Medal, 1781 Continental Congress Medal to General Morgan, Replica
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Object Details
- Owner
- James Webb
- Summary
- This medal is a replica of the gold medal presented to General Daniel Morgan by the Continental Congress for the victory at Cowpens during the American Revolutionary War, January 17, 1781. According to a hand-written note on its storage box, it was given on May 6, 1972 to the Honorable James E. Webb, the NASA Administrator from 1961-1968, in appreciation of his interest in history and his services to the nation. The presenter, Rep. Sam P. Manning of the South Carolina state legislature, was an attorney from Spartansburg, South Carolina and a longtime advocate for having the Cowpens battle site in South Carolina be recognized by the National Park Service (NPS) as a national battlefield. Since President Richard M. Nixon signed HR 10086 into law on April 11, 1972, making Cowpens a full-scale NPS battlefield, it may be that this medal was part of some celebration or recognition of that event.
- It became a part of the Smithsonian Institution's national collection in 2002.
- Credit Line
- Found In Collection. Donor unknown at this time. Found on NASM premises.
- Inventory Number
- A20020276000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- Copper Alloy
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 5.7 × 0.5cm (2 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
- Storage: 11.4 × 3.8 × 11.4cm (4 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20020276000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv910832e53-4aba-4f8d-b84e-e68ab70e635e
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