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Located in Massachusetts between Bourne (Cape Cod) and Buzzards Bay (mainland), the vertical lift bridge opened in 1936 and carries rail traffic across Cape Cod Canal. When open, the main span has a 135-foot (41 meters) clearance. The span is 544 feet. It's especially interesting to see how a train can cross the canal. A recreation area of sorts is on the Buzzards Bay side. Check out the video that explains how the bridge works at www.capecodtimes.com/videos/news/2023/01/25/how-cape-cod-...
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Last Friday evening we said goodbye to our friend, Napi Van Dereck, founder and owner of Napi's Restaurant in the heart of Provincetown; he was also an art collector and valiant defender of marine life. He'd been sick off and on for the past year. His wife Helen stood next to his casket for three hours greeting hundreds of people who stood in line to pay respects in this little funeral home . Napi was a treasure in the town -- and on Cape Cod. The local fire department raised an American flag in front of the funeral home in his honor. To give you some perspective on how much Napi was loved, on the way home we stopped in Eastham, three towns away, for a lottery ticket and the cashier commented on my cranberry colored pants. I told her "They're in honor of Napi." The woman looked up and said "I bet that was a big crowd." She told her Napi story and we acknowledged what a big impact he'd made on both of us. To Napi: thanks for all the great food and the terrific chats.
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3D red/cyan anaglyph created from glass plate stereograph at Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: www.loc.gov/pictures/
LOC Title: Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (fifth from left) and staff aboard U.S.S. Pawnee
Date: June 17, 1865
Photographer: Not Identified
Link to glass plate: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018666841/
Notes: The Library of Congress (LOC) website provided this historic stereograph of Rear-Admiral Dahlgren and part of the staff of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, aboard the U.S.S. Pawnee in Charleston harbor, on June 17, 1865. This was the day that Dahlgren and the Pawnee departed Charleston and headed to Washington, D.C. , where later, on July 11, President Lincoln and cabinet were to come on board for a visit, at Dahlgren’s invitation.
The LOC has two different versions of this scene, with some of the officers moving around between shots; staff officers are not identified. The Naval History and Heritage Command website has this well-known photo too, but they do not identify any of the staff officers either. The NARA website also has the two versions of this scene and provide six names for the nine officers, but don’t specify who is who.
Which brings me to the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection. They have one of the largest Civil War photo collections in the world, but, unfortunately, their search engine, at the moment, appears to be completely broken. For example, a query on the terms “Antietam” and “Gettysburg” brought back no photos at all. There are 136 “volumes” in the MOLLUS-MASS collection with thousands of photos, but thumbnails don’t appear until you open each volume and click each photo link in turn. Without a viable search engine, it’s a time consuming process to find specific items.
After opening about 50 MOLLUS-Mass volumes, and clicking each link, in Vol. 63, page- 3127, up-came a print of one of the two versions of this scene, with all nine officers identified – names annotated under each man, in the bottom margin. Turns out that three of the names were misspelled, but close enough to be able to go to naval records and pin them down.
So thanks to the U.S. Army, below are listed all the Navy officers’ names, with what background information I could readily find on each, starting from the left of the stereograph and moving to the right:
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(1) Ensign, Ernest Jefferson Dichman (1845 - 1916)
Ernest Jefferson Dichman was born in Wisconsin in 1845, and died in New York City in 1916, at age 70; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Below are two obituaries for Dichman.
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New York Tribune
Sunday, April 23, 1916
DICHMAN FUNERAL HELD
"Veteran Naval Officer To Be Buried in Arlington Cemetery.
The funeral of Lieutenant Commander Ernest Dichman, U. S. N. (retired) was held yesterday afternoon in the mortuary chapel of Edward Gordon's Son by the Rev. Father Sullivan, C. S.P. of the Paulist Fathers. Two sons, one of whom is a naval officer, were present. Burial will take place in the national cemetery at Arlington.
Commander Dichman was the son of a poor Wisconsin farmer, having been born on a pioneer farm seventy years ago. He was graduated at the Naval Academy and attained the rank of lieutenant commander during the Civil War on the staff of Admiral Dahlgren.
He saw service in a number of naval engagements and was a staff officer on Dahlgren's flagship when the fleet made a junction with General Sherman off the mouth of the Savannah River after Sherman's memorable march to the sea.
He was later in command of the fleet which was sent to protect American fishermen from the British of the coast of Nova Scotia. President Grant sent him on a confidential mission to several American embassies and later appointed him Minister to Colombia."
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The Washington Herald
Wednesday, April 26, 1916
"COMMANDER ERNEST DICHMAN IS BURIED
Last Rites Conducted for Civil War Veteran and Former Minister to Colombia.
Lieut. Commander Ernest Dichman, a civil war veteran, who resigned from the navy in 1871, and died in New York City last week, was buried In Arlington yesterday with military honors.
Commander Dichman was born in Wisconsin and appointed to the Naval Academy from that State in September, 1860. He was graduated in an advance class in May, 1863, when he was commissioned ensign. He served as flag lieutenant of the staff of Rear Admiral Dahlgren in the civil war. He won rapid promotion and reached the grade of lieutenant commander in 1868, resigning in 1871 to take up the practice of law In Washington.
In 1878, President Hayes appointed him Minister to Colombia on the eve of the Panama Canal project. He retired from the diplomatic service In 1883, and resumed the practice of law in New York City, continuing In active practice until his death. He leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Grattan Colley Dichman, is a lieutenant in the navy. The daughter is the wife of First Lieut. T. H. Bane, Sixth Cavalry, U.S.A. A son, Earnest Dichman, is an electrical engineer."
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Findagrave Link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/49228600/ernest-jefferson-dic...
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(2) Lieutenant Commander, Edmund Orville Matthews (1836 - 1911)
Edmund Orville Matthews was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1836, and died in Cambridge, Mass., in 1911 at age 74; he is buried in Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island. As noted in the two obituaries, below, Matthews eventually attained the rank of Rear Admiral.
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The Washington Herald
Tuesday, January 31, 1911
"Admiral Edmund O. Matthews.
Boston. Jan 30.-- Rear Admiral Edmund Orville Matthews, U. S. N, retired, died at his home in Cambridge last night, aged seventy-five. He was born in Baltimore, and in I851 was appointed from Missouri to the United States Naval Academy. He saw service on the Wabash In the early part of the civil war, and served on the South Atlantic blockading squadron. He came to Boston in 1887, and remained as captain of the navy yard until 1890. He was retired from active service in 1898, and since then had lived In Cambridge. He married Hattie R. Hammond, of Newport, who, with a daughter, survives him."
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
Monday, January 30, 1911
"ADMIRAL MATTHEWS DEAD.
Retired Naval Officer Had Been in Poor Health Over a Year.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 30--Admiral Edmund Orville Matthews, U. S.N., retired, died at his home here today. Rear Admiral Matthews had been in poor health for more than a year. He was born in Baltimore in 1836. During the civil war Rear Admiral Matthews participated in the capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet and in the battle at Tullifinny Cross Roads. He was made a rear admiral June 10, 1897, and was retired October 24, 1898. From 1891 to 1894 Rear Admiral Matthews was chief of the bureau of yards and docks. In the latter year he was elected president of the examining and retiring boards, holding the office until his own retirement."
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Findagrave link (has additional photos): www.findagrave.com/memorial/42355387/edmund-orville-matthews
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(3) Fleet Paymaster, James Horatio Watmough (1822-1917)
James Horatio Watmough was born in Pennsylvania in 1822 and died in 1917, at age 95; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. As noted in his obituary, below, Watmough eventually attained the rank of Rear Admiral.
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, January 18, 1917
"ADMIRAL WATMOUGH DIES IN NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
Veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars
Passes Away at His Home in This City.
REAR ADMIRAL J. H. WATMOUGH.
Rear Admiral James Horatio Watmough, U. S. N., retired, former pay director of the navy, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and probably the oldest man who has ever served in the navy, died at the family residence, 2144 Wyoming avenue, today shortly after 8 o'clock. He was in his ninety-fifth year and had been ill for several days of grip.
Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 23d street, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the rector, Rev. Dr. Robert Talbot, officiating. Rev. G. W. Atkinson, jr., rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, will assist. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery, with naval honors.
Mrs. Watmough, who was formerly Miss Annie Bowie Harris of this city, survives, together with a daughter of Admiral Watmough by a former marriage, Mrs. E. C. Griffith of this city and formerly of Paris, France.
Hoisted First U. S. Flag in California
Admiral Watmough was responsible for the hoisting of the first United States flag in California, when the naval forces landed there during the Mexican war. He ordered the flag hoisted by one or the small force in which he was in command at that time, and shortly thereafter gave $5 to the man who set the flag flying.
It is believed that Admiral Watmough was the last living man who sailed on the Constitution when that ship was in active service. After serving in the Mexican war, Admiral Watmough was seeing service on the African coast and returned to this country shortly after the outbreak of the civil war.
Advanced to Rear Admiral.
He served as acting midshipman in the navy from 1843 to 1844, being made paymaster December 12 of the latter year, and in the war with Mexico he was commander of Santa Clara and on Jose, Cal. While in the civil war he was fleet paymaster of the South Atlantic squadron in 1864 and 1865, serving in a number of important actions. He was later made general pay inspector of the navy and from 1873 to 1877 was paymaster general. He retired from active service in 1884, and in June, 1906, was advanced to the rank of rear admiral.
Admiral Watmough was born at Whitemarsh, Pa., in 1822, and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania. His first wife was Miss Emmeline Sheaff, who died in 1904. He married Miss Harris in 1907.
He was one of the six original members of the Astec Club of 1847, and also belonged to the Union Club of New York, Loyal Legion, Order of Naval Wars of the United States, Society of the War of 1812, and the Society of Colonial Wars."
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/49334556/james-horatio-watmough
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(4) Fleet Captain, Lieutenant Commander, Joseph M. Bradford (Abt. 1826 - 1872)
Joseph M. Bradford was born in Tennessee about 1826 and died in April 1872, age 46, at the naval hospital in Portsmouth, Va. He is buried in Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire along with his wife Georgette, who died during the war, in Feb. 1864, at age 29, a year before this stereograph was taken. They had two children.
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In General Order No. 64, Rear-Admiral Dahlgren expressed his appreciation for his staff’s service, below are his remarks regarding Fleet Captain Bradford:
“Charleston Harbor, S.C., June 16, 1865
It is but due, before leaving, that I should signify in general orders my appreciation of the officers of the staff whose ready assistance has so often contributed to lighten my labors.
First is Fleet Captain Joseph M. Bradford. Perhaps no one but a commander-in-chief can rightly understand the many and never-ceasing cares imposed by the proper discharge of the duties of this office, especially in war, and in a command so large as this has been, to say nothing of the abnegation of all opportunity of personal distinction which such a position demands. I shall never think but with great pleasure and satisfaction of the excellent service which this gentleman has rendered, and the never-failing energy with which he has discharged his many onerous duties….”
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From “Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography,” published 1887:
“Bradford, Joseph M., naval officer, b. in Sumner co., Tenn., Nov., 1824; d. in Norfolk, Va., April 1872. He entered the navy as midshipman, 10 Jan., 1840; became a lieutenant, 16 Sept., 1855; a commander, 25 July, 1866; retired 5 Feb., 1872, and was made a captain on the retired list, 16 March, 1872. He was fleet-captain of the South Atlantic blockading squadron from November, 1863, till June, 1865, during which period he saw severe service and performed his difficult duties to the satisfaction of his superior officers.”
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Findagrave Link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/11717674/joseph-m-bradford
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(5) Commander, Rear-Admiral, John Adolphus Dahlgren (1809- 1870)
John A. Dahlgren was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1809, and died in Philadelphia at age 60; he is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. Dahlgren was married twice and, according to the Findagrave website posting, had nine children. The most famous of his offspring was Uric Dahlgren, who lost a leg at Gettysburg, and was later killed by the Confederates in a controversial Cavalry raid near Richmond in 1864. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren was much distressed to learn of what he describes in his diary as “…the brutality offered to the inanimate body….it was stripped ….the finger cut off to get the ring…“
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From Wikipedia: “John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery. Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft and shore installations. He then introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, that became the U.S. Navy's standard armament.
In the Civil War, Dahlgren was made commander of the Washington Navy Yard, where he established the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the rank of rear admiral. He helped William Tecumseh Sherman secure Savannah, Georgia.”
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/12921/john-adolphus_bernard-d...
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(6) Acting Ensign, Walter Cooper (? – ?)
Unfortunately, my research on Walter Cooper came up empty. I assume a more thorough search of official Navy personnel records would be fruitful. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren refers to him in one line in his General Order No. 64, expressing his appreciation of his staff:
“Nor must I omit my thanks to Mr. Secretary Peterson, Mr. Cooper, and other members of the clerical department of the staff.”
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(7) Fleet Surgeon, William R. Johnson, Jr. ( 1804 - 1876)
William Johnson was born in Delaware in 1804 and died in 1876, at age 72; he is buried along with his wife, Maryetta, in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware. Based on his various navy appointments, Johnson evidently experienced firsthand the Navy recruiting slogan of, “Join the Navy, see the world.”
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The following summary of Johnson’s naval service is from “The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps,” published 1870:
“SURGEON WILLIAM JOHNSON, Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, August 16, 1826.Promoted to Surgeon, April 4, 1831; sloop Boston, West India Squadron, 1834-9; Navy Yard, New York, 1840-2; Fleet-Surgeon, Pacific Squadron, 1842-5; Navy Yard, Boston, 1846-8; Fleet-Surgeon, African Squadron, 1848-51; Navy Yard, Boston, 1852-5; Naval Hospital, Pensacola, 1857-8; Fleet-Surgeon, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-60; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1861-3; Fleet-Surgeon, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; special duty, Philadelphia, 1866; Navy Yard, Boston, 1867; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1868-70.”
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/118111386/william-johnson
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(8) Acting Volunteer Lieutenant and Pilot, William Haffards (1816 – 1881)
William Haffards was born in 1816 and died in 1881 at age 64; he is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in South Yarmouth, Mass. He was married and had at least one child. I didn’t find much information on Haffards, except the interesting story (link below) about his house. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren does mention Haffards in General Order No. 64, expressing his appreciation of his staff:
“Fleet Pilot and Lieutenant Haffards has also deserved good mention for faithful service at all times. He has generally piloted the flag-ship in action with the rebels.”
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The Cape Cod Times has an interesting story on Haffard’s 1850’s house in South Yarmouth, Mass., at this link: www.capecodtimes.com/story/business/2015/12/27/from-capta...
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/166922600/william-haffards
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(9) Fleet Engineer, Robert Danby (1821 – 1886)
Robert Danby was born in Delaware in 1821 and died in 1887 at age 65; he is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Findagrave has a short bio at the link below, but the Green-Wood Cemetery has a really nice write-up on their website. Their Civil War biographies are grouped together althabetically, so you’ll have to scroll down to Danby’s name after clicking on the link here: www.green-wood.com/2015/civil-war-biographies-cullen-deca...
In addition to those bios, below are a couple short obituaries that provide a brief summary of his life and career.
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The National Tribune
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, January 13, 1887
"Danby, Capt. Robert Danby, of the Engineer Corps, U. S. N., died in Brooklyn, N. Y from a complication of diseases. He entered the service from Massachusetts in 1845 as Third Assistant Engineer. He was regularly promoted until he received his commission as Chief Engineer on June 26, 1856. When Fort Sumter was fired upon Mr. Danby was at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and he was retained on special duty there until 1863, when he became Fleet Engineer of the South Atlantic Squadron, remaining there until 1865. He was then ordered to special duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he remained until 1869, and then was ordered as inspector of Machinery Afloat to New Orleans. He was again ordered to special duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1872, and remained there three years, when he went to the Norfolk Navy Yard on special duty. Capt. Danby six years ago while out driving was thrown from his carriage, receiving severe injuries, from which he never really recovered. He lay for several days at that time between life and death."
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
Monday, January 3, 1887
"Death of a Retired Naval Officer.—Chief Engineer Danby, U.S.N., died of pneumonia at his home in Brooklyn last Friday. Three years ago he retired from active service at the age of 62. As first assistant engineer he did duty on the steam frigate Massachusetts when Commodore Perry made his expedition to Japan and trip around the world. He was fleet engineer of the South Atlantic blockading squadron in the war, with headquarters at Port Royal. He leaves a wife and five grown-up children."
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/137097469/robert-danby
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Red/Cyan (not red/blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting. Anaglyph prepared using red cyan glasses from The Center For Civil War Photography / American Battlefield Trust. CCWP Link: www.civilwarphotography.org/
3D red/cyan anaglyph created from glass plate stereograph at Library of Congress - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: www.loc.gov/pictures/
LOC Title: Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (fifth from left) and staff aboard U.S.S. Pawnee
Date: June 17, 1865
Photographer: Not Identified
Link to glass plate: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018666841/
Notes: The Library of Congress (LOC) website provided this historic stereograph of Rear-Admiral Dahlgren and part of the staff of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, aboard the U.S.S. Pawnee in Charleston harbor, on June 17, 1865. This was the day that Dahlgren and the Pawnee departed Charleston and headed to Washington, D.C. , where later, on July 11, President Lincoln and cabinet were to come on board for a visit, at Dahlgren’s invitation.
The LOC has two different versions of this scene, with some of the officers moving around between shots; staff officers are not identified. The Naval History and Heritage Command website has this well-known photo too, but they do not identify any of the staff officers either. The NARA website also has the two versions of this scene and provide six names for the nine officers, but don’t specify who is who.
Which brings me to the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection. They have one of the largest Civil War photo collections in the world, but, unfortunately, their search engine, at the moment, appears to be completely broken. For example, a query on the terms “Antietam” and “Gettysburg” brought back no photos at all. There are 136 “volumes” in the MOLLUS-MASS collection with thousands of photos, but thumbnails don’t appear until you open each volume and click each photo link in turn. Without a viable search engine, it’s a time consuming process to find specific items.
After opening about 50 MOLLUS-Mass volumes, and clicking each link, in Vol. 63, page- 3127, up-came a print of one of the two versions of this scene, with all nine officers identified – names annotated under each man, in the bottom margin. Turns out that three of the names were misspelled, but close enough to be able to go to naval records and pin them down.
So thanks to the U.S Army, below are listed all the Navy officers’ names, with what background information I could readily find on each, starting from the left of the stereograph and moving to the right:
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(1) Ensign, Ernest Jefferson Dichman (1845 - 1916)
Ernest Jefferson Dichman was born in Wisconsin in 1845, and died in New York City in 1916, at age 70; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Below are two obituaries for Dichman.
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New York Tribune
Sunday, April 23, 1916
DICHMAN FUNERAL HELD
"Veteran Naval Officer To Be Buried in Arlington Cemetery.
The funeral of Lieutenant Commander Ernest Dichman, U. S. N. (retired) was held yesterday afternoon in the mortuary chapel of Edward Gordon's Son by the Rev. Father Sullivan, C. S.P. of the Paulist Fathers. Two sons, one of whom is a naval officer, were present. Burial will take place in the national cemetery at Arlington.
Commander Dichman was the son of a poor Wisconsin farmer, having been born on a pioneer farm seventy years ago. He was graduated at the Naval Academy and attained the rank of lieutenant commander during the Civil War on the staff of Admiral Dahlgren.
He saw service in a number of naval engagements and was a staff officer on Dahlgren's flagship when the fleet made a junction with General Sherman off the mouth of the Savannah River after Sherman's memorable march to the sea.
He was later in command of the fleet which was sent to protect American fishermen from the British of the coast of Nova Scotia. President Grant sent him on a confidential mission to several American embassies and later appointed him Minister to Colombia."
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The Washington Herald
Wednesday, April 26, 1916
"COMMANDER ERNEST DICHMAN IS BURIED
Last Rites Conducted for Civil War Veteran and Former Minister to Colombia.
Lieut. Commander Ernest Dichman, a civil war veteran, who resigned from the navy in 1871, and died in New York City last week, was buried In Arlington yesterday with military honors.
Commander Dichman was born in Wisconsin and appointed to the Naval Academy from that State in September, 1860. He was graduated in an advance class in May, 1863, when he was commissioned ensign. He served as flag lieutenant of the staff of Rear Admiral Dahlgren in the civil war. He won rapid promotion and reached the grade of lieutenant commander in 1868, resigning in 1871 to take up the practice of law In Washington.
In 1878, President Hayes appointed him Minister to Colombia on the eve of the Panama Canal project. He retired from the diplomatic service In 1883, and resumed the practice of law in New York City, continuing In active practice until his death. He leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Grattan Colley Dichman, is a lieutenant in the navy. The daughter is the wife of First Lieut. T. H. Bane, Sixth Cavalry, U.S.A. A son, Earnest Dichman, is an electrical engineer."
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Findagrave Link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/49228600/ernest-jefferson-dic...
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(2) Lieutenant Commander, Edmund Orville Matthews (1836 - 1911)
Edmund Orville Matthews was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1836, and died in Cambridge, Mass., in 1911 at age 74; he is buried in Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island. As noted in the two obituaries, below, Matthews eventually attained the rank of Rear Admiral.
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The Washington Herald
Tuesday, January 31, 1911
"Admiral Edmund O. Matthews.
Boston. Jan 30.-- Rear Admiral Edmund Orville Matthews, U. S. N, retired, died at his home in Cambridge last night, aged seventy-five. He was born in Baltimore, and in I851 was appointed from Missouri to the United States Naval Academy. He saw service on the Wabash In the early part of the civil war, and served on the South Atlantic blockading squadron. He came to Boston in 1887, and remained as captain of the navy yard until 1890. He was retired from active service in 1898, and since then had lived In Cambridge. He married Hattie R. Hammond, of Newport, who, with a daughter, survives him."
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
Monday, January 30, 1911
"ADMIRAL MATTHEWS DEAD.
Retired Naval Officer Had Been in Poor Health Over a Year.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 30--Admiral Edmund Orville Matthews, U. S.N., retired, died at his home here today. Rear Admiral Matthews had been in poor health for more than a year. He was born in Baltimore in 1836. During the civil war Rear Admiral Matthews participated in the capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet and in the battle at Tullifinny Cross Roads. He was made a rear admiral June 10, 1897, and was retired October 24, 1898. From 1891 to 1894 Rear Admiral Matthews was chief of the bureau of yards and docks. In the latter year he was elected president of the examining and retiring boards, holding the office until his own retirement."
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Findagrave link (has additional photos): www.findagrave.com/memorial/42355387/edmund-orville-matthews
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(3) Fleet Paymaster, James Horatio Watmough (1822-1917)
James Horatio Watmough was born in Pennsylvania in 1822 and died in 1917, at age 95; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. As noted in his obituary, below, Watmough eventually attained the rank of Rear Admiral.
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, January 18, 1917
"ADMIRAL WATMOUGH DIES IN NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
Veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars
Passes Away at His Home in This City.
REAR ADMIRAL J. H. WATMOUGH.
Rear Admiral James Horatio Watmough, U. S. N., retired, former pay director of the navy, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and probably the oldest man who has ever served in the navy, died at the family residence, 2144 Wyoming avenue, today shortly after 8 o'clock. He was in his ninety-fifth year and had been ill for several days of grip.
Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 23d street, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the rector, Rev. Dr. Robert Talbot, officiating. Rev. G. W. Atkinson, jr., rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, will assist. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery, with naval honors.
Mrs. Watmough, who was formerly Miss Annie Bowie Harris of this city, survives, together with a daughter of Admiral Watmough by a former marriage, Mrs. E. C. Griffith of this city and formerly of Paris, France.
Hoisted First U. S. Flag in California
Admiral Watmough was responsible for the hoisting of the first United States flag in California, when the naval forces landed there during the Mexican war. He ordered the flag hoisted by one or the small force in which he was in command at that time, and shortly thereafter gave $5 to the man who set the flag flying.
It is believed that Admiral Watmough was the last living man who sailed on the Constitution when that ship was in active service. After serving in the Mexican war, Admiral Watmough was seeing service on the African coast and returned to this country shortly after the outbreak of the civil war.
Advanced to Rear Admiral.
He served as acting midshipman in the navy from 1843 to 1844, being made paymaster December 12 of the latter year, and in the war with Mexico he was commander of Santa Clara and on Jose, Cal. While in the civil war he was fleet paymaster of the South Atlantic squadron in 1864 and 1865, serving in a number of important actions. He was later made general pay inspector of the navy and from 1873 to 1877 was paymaster general. He retired from active service in 1884, and in June, 1906, was advanced to the rank of rear admiral.
Admiral Watmough was born at Whitemarsh, Pa., in 1822, and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania. His first wife was Miss Emmeline Sheaff, who died in 1904. He married Miss Harris in 1907.
He was one of the six original members of the Astec Club of 1847, and also belonged to the Union Club of New York, Loyal Legion, Order of Naval Wars of the United States, Society of the War of 1812, and the Society of Colonial Wars."
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/49334556/james-horatio-watmough
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(4) Fleet Captain, Lieutenant Commander, Joseph M. Bradford (Abt. 1826 - 1872)
Joseph M. Bradford was born in Tennessee about 1826 and died in April 1872, age 46, at the naval hospital in Portsmouth, Va. He is buried in Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, New Hampshire along with his wife Georgette, who died during the war, in Feb. 1864, at age 29, a year before this stereograph was taken. They had two children.
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In General Order No. 64, Rear-Admiral Dahlgren expressed his appreciation for his staff’s service, below are his remarks regarding Fleet Captain Bradford:
“Charleston Harbor, S.C., June 16, 1865
It is but due, before leaving, that I should signify in general orders my appreciation of the officers of the staff whose ready assistance has so often contributed to lighten my labors.
First is Fleet Captain Joseph M. Bradford. Perhaps no one but a commander-in-chief can rightly understand the many and never-ceasing cares imposed by the proper discharge of the duties of this office, especially in war, and in a command so large as this has been, to say nothing of the abnegation of all opportunity of personal distinction which such a position demands. I shall never think but with great pleasure and satisfaction of the excellent service which this gentleman has rendered, and the never-failing energy with which he has discharged his many onerous duties….”
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From “Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography,” published 1887:
“Bradford, Joseph M., naval officer, b. in Sumner co., Tenn., Nov., 1824; d. in Norfolk, Va., April 1872. He entered the navy as midshipman, 10 Jan., 1840; became a lieutenant, 16 Sept., 1855; a commander, 25 July, 1866; retired 5 Feb., 1872, and was made a captain on the retired list, 16 March, 1872. He was fleet-captain of the South Atlantic blockading squadron from November, 1863, till June, 1865, during which period he saw severe service and performed his difficult duties to the satisfaction of his superior officers.”
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Findagrave Link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/11717674/joseph-m-bradford
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(5) Commander, Rear-Admiral, John Adolphus Dahlgren (1809- 1870)
John A. Dahlgren was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1809, and died in Philadelphia at age 60; he is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. Dahlgren was married twice and, according to the Findagrave website posting, had nine children. The most famous of his offspring was Uric Dahlgren, who lost a leg at Gettysburg, and was later killed by the Confederates in a controversial Cavalry raid near Richmond in 1864. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren was much distressed to learn of what he describes in his diary as “…the brutality offered to the inanimate body….it was stripped ….the finger cut off to get the ring…“
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From Wikipedia: “John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery. Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft and shore installations. He then introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, that became the U.S. Navy's standard armament.
In the Civil War, Dahlgren was made commander of the Washington Navy Yard, where he established the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the rank of rear admiral. He helped William Tecumseh Sherman secure Savannah, Georgia.”
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/12921/john-adolphus_bernard-d...
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(6) Acting Ensign, Walter Cooper (? – ?)
Unfortunately, my research on Walter Cooper came up empty. I assume a more thorough search of official Navy personnel records would be fruitful. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren refers to him in one line in his General Order No. 64, expressing his appreciation of his staff:
“Nor must I omit my thanks to Mr. Secretary Peterson, Mr. Cooper, and other members of the clerical department of the staff.”
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(7) Fleet Surgeon, William R. Johnson, Jr. ( 1804 - 1876)
William Johnson was born in Delaware in 1804 and died in 1876, at age 72; he is buried along with his wife, Maryetta, in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware. Based on his various navy appointments, Johnson evidently experienced firsthand the Navy recruiting slogan of, “Join the Navy, see the world.”
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The following summary of Johnson’s naval service is from “The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps,” published 1870:
“SURGEON WILLIAM JOHNSON, Born in Delaware. Appointed from Delaware, August 16, 1826.Promoted to Surgeon, April 4, 1831; sloop Boston, West India Squadron, 1834-9; Navy Yard, New York, 1840-2; Fleet-Surgeon, Pacific Squadron, 1842-5; Navy Yard, Boston, 1846-8; Fleet-Surgeon, African Squadron, 1848-51; Navy Yard, Boston, 1852-5; Naval Hospital, Pensacola, 1857-8; Fleet-Surgeon, Mediterranean Squadron, 1858-60; Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1861-3; Fleet-Surgeon, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-5; special duty, Philadelphia, 1866; Navy Yard, Boston, 1867; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1868-70.”
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/118111386/william-johnson
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(8) Acting Volunteer Lieutenant and Pilot, William Haffards (1816 – 1881)
William Haffards was born in 1816 and died in 1881 at age 64; he is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in South Yarmouth, Mass. He was married and had at least one child. I didn’t find much information on Haffards, except the interesting story (link below) about his house. Rear-Admiral Dahlgren does mention Haffards in General Order No. 64, expressing his appreciation for his staff:
“Fleet Pilot and Lieutenant Haffards has also deserved good mention for faithful service at all times. He has generally piloted the flag-ship in action with the rebels.”
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The Cape Cod Times has an interesting story on Haffard’s 1850’s house in South Yarmouth, Mass., at this link: www.capecodtimes.com/story/business/2015/12/27/from-capta...
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/166922600/william-haffards
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(9) Fleet Engineer, Robert Danby (1821 – 1886)
Robert Danby was born in Delaware in 1821 and died in 1887 at age 65; he is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Findagrave has a short bio at the link below, but the Green-Wood Cemetery has a really nice write-up on their website. Their Civil War biographies are grouped together althabetically, so you’ll have to scroll down to Danby’s name after clicking on the link here: www.green-wood.com/2015/civil-war-biographies-cullen-deca...
In addition to those bios, below are a couple short obituaries that provide a brief summary of his life and career.
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The National Tribune
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, January 13, 1887
"Danby, Capt. Robert Danby, of the Engineer Corps, U. S. N., died in Brooklyn, N. Y from a complication of diseases. He entered the service from Massachusetts in 1845 as Third Assistant Engineer. He was regularly promoted until he received his commission as Chief Engineer on June 26, 1856. When Fort Sumter was fired upon Mr. Danby was at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and he was retained on special duty there until 1863, when he became Fleet Engineer of the South Atlantic Squadron, remaining there until 1865. He was then ordered to special duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he remained until 1869, and then was ordered as inspector of Machinery Afloat to New Orleans. He was again ordered to special duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1872, and remained there three years, when he went to the Norfolk Navy Yard on special duty. Capt. Danby six years ago while out driving was thrown from his carriage, receiving severe injuries, from which he never really recovered. He lay for several days at that time between life and death."
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The Evening Star
Washington, D.C.
Monday, January 3, 1887
"Death of a Retired Naval Officer.—Chief Engineer Danby, U.S.N., died of pneumonia at his home in Brooklyn last Friday. Three years ago he retired from active service at the age of 62. As first assistant engineer he did duty on the steam frigate Massachusetts when Commodore Perry made his expedition to Japan and trip around the world. He was fleet engineer of the South Atlantic blockading squadron in the war, with headquarters at Port Royal. He leaves a wife and five grown-up children."
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Findagrave link: www.findagrave.com/memorial/137097469/robert-danby
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Red/Cyan (not red/blue) glasses of the proper density must be used to view 3D effect without ghosting. Anaglyph prepared using red cyan glasses from The Center For Civil War Photography / American Battlefield Trust. CCWP Link: www.civilwarphotography.org/
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Cape Cod Times
By KERRI KELLEHER
kkelleher@capecodonline.com
June 29, 2014
CHATHAM — Inside the office of Mooncusser Films, filmmaker Chris Seufert sits at his computer and relives a scene he shot almost two decades ago.
On the computer screen is an image of the late artist Edward Gorey, sitting cross-legged in the kitchen of his Yarmouth Port home, one ring-clad hand stroking his pet cat. Gorey is recounting a time in New York City and his fondness for the ballet and, just as he is about to burst into laughter, Seufert presses the pause button.
This scene will be one of many included in Seufert's upcoming documentary about Gorey, a project that, after 18 years in the making, will soon be gracing the silver screen.
"It's hard to find Edward the person, himself, and that's what this is about," Seufert said. From 1996 until Gorey's death in 2000, Seufert filmed the artist on a regular basis, capturing his daily routines and the occasional interview.
Over the four years of filming, Seufert forged a close bond with Gorey, gaining access to the life of the innovative, and often reclusive, bohemian.
Seufert first started shooting the documentary when he was a young filmmaker in his late 20s. With a background in anthropological filmmaking, Seufert was inspired by observational cinema and the use of unedited film to showcase a subject's true form. While he originally intended to film scenes of Gorey performing different tasks and then have interviews of him reflecting on said tasks, the plans quickly changed.
"I would ask him about the significance of his work, and he would start talking about Meryl Streep," Seufert said. "He was giving me what he wanted the world to know about him, and it was some pretty eccentric stuff."
Although the documentary is coming together, it is not the same film that Seufert set out to make. Gorey's sudden death from heart failure at age 75 came as a surprise to Seufert, and was nothing like what he had prepared for. "For me, those four years were, in one sense, test footage. It was a very long term plan.” Seufert said, "In a parallel universe, I'm still shooting and Edward's 88. If he was still alive we’d still be going.”
To balance the film, Seufert combines his footage and interviews of Gorey with animation and interviews of the artist's friends and colleagues. "I want it to feel like you spent a day with Edward," Seufert said. Seufert hopes to gain interviews from award-winning filmmaker Tim Burton and Daniel Handler, author of the best-selling book series "A Series of Unfortunate Events," both of whom credit Gorey for influencing them in their own creative pursuits.
For an award-winning author, illustrator, and playwright, Gorey was often misunderstood by the public, according to director and curator of the Edward Gorey House, Rick Jones. "People always thought that he was both British and dead; at least now they're half right," Jones said.
Gorey was not fond of being called "macabre" or "sinister" either, according to Greg Hischak, assistant director at the Gorey House. In fact, Gorey's works were mostly reflective of his dark sense of humor, according to Hischak, "He wasn't sinister or macabre; he was just having fun with that."
As a person and artist, Gorey never took himself too seriously, according to Seufert, and maintaining Gorey's sense of humor in the documentary is a major interest. "I hope that I keep it honest and unrefined enough to be fun," Seufert said. "I hope he would laugh, and he would laugh at himself."
Gorey was exceptionally humble and never sought out fame with his works, according to Seufert. "I think he is one of the greatest documentary subjects who ever lived, and he would hate that."
In September, Seufert plans to submit the finished documentary to the Sundance Film Festival. To comply with festival rules, which prohibit submissions from premiering anywhere prior to entry, Seufert has opted to show rough-cut footage from the documentary to local audiences. "Showing the project in its raw, ugly, unfinished state has been really good for the project. I've been able to see how the stuff goes over," Seufert said.
The screenings also help set deadlines, according to Seufert, that keep the project moving toward its upcoming Sundance entry.
Rough-cut premieres have proven effective in fundraising for the untitled film as well, Seufert said. Between screenings and a campaign on the fundraising website Kickstarter, Seufert has raised more than $60,000 for the film. Proceeds allow Seufert to license footage and artwork for use in the film.
Now, after 18 years, Seufert is almost ready to say goodbye to the subject that has been by his side for almost his entire filmmaking career. While Seufert gets ready to put the film to rest, he plans to take with him a lesson that Gorey taught him in their days of filming.
"He taught me to follow my bliss. When you do that, the world opens for you."
For more information about the Edward Gorey documentary go to www.edwardgoreyfilm.com.
Taken in 2015.
A pretty blonde on the set of a crowd scene about to be shot under the S-bahn station at Hackescher Markt in Berlin. Two props in the scene (not visible in this shot) were newspaper boxes for the Boston Herald and the Cape Cod Times, which seemed to put the action in Boston -- where we live! (I wondered if they could have used someone -- like me! -- with a real Boston accent.)
Sign on Wellfleet town beaches, summer 2016. When "Jaws" was filmed, Great Whites were rare-to-unheard-of on Cape Cod, the setting for the movie. About 15 years ago I attended a presentation by Massachusetts's shark biologist, who noted that the Cape's seal population was rebounding after legal protections were established; he predicted that within a decade, great white sharks would begin to patrol the waters of one of the most popular vacation hot spots in the NorthEast. He was right, as noted in this link .
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www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10980519/Experts-warn-...
Experts warn that the US could soon lose control of monkeypox due to lack of testing and limited access to vaccines
■ Some experts are warning the monkeypox could get out of control due to failures by health officials
■ Testing capacity in America is still limited even over a month after the outbreak began in late May
■ Access to vaccines is being improved by officials but some have still complained of limited supply and lack of information being available
■ The U.S. has recorded 460 cases of the tropical virus though true case figures are likely much higher
Some experts are warning that gaps in testing and vaccine coverage for monkeypox will leave the United States vulnerable to losing control of its tropical virus outbreak.
Public health leaders from the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) and George Washington University (GW) warn that a fractured and lacking response to the outbreak so far can have severe consequences.
Previous experts have warned that the virus has likely been spreading undetected in the U.S. for some time, and fear it could become endemic in the nation is not curbed soon.
As of Friday - the most recently available data - the U.S. has logged 460 cases across 31 states and the District of Columbia. Iowa is believed to have recorded its first case over the weekend as well, though Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures have not yet reflected it.
'Where we have lagged is streamlining testing, making vaccines available, streamlining access to the best therapeutics,' David Harvey, executive director of the NCSD told The Hill.
'All three areas have been bureaucratic and slow, and that means we haven't contained this outbreak.'
Testing for the virus has been a slow and arduous process so far. When a patient begins exhibiting symptoms of the virus they are first examined for the orthopox family of viruses.
The lineage includes monkeypox - along with the extinct smallpox virus - and it is likely that anyone who tests positive for it does have the tropical infection.
In order to confirm a monkeypox case, samples must be sent to the CDC for testing, where it is then confirmed.
Testing is slow, though. Access to these test is limited as well. This makes many experts fear that cases are going undetected.
The federal government has taken steps to expand capacity but access to tests is still relatively limited.
There have also been cases detected so far with no links to international travel or to another case of the virus - meaning there is some undetected circulation of the virus ongoing.
'We've been sort of screaming for a month about how bad the diagnostic situation is for monkeypox,' James Krellenstein, cofounder of Prep4All, told The Hill.
'And that really was a clear error, preventable, and it's very clear that this administration has not learned lessons from early Covid.'
The nation's vaccine rollout has been under intense scrutiny as well.
American officials have ordered around 4.4 million doses of the Jynneos vaccine - including an additional 2.5 million last week.
Getting the shots into arms has been a challenge, though. New York City had its first public vaccine event two weeks ago - ahead of Pride festivities in the Big Apple - but demand for the jabs was so high officials had to cut off walk-in appointments in a matter of hours.
People waiting at the clinic for the shot told DailyMail.com that the barely a thousand doses available as 'ridiculous' in a city of nearly eight million.
Other eager recipients accused officials of giving 'contradictory' information on how to get jabbed.
Some experts are comparing the currently broken response to monkeypox to that of COVID-19 when it first erupted in March 2020.
'I think we'll continue to repeat these mistakes because that's been our track record. That's been our track record,' Jon Andrus, a global health professor at GW, said.
'We've had, what, more than five or six waves of Covid, and we seem every time to be a little bit caught off guard,... stopping transmission requires that we're all reading from the same page. We all have the same road map.'
Read more:
Advocates warn US at risk of losing control on monkeypox | The Hill
Monkeypox is hitting the gay community the hardest, state official says
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Wandering Harper Jesse Elmer Doane at Wellfleet Harbor. www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150710/NEWS/150719936
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A roadside memorial for a woman that died from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident in Eastham, MA,
The memorial is located on Rt. 6 East, opposite 4295 State Highway, Eastham, MA 02642 (Cape Cod)
I found the rider’s obituary on-line:
obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=laurie-a...
And a news report:
A roadside memorial for a woman that died from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident in Eastham, MA,
The memorial is located on Rt. 6 East, opposite 4295 State Highway, Eastham, MA 02642 (Cape Cod)
I found the rider’s obituary on-line:
obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=laurie-a...
And a news report:
A roadside memorial for a woman that died from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident in Eastham, MA,
The memorial is located on Rt. 6 East, opposite 4295 State Highway, Eastham, MA 02642 (Cape Cod)
I found the rider’s obituary on-line:
obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=laurie-a...
And a news report:
Earlier we saw a crowd scene being filmed here under the Hackescher Markt S-bahn station. Coming back later we saw that two of the movie's props had been left behind -- newspaper vending machines from the Boston area, which led us to assume that the crowd was supposed to be in Boston. This one is for the Cape Cod Times, a small paper published in Hyannis, on Cape Cod, about 90 miles from Boston. It's not a machine you're likely to see on any Boston street.
credit: Merrily Cassidy / Cape Cod Times
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Wandering Harper Jesse Elmer Doane at Wellfleet Harbor. www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150710/NEWS/150719936
Wandering Harper Jesse Elmer Doane at Wellfleet Harbor. www.capecodtimes.com/article/20150710/NEWS/150719936
A roadside memorial for a woman that died from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident in Eastham, MA,
The memorial is located on Rt. 6 East, opposite 4295 State Highway, Eastham, MA 02642 (Cape Cod)
I found the rider’s obituary on-line:
obits.lohud.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=laurie-a...
And a news report:
Taken in 2015.
Earlier we saw a crowd scene being filmed here under the Hackescher Markt S-bahn station in Berlin. Coming back later we saw that two of the movie's props had been left behind -- newspaper vending machines from the Boston area, which led us to assume that the crowd was supposed to be in Boston. One was for the Boston Herald. This one was for the Cape Cod Times, a small paper published in Hyannis, on Cape Cod, about 80 miles (130 km) from Boston. It's not a machine you'd likely see on a Boston street.