Today’s photo mystery is a giant golden building of classic style, beautifully lighted against the night sky. Use your wits to figure out where this photograph was taken, then send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, to include your hometown.
Several readers recognized the last mystery, the Mercersburg Academy Chapel in Mercersburg, Penn. The photo came from Ross Lenhart of Stone Mountain.
Among the photo spotters were Jay Altman of Columbia, S.C.; Stew Ogilvie, Lawrenceville; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex. and Fran Worrall of Lawrewnceville.
Worrall wrote: “This is the Irvine Memorial Chapel at Mercersburg Academy, a college-preparatory boarding and day school located in Mercersburg, Penn. The chapel, which was built in 1925 and designed in the Gothic style, houses a large pipe organ and a traditional carillon, one of only 163 in the United States. The chapel organ, built by the Skinner Organ Company of Boston in 1925, has about 4,000 pipes. In addition to the chapel, Mercersburg’s 300-acre campus also includes three main academic buildings; seven student residences; 10 playing fields; a gymnasium complex; a tennis center; a squash center; an outdoor track; and a 65,500-square-foot arts center. The Borough of Mercersburg dates to 1780 and is located just a few miles north of the Maryland state line and about 90 miles north of Washington, D.C.”
SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
Local Children of Revolution chapter is tops in nation
The Elisha Winn Society of the Children of the American Revolution was named as one of the top societies in the nation.The National Society has announced that the Elisha Winn Society is the second “Most Outstanding Society” in the nation and the “Most Outstanding Society in Georgia.” Founded in 1895, the organization is the oldest patriotic youth group in our country.
The Elisha Winn Society is locally co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Winn Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the Button Gwinnett Chapter Sons of the American Revolution. Each year members develop programs for various projects to challenge members to develop their leadership talents while discovering more about the patriots who had significance in the founding and growth of our nation.
Shown here are National Society C.A.R. Award Chairman William Gresh (center) presenting the “National Gold Merit Award” and ribbon to Elisha Winn Society C.A.R. Honorary President Noah Tindall and Elisha Winn Society C.A.R. Delegate Eden Pethel. (Photo by Randy Tindall).
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