{"id":1644,"date":"2015-06-27T19:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archivingwheeling.org\/blog\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2015-09-03T14:20:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T14:20:36","slug":"on-the-shoulders-of-a-bronze-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archivingwheeling.org\/blog\/on-the-shoulders-of-a-bronze-giant","title":{"rendered":"On the Shoulders of a Bronze Giant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putting Francis Pierpont on a Pedestal<\/h2>\n

This gallery of photographs documents the installation and dedication of a nine foot tall bronze statue of Gov. Francis Pierpont, \u201cthe Father of West Virginia,\u201d at the northwest corner of 16th and Market Streets in front of the \u201cbirthplace of West Virginia,\u201d aka West Virginia Independence Hall, in Wheeling, on June 19 and 20, 2015.<\/p>\n

For more information on Gov. Pierpont, click here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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