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Washington Czar Sherrill of District Parks and Buildings
A long profile argues Colonel Clarence R. Sherrill wields vast influence in Washington as executive for multiple memorials and park commissions. It highlights his control of 3,000 staff, 7,000,000 square feet of federal buildings, and duties from park maintenance to constructing the Arlington Memorial Bridge and new elevator work at the Washington Monument. Blanton labels him a Czar, citing extensive authority across monuments, roads, and public spaces.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Sherrill
Congressional Record
Blanton
Congress
Washington
District of Columbia
Commission
Philadelphia
North Carolina
United States Army
West Point
Meuse-Argonne
Vesle
Belgium
Seventy Seventh
Trom
New York
Roosevelt
Harding
Kent ‘Sherrill
White House
Grant Memorial Commission
Meade Memorial Commission
Commission Memorial
ArlingJton Memorial
Potomac River
Lincoln Memorial
City of
Virginia
Gage
Robert
E. “Lee
Linco Memorial
Pennslyvania Byetine
Capitol
Arttteton Natonal
John Extesson
Batreet
Public Buildings Commission
Washington Monument
New Nationl Capital Park Commission
Gen
Navy Building
Bistiton
Eige
Patie