Psalm 26:8 - Chapel of Our Lady of La Leche - St. Augustine, FL
N 29° 54.288 W 081° 18.917
17R E 469562 N 3308278
The Chapel of Our Lady of La Leche at the Mission of Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine, Florida, USA, was built in memory of Brigadier General Martin D. Hardin. Psalm 26:8 is included on the memorial plaque.
Waymark Code: WMAWDW
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2011
Views: 8
The memorial plaque on the chapel reads as follows - the quoted information is from Psalm 26:8 --
In Memoriam
General M.D. Hardin
"I have loved o Lord the beauty of thy house
the the place where they glory dwelleth."
"Martin Davis Hardin (June 26, 1837 – December 12, 1923) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Martin D. Hardin was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. He was a family friend and protege of Abraham Lincoln (it was at the Hardin family home that Lincoln first met his wife, Mary Todd). Hardin graduated from West Point in the Class of 1859, and was an aide to Robert E. Lee in the hanging of John Brown soon after. He lost an arm in the Civil War. After the war he became a lawyer in Chicago, and had a winter home in St. Augustine, Florida. His second wife, Amelia McLaughlin (1863-1939) was the sister-in-law of Irene Castle, the famous dancer. Hardin spent his last years in the famous "Union Generals' House" at 20 Valencia Street in St. Augustine, Florida (saved from a proposed demolition by Flagler College in the 1980s thru the concerted action of local history lovers). Hardin was one of the last surviving Civil War generals of either side at the time of his death in 1923. He is buried, with his wife, at the U.S. National Cemetery in St. Augustine. His widow honored him by building a chapel (complete with a statue of St. Martin) on the grounds of the Mission of Nombre de Dios in St. Augustine."
-- Source
Address:
Nombre de Dios Mission
San Marco Avenue at Ocean Avenue
St. Augustine, Florida.
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