The Man Who Captured Washington

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Above: General Ross portrait, courtesy of Stephen Campbell. (Copyright Stephen Campbell)

Above: General Ross portrait, courtesy of the Fusilier Museum, Bury, England.

Above: Ross Monument, Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland before its renovation in 2008.

Above: Illuminated Ross Monument, Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland after its renovation in 2008.

The Ross Monument was officially opened by Newry and Mourne District Council in January 2009

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Watch BBC Newsline coverage of 'Washington Burner Story', along with interviews with      Mr. Gerard McGivern, Director of District Development, and Rostrevor based historian     Dr. John McCavitt about the restored Ross Monument in Rostrevor Co.Down.

• Find out how General Ross influenced the creation of the American National Anthem, Star Spangled Banner

The restoration of the Ross Monument began on the 3rd of March 2008. The 25 week long project brought the monument back to its prior glory in time for the bicentenary.

• More about the restoration