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To bad someone had to put the red circle on the image.

 

4 MARCH, 1864: Ulysses S. Grant gets three stars, and his distinguished Thoroughbred, “Cincinnati” becomes the highest ranking horse in the US Army!

Grant receives new shoulder boards and Cincinnati gets a new shabraque with three stars.

Grant and President Lincoln are said to be the only two people to ride the 17-hand chestnut.

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On January 22, 1930, excavation of the site began, and by March 17, construction began in earnest. It took 3,400 workers, most of who were European immigrants, and hundreds of Mohawk ironworkers to finish the project.

Construction required a massive amount of material. In the end, it took 200,000 cubic feet of limestone, 10 million bricks, and 60,000 tons of steel.

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14 hours ago, pipedreams said:

On January 22, 1930, excavation of the site began, and by March 17, construction began in earnest. It took 3,400 workers, most of who were European immigrants, and hundreds of Mohawk ironworkers to finish the project.

Construction required a massive amount of material. In the end, it took 200,000 cubic feet of limestone, 10 million bricks, and 60,000 tons of steel.

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A WWII bomber crashed into it and didn’t bring it down. 

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On 3/5/2024 at 7:32 AM, pipedreams said:

To bad someone had to put the red circle on the image.

 

4 MARCH, 1864: Ulysses S. Grant gets three stars, and his distinguished Thoroughbred, “Cincinnati” becomes the highest ranking horse in the US Army!

Grant receives new shoulder boards and Cincinnati gets a new shabraque with three stars.

Grant and President Lincoln are said to be the only two people to ride the 17-hand chestnut.

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I HATE it when people deface a picture because their friends may be too stupid to see the point they're trying to make ... why can't they just add a tagline ... ? I found an unadulterated copy.

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