Thomas Jefferson - Meriwether Lewis monument - Hohenwald TN
N 35° 30.672 W 087° 27.632
16S E 458238 N 3929833
The grave of Captain Meriwether Lewis, US Army at Meriwether Lewis National Monument, Hohenwald TN, features a quite from the man who sent him into the widerness with William Clark
Waymark Code: WMWYC3
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2017
Views: 2
The tall broken column-topped monument to Meriwether Lewis was erected by the State of Tennessee in 1848. The minument is engraved on all 4 sides as follows:
"[W side]
MERIWETHER LEWIS
Born near Charlottesville Va Aug 18, 1774
Died Oct. 11 1809 aged 35 years.
[S side]
An Officer of the Regular Army, Private Secretary to President Jefferson, Commander of the Expedition to the Oregon in 1803, 1806 Governor of the Territory of Louisiana. His melancholy death occurred where this monument now stands and under which rest his mortal remains."
[E side]
In the language of Mr. Jefferson:
"His courage was undaunted; his firmness and perseverance yielded to nothing but impossibilities; a rigid disciplinarian, yet tender as a father of those committed to his charge; honest, disinterested, liberal, with a sound understanding and scrupulous fidelity to truth."
[N side]
Immaturus obi; sed tu felicior annos vive meos: Bona Republica! vive tuos.
Erected by the Legislature of Tennessee AD 1848"
The English translation for the Latin inscription: I died before my time, but thou O great and good Republic, live out my years while you live out your own.
Address:
Meriwether Lewis National Monument
Hohenwald TN
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