Julia Ward Howe
In honor of
Julia Ward Howe
who wrote the
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
here at the Old Willard Hotel
November 21, 1861
"In the beauty of the lillies Christ was born
across the sea
with a glory in his bosom that transfigures
you and me."
Presented by the
Ladies of the Grand Army
of the Republic
January 24, 1938
Committee
Frances Martin Kuhns - Emily Jerman Tompkins
Annie Maria Michener - Edina Pearl Trigg
Margret Hopkins Worrell
Donors
Orpha M. Whitaker | Department of the Potomac
Alice M. Burke | Department of New Jersey
Josephine Mahar | Department of Pennsylvania
Mae B. Slattery | Department of California & Nevada
Ethelyn P. Smith | Department of Illinois
Mamie Giroux | Department of Kansas
Frances Dorsey | Department of Ohio
Dr. Ethel Richardson | Department of Iowa
Marie Copping | Department of Oklahoma
Betsy Ross Club | Department of Kentucky
Augusta Willich Circle No. 1 | Department of Nebraska
Ewing Circle, N.Y., No 10 | Department of Minnesota
Old Glory Circle, Ill. | Department of New York
Sherman Circle, Ill. | Department of Indiana
Springfield Circle, Ill. | Department of Colorado & Wyoming
San Diego California Circles | Department of Michigan
St. Louis, Mo. Circle No 37 | Department of West Virginia
West Virginia Circle No. 4 | Department of Washington & Alaska
Pennsylvania Circles Nos. 50 & 27 | Department of Missouri
Maj. McKinley Mo., No. 18 | Department of Oregon
Gettysburg Circle No. 44 | Department of Maine
Lincoln Circle, N.Y. | Department of Rhode Island
Spokane, Washington Juniors | Department of Montana
Cleveland, Ohio Juniors | Department of Idaho
Pitsburgh, Penna. Juniors | Department of Utah
Washington, D.C. Juniors
Marker is on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 0.1 miles west of 14th Street , NW (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling west.
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