Headquarters Tour: Part 1

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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Previous SAR Headquarters, both in Washington DC:

1927-1959: 1227 - 16th St NW

1959-1977: 2412 Massachusetts Ave.

Entry Hall

Cannoneers - full scale figures
(there is now a full-scale replica cannon with them)

Michael Hillegass first treasurer of the U.S.
-- by Gregory Stapko
(gift of FPG Reon G. Hillegass, Jr.)

Samuel Adams (MA) about 1722,
signer of the Declaration of Independence
-- artist unknown, after the original by John Singleton Copley

Signing of the Declaration of Independence
-- artist unknown, after the original by John Trumbull
(at the Yale University Art Gallery)

Mercy Otis Warren (no photo)

The Spirit of '76
-- by Frank H. Zeitler after the original by Archibald Willard
(in Abbot Hall, Marblehead MA)

Judge Jacob Burnet (U.S. Senator) (no photo)

Henry Laurens (no photo)

Charles Caroll (MD), signer of the Declaration of Independence
-- artist unknown

Headquarters Tour: Part 2

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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 Roddis Board Room

"The Death of Joseph Warren"
(also know as "The Battle of Bunker's Hill")
-- artist unknown, copy of the original by John Trumbull

Patrick Henry delivering his speech
before the House of Burgesses At St. John's Church in Richmond (1775)
"... give me liberty or give me death!"

Headquarters Tour: Part 3

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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Alcove and Stairs Down to the Lower Floor

Replica of the Liberty Bell

General George Washington at Dorchester Heights (MA).
This was a favorite of Martha Washington.

25-star flag - Note the one tucked between the rows.

13-star Hopkinson flag dating from 1810.
The original Hopkinson flag probably used six-pointed stars.

Headquarters Tour: Part 4

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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Left Stairs Up to the Library

General von Steuben drilling the troops at Valley Forge (1777-78)
-- a pencil sketch

Washington's Ragged Army at Valley Forge (1777-78)
-- a pencil sketch

Gen. Charles O'Hara surrendering the British Army at Yorktown
to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. Gen. Cornwallis was too ashamed to
surrender in person and Gen. Washington declined to accept
the surrender from an inferior officer. (October 19, 1781).
-- a pencil sketch

President George Washington on a ceremonial barge
on his way to NY City to be inaugurated in 1788
-- a pencil sketch

The Marquis de Lafayette upon his triumphal return to the U.S. in 1824
-- by Kevin P. Lewellen after the original by Thomas Scully
(at the Second U.S. National Bank, Philadelphia PA)

General Harry Lighthorse Lee
-- by Gregory Stapko, after Gilbert Stuart.

James Armistead Lafayette
-- by T. P. Curtis after the original by John B. Martin
(at the Valentine Museum, Richmond VA)

letter certifying James Armistead Lafayette's efforts as a spy against the British

Headquarters Tour: Part 5

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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Right Stairs Up to the Library

George Mason, author of Virginia's Declaration of Rights
(May, 1776), which was a major inspiration for Thomas Jefferson
as he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
-- by Gregory Stapko, after John Hesleus.

President James Madison
-- by Gregory Stapko, after Gilbert Stuart.

Thomas Jefferson, 1822
-- by Kevin P. Lewellen after the original by Thomas Scully
(at West Point Military Academy)

Headquarters Tour: Part 6

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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Far Wall and Right Side of Main floor

President James Monroe
-- by Gregory Stapko, after the original by James Peale.

The painting hangs above a replica of his desk under the stairwell.

William Penn (no photo)

Don Bernardo de Galvez, Governor of Louisiana 1777-1785
(and a Spanish Admiral)
-- artist unknown

Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill
(near Boston MA)
-- by Thomas Pelham Curtis after the original by John Trumbull
(at the Yale University Art Gallery)

Abraham Baldwin, signer of the U.S. Constitution
-- by Gregory Stapko, after the original by C.F. Naegele.

General Henry Dearborn, 1751-1829
-- artist unknown, after the original by Gilbert Stuart

Robert R. Livingston, minister plenipotentiary to France
-- by Thomas Pelham Curtis after the original by John Vanderlyn
(at the New York Historical Society)

Captain John Paul Jones, who is best known for his comment,
"I have just begun to fight" when asked to surrender as his
(French origin) ship le Bonhomme Richard was sinking.
He pressed the attack and overwhelmed the British ship Serapis
on September 23, 1779.

Headquarters Tour: Part 7

Artwork in the Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky

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Executive Director's Office

Naval battle between the U.S. ship, the le Bonhomme Richard
(French origin, commanded by John Paul Jones) and the British ship Serapis.
Although the le Bonhomme Richard sank, Jones' men captured the Serapis
on September 23, 1779.