Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Ribbon, Washington and Lafayette, Bunker Hill Centennial
ca. 1875
A. O. Crane & Co.
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
cotton; ink
Overall: 7"h x 3"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.6565

Blue cotton ribbon with black printing. At top, on either side of an image of the Washington Monument, are Washington and Lafayette. Print says: "1775 /The Battle." and "1875 / Centennial." Below that: "Washington. 1825 Corner Stone Laid. Lafayette." / They both still live in the heart of every / true lover of liberty. / [image of coach] / Washington's Coach. / Presented to him April 30, 1789, when / first made President, and is still in ex- / istence. / In this rode together the illustrious / Washington and Lafayette. / Copyright 1875, by A. Ol Crane & Co. / 98 Kingston Street, Boston, / Publishers of 'Prescott's Defence of the Redoubt at the Battle of / Bunker Hill, 'a new picture, Heliotypes of which, 22 x 28, will be / mailed in rollers, postpaid on receipt of $1."

The memory of Lafayette’s contributions to the American Revolution and his life-long friendship with George Washington lived on long after Lafayette’s death in 1834. This ribbons printed for a centennial celebration of the battle at Bunker Hill in 1875 featured portraits of two famed Revolutionary War heroes, Washington and Lafayette. In addition to commemorating the battle, this ribbon also advertised a print of scene from the battle published by the company that printed this ribbon.