July 14, 2004MarkeroniI am updating all of the historical places I visited on my trip to Seward Saturday. Wanted to highlight one of the places here - in order to get in a couple of more photos than Markeroni* allows per entry.  Above is what is left of the Jesse Lee home. It is fenced off from vandals, but they still seem to be able to get a rock through the windows. This was a Methodist home run for orphans. It is on the National Historical Registry probably for a number of reasons, but mostly because of one young man . . . Benny Benson.  This is the Benny Benson Memorial in Seward. 
Above are closeups of the plaques on either side of the memorial. The one with the photo reads: Benny was born in Chignik, a small settlement on the Alaska Peninsula, Oct. 12, 1913. He lost his mother when he was four years old after which his father sent him to the Methodis Jesse Lee Memorial Home, then located at Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands. Later the Home was moved to Seward where Benny stayed until he was 20 years old. Benny was in the seventh grade at the Jesse Lee Home when he designed the flag. Benny submitted the following text with his design: "The blue field is for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-knot, an Alaskan flower. The North Star is for the future state of Alaska, the most northern state in the union. The Dipper is for the Great Bear-symbolizing strength." I hope you get the chance some day to visit Alaska and see some of her history. I had a wonderful time motoring through Seward last Saturday, taking in all of the sites. *I now have snarfed over 10 and have received my first kudo at Markeroni! Posted by Purplemoose at July 14, 2004 09:55 PMComments
I became quite excited when I saw the picture of the Purple Moose. Felton had to tell me to settle down... sigh It's been too long since I've seen you. I should have known about snarfing long ago since Felton has taken me to LOTS of places around the US. He [ Felton ] works in a historical monumet. Does that help? It's listed in the US Historical places. Posted by: Burple and Felton at July 15, 2004 09:31 PMbut, of COURSE, that counts - get on over to Markeroni and get Felton signed up so you both can play. ;-) I signed up but it wont let me play!!!! WAAAAAHHHH I have some from nevada. and Washington...and Georgia... but it does not like my password. :( Posted by: mary lou at July 16, 2004 12:06 PMI would love to visit Alaska someday, some year. I hear huge crab can be found there. ...now what did that have to do with anything? Sorry. Anyway, good to drop by here again. I've been buried with computer troubles and work for weeks on end. Posted by: Linda at July 16, 2004 01:37 PMawww, MaryLou - bummer - contact the admin and she will help you out. She is very user friendly. ;-)) Hi, Linda!!! Welcome back. I've been following along your computer troubles. Hope it all works out soon. Thanks for that bit of history! That Benny plaque is a wildcard - a subject all by itself, if you ever want to request it to be added. :-) Glad you're having fun with this. I sometimes feel as if my feet don't touch the ground and I'm way behind on things. Posted by: Linda at August 16, 2004 10:02 PM |
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