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The Dewey Arch was a triumphal arch in Madison Square, New York City. It was erected for a parade on September 30, 1899, in honor of Admiral George Dewey, to celebrate his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines the previous year. Constructed around two months before the parade, the arch was made of the plaster-based material staff, typically used in temporary buildings. After the parade, the arch began to deteriorate and it was demolished in 1900 after an attempt to raise money to rebuild it in stone was unsuccessful. The arch's larger sculptures were sent to Charleston, South Carolina, for an exhibit, after which they were either destroyed or lost.
Entrance of old harbor, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
I took contact with Wikipedia in January of 2007. The idea of a free encyclopedia with the aim of having an important part of the common knowledge of humanity felt irresistible so since then I try to help improving this huge work.
I hereby give this Coming of the Cavalry Award to Garrondo, for helping out in a long hard slog when it was most needed. Cheers, Casliber (talk·contribs) 04:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Together for the golden wikistars! International solidarity badge. Awarded to Garrondo by CopperKettle. Thank you for your work in upgrading the Alzheimer's disease article and helping me translate it! Its just received the GA status at RuWiki! CopperKettle 18:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Garrondo, for your valiant contributions to numerous medical articles, and many hours helping get Huntington's Disease to GA status have the Medicine barnstar. L∴V 00:53, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
In September of 2009 the featured articles I had heavily contributed to (Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, treatment of multiple sclerosis and Huntington's disease) summed to the Spanish and Russian versions of the Alzheimer's disease article received a total of more than half a million visits (566.412)