1790. It was originally a tri-weekly publication. It covered early debates of the United States Congress. The paper had a strong bias to Democratic-Republicans and Thomas Jefferson. History The publication was founded under the named ''National intelligencer and Washington Advertiser'' on October 31, 1800. Its name was changed to the ''National Intelligencer'' starting with the issue of November 27, 1810. The newspaper was published daily from 1813 to 1867 as the ''Daily National Intelligencer'' and was the dominant newspaper of the capital. During the War of 1812, its offices and printing plant were demolished by British forces as part of the burning of Washington on August 24, 1814. The British commander during the burning, Sir George Cockburn, intentionally t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Peter Alexander Healy
George Peter Alexander Healy (July 15, 1813 – June 24, 1894) was an American portrait painter. He was one of the most prolific and popular painters of his day, and his sitters included many of the eminent personages of his time. Born in Boston, he studied in Europe, and over his lifetime had studios in Paris and Chicago. Biography Healy was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the eldest of five children of an Irish captain in the merchant marine. Having been left fatherless at a young age, Healy helped to support his mother. At sixteen years of age he began drawing, and at developed an ambition to be an artist. Jane Stuart, daughter of Gilbert Stuart, aided him, loaning him a Guido Reni, Guido's "Ecce Homo", which he copied in color and sold to a country priest. Later, she introduced him to Thomas Sully, by whose advice Healy profited, and gratefully repaid Sully in the days of the latter's adversity. At eighteen, Healy began painting portraits, and was soon very successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Heighe Blake
James Heighe Blake (11 June 1768 – 29 July 1819) was an American physician and politician who served as the third mayor of Washington, D.C., elected by the council of aldermen in 1813 and serving until 1817. Birth Born on June 11, 1768, to Joseph Blake and Mary Heighe in Calvert County, Maryland, descendant of Admiral Robert Blake, The Blakes and Heighes were Maryland colonists, prominent in the Church of England, active in political affairs, and planters with slave holdings. Early years He graduated in medicine at the American Medical Society in Philadelphia on 1789 at the age of twenty one. In 1795, Blake built his home in Washington, D.C., where he was an eminent citizen in the Federal City. In 1800 he moved to Colchester, Virginia. After living for several years in Colchester he returned to District of Columbia in 1809. In the following year he was elected to the First Chamber, Ninth Council and held that position the year after because of informality in the election. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger C
Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Franks, Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is '' Rodger''. Slang and other uses From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger". In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Gales
Joseph Gales Jr. (June 15, 1786 – July 21, 1860) was an American journalist and the ninth mayor of Washington, D.C. The city's only mayor born outside of North America, Gales served from 1827 to 1830. Early life Joseph Gales Jr. was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, England. His father, Joseph Gales Sr. (1760–1841), was a printer in Sheffield, who was compelled to emigrate to America in 1795 because of his republican principles. After living in Philadelphia from 1795 to 1799 where the elder Gales transcribed the debates in Congress and owned the ''Independent Gazetteer'', he moved with his family to Raleigh, North Carolina. Gales, Jr. was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 1807 settled in Washington, D.C. Newspaperman Gales began his career as a reporter for the ''National Intelligencer'' newspaper in 1807, covering the debates in Congress. He became the assistant and partner of publisher Samuel Harrison Smith. In 1810 became sole proprie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James H
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Tayloe III
Col. John Tayloe III (September 2, 1770March 23, 1828), of Richmond County, Virginia, was the premier Virginia planter and scion of the tidewater gentry. Although his father and grandfather had served on the Virginia governor's council and were staunch proponents of British Colonial Rule, Tayloe like his father later, sided with the patriots in the American Revolution then served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A successful planter, capitalist, banker, director, and early Thoroughbred breeder/importer, he was considered the "wealthiest man of his day". The Tayloe family of Richmond County, including his father, John Tayloe II, and grandfather, John Tayloe I, exemplified gentry entrepreneurship by the diversifying business interests utilizing agriculture to begin vertically integrating their supply chain including shipbuilding and iron production to satisfy transportation needs. Early years Tayloe was born September 2, or September 13, 1770. the son of Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Winston Seaton
William Winston Seaton (January 11, 1785 – June 16, 1866) was an American journalist and the thirteenth mayor of Washington, D.C. Life William Winston Seaton was born in King William County, Virginia. His mother's maiden name was Winston and was a cousin of Patrick Henry. He studied under Reverend James Ogilvie at an academy in Richmond. At the age of 18, he became an assistant editor for a paper in Richmond. He was an editor for the ''Petersburg Republican'' and then purchased the ''North Carolina Journal'' based in Halifax. After Raleigh became the state capital, he became connected with the '' Raleigh Register'' and its editor Joseph Gales Sr. In 1812, he moved to Washington, D.C., and joined with his brother-in-law Joseph Gales, proprietor of the ''National Intelligencer'' at Washington, D.C.. From 1812 until 1820 the two were the only reporters of congressional proceedings. Their ''Annals of Congress, Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States from 3 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peter Van Ness
Johannes Petrus "John Peter" Van Ness (November 4, 1769 – March 7, 1846) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1801 to 1803 and Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1830 to 1834. Early life Van Ness was born in Ghent in the Province of New York on November 4, 1769. He was the son of Elbertje Hogeboom (1743–1806) and Judge Peter Van Ness (1734–1804) and was a member of an old Dutch family. His father was an officer during the American Revolution and a New York politician, who owned land and a brick mansion in Columbia County. Martin Van Buren later bought much of the land and the mansion became Van Buren's home Lindenwald. The 1790 census shows that Peter Van Ness had 10 enslaved people in the household. John Peter was the older brother of William P. Van Ness (1778–1826), a federal judge, and Cornelius P. Van Ness (1782–1852), an Ambassador to Spain and Governor of Vermont. He completed preparatory studies at Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
