Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 12.31.2022
Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, Ohio National Guard historian, talks to Tiffin City Schools third grade students about William H. Gibson and the 49th Ohio during their annual history day tour in front of Gibson’s statue in downtown Tiffin, Ohio. Gibson was commander of the 49th Ohio during the Civil War and later served as the Ohio adjutant general in the 1880s. Mann has been conducting this......
Courtesy Photo | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 12.31.2022
Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, Ohio National Guard historian, portrays a regimental sergeant major at Civil War reenactment near Richmond, Va. in 2014. Mann was born into reenacting in 1977; his parents were active Revolutionary War reenactors during the American Bicentennial, and he took up the hobby in the 1990s during the boom in Civil War reenacting. (Photo courtesy of T.G. Davidson Photography)...
Photo by Spc. Jessica Maynard | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs | 06.23.2022
Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, historian for the Ohio National Guard, places a historical artifact on a table prior to photographing the object, June 24, 2022, at the Maj. Gen. S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. As the historian, Mann’s duties include being the curator of the Ohio National Guard historical collection, which includes photographing objects for accountability, preservation......
Photo by Matthew Stinson | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington | 06.29.2020
An intact and intricate 19th century pipe stem discovered at the construction site excavation for the new master time clocks and operations facility at the United States Naval Observatory, led by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington....
Photo by Matthew Stinson | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington | 06.29.2020
Construction site excavation for the new master time clocks and operations facility at the United States Naval Observatory, led by Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington, has unearthed structures and artifacts dating back to the nineteenth century. The artifacts include china, glass bottles and pottery amongst other items and are a snapshot to past life in the area....
Photo by Matthew Stinson | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington | 06.29.2020
United States Naval Observatory as it appeared to an artist in 1894. Visible in the center background is the standpipe (Naval History and Heritage Command NH 116121). The foundation of the standpipe was discovered by NAVFAC Washington experts during the construction of the new master time clocks operations facility at the United States Naval Observatory....
Photo by Matthew Stinson | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington | 06.29.2020
The foundation of a standpipe built circa 1892 during the construction of the new Washington Naval Observatory in preparation for its move from Foggy Bottom. A standpipe is a metallic tank, usually of cylindrical form, with a flat bottom resting directly upon a masonry or sand foundation and used for the storage of liquids, in this case, water. The foundation was discovered by NAVFAC......
Photo by Matthew Stinson | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington | 06.29.2020
The foundation of a smokehouse used approximately 150 years ago to cure and smoke meat and fish on the Pretty Prospect plantation, now the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. The ruins of the smokehouse were discovered on the site where the new master time clocks and operations facility is being constructed by NAVFAC Washington....
