Chester A. Arthur

 
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27 August 2008 20:38
 

I’ve finished the research and artwork for the article on Chester A. Arthur.  To tease just a bit while I finish getting the article written, let me just say it’s a sad, sad story.  But nice arms:

http://americanheraldry.org/pages/uploads/President/arthur.png

 
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27 August 2008 22:22
 

so the clarions are playing a dirge?

 
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27 August 2008 23:11
 

Pretty simple, straight forward arms. Nice shield and crest. What does the motto mean?

Cheers,

 
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28 August 2008 06:45
 

MohamedHossam;62836 wrote:

Pretty simple, straight forward arms.


Too simple and straightforward (this is called "foreshadowing," for those who were not literature majors).


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What does the motto mean?


"Push aside obstacles," more or less.

 
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28 August 2008 10:54
 

As always…beautiful work, Joe. Sorry that I have been absent.  My mother’s death and keeping busy with projects, I have been neglecting many important things.  One of them is certainly my involvement in the discussions. I hope to be back on a regular basis, now.

 
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28 August 2008 11:08
 

Hassan, it is good to have you back, and thank you for your kind words.

The article is now up on the AHS website at http://www.americanheraldry.org/pages/index.php?n=President.Arthur.

 
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28 August 2008 11:44
 

Fascinating story. And I didn’t really know much about clarions/rests or the fact that there’s no clear answer as to what they are. Thanks Joseph.

 
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28 August 2008 12:10
 

Excellent article!  A materpiece.

One suggestion is to change the Adams story since it presupposes one knows that Adam was against the carriage arms for only PR reasons.

 
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28 August 2008 12:55
 

Michael Swanson;62872 wrote:

Excellent article! A materpiece.

One suggestion is to change the Adams story since it presupposes one knows that Adam was against the carriage arms for only PR reasons.


Maybe a link to it?

 
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28 August 2008 13:01
 

Joseph McMillan;62874 wrote:

Maybe a link to it?


That would work.  But I think the paint story does not help the Arthur article.

 
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28 August 2008 13:04
 

Take a look now and see if it’s better.

 
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28 August 2008 13:35
 

Yes, better.  The point I was making was that "painting over arms" was not a positive sign which supports your claim about Adam’s enthusiasm.

 
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28 August 2008 13:55
 

I wasn’t trying to make a claim about Adams’s enthusiasm—I was saying that painting over the arms inaugurated a hundred year long era when Presidents were very reluctant to be too public about armorial display.  I take it that doesn’t come across?

 
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28 August 2008 14:02
 

A great article. I look forward to reading each of them as they come. Have you published a book? or are considering it? That would be an excellent addition to my "library."

 
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28 August 2008 14:45
 

Joseph McMillan;62883 wrote:

I wasn’t trying to make a claim about Adams’s enthusiasm—I was saying that painting over the arms inaugurated a hundred year long era when Presidents were very reluctant to be too public about armorial display.  I take it that doesn’t come across?


No.  If you said it that way…..I’d have gotten it.

 
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28 August 2008 14:50
 

OK, I can do that.  Wait one.