Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Defense of Morgan's Grave |
Catalog Number |
69-0036 wfchs |
Accession number |
69-145 wfchs |
Collection |
Winchester-Frederick Co Historical Soc Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Gen. Daniel Morgan's grave; on left 4 men from Winchester (identified as, l to r, Nelson Page, Ben Belchic, Miff Clowe, Oscar Harry(?)) refusing to let the Mayor of Cowpens, SC (A.S. Moseley, in VFW porkpie hat and holding letter) and Cowpens Attorney General J. Manning Poliakoff (light suit, arms folded), remove the remains. Date given as August 10, 1951 (from 69-150 wfchs). Reprinted in Frederick County: From the Frontier to the Future, p. 32. Filed as "Morgan grave controversy". |
Photographer |
Peters, Hugh G. |
Date |
1951 |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1951 |
People |
Page, Nelson Belchic, Ben Clowe, Mifflin B., Jr. Harry, Oscar Moseley, A.S. Poliakoff, J. Manning |
Search Terms |
men gravesites controversies Winchester history Mount Hebron Cemetery 1950s 20th century Winchester, mayors of |
Provenance |
Frederick County: From the Frontier to the Future, p. 32 |