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General Horace Porter Tablet

Dedicated: 1939
Location: Riverside Drive at 122nd Street (Grant’s Tomb Terrace)
Description: Flagstaff base with plaque
Materials: Somesound granite, bronze
Dimensions: H: 6’1 ½” Diameter: 8′
Donor: President Grant Monument Association, and DPR
Cast: circa 1939

Inscription

IN MEMORIAM / HORACE PORTER / AIDE DE CAMP AND MILITARY SECRETARY/
CHATTANOOGA 1863-VIRGINIA 1864-5 / BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A. –
AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE / PRESIDENT GRANT MONUMENT ASSOCIATION/
1891-1919/

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