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Lieutenant General George Washington

 
 
Lieutenant General George Washington Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 13, 2022
1. Lieutenant General George Washington Memorial
Inscription. Washington
 
Erected 1860 by Clark Mills, sculptor.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: AnimalsWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the DC, American Revolution Statuary, and the Former U.S. Presidents: #01 George Washington series lists.
 
Location. 38° 54.152′ N, 77° 3.009′ W. Memorial is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Foggy Bottom. It is on Washington Circle Northwest near K Street Northwest (U.S. 29), in the median. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Washington DC 20037, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Upper South, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bernardo de Gαlvez (about 400 feet away, measured
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in a direct line); The Manila House (about 600 feet away); Vincent Du Vigneaud, PhD (about 700 feet away); Julius Axelrod, PHD'55, LLD'71 (about 700 feet away); Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. (about 700 feet away); Signing of the Rush-Bagot Agreement (about 800 feet away); Statue of St. Stephen Martyr (approx. 0.2 miles away); Liberty Baptist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Sheen Hok Gate (was about 700 feet away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Additional keywords. Equestrian statue of George Washington
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 333 times since then and 21 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on April 13, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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