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George Washington

 
 
George Washington Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 27, 2023
1. George Washington Marker
Inscription. Washington
 
Erected 1869 by Thomas Ball, sculptor.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 42° 21.231′ N, 71° 4.259′ W. Memorial is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Beacon Hill. It is at the intersection of Arlington Street and Commonwealth Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2), on the right when traveling north on Arlington Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4 Charles St, Boston MA 02116, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Bench (within shouting distance of this marker);
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Polly Thayer Starr (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Garden of Remembrance (about 400 feet away); Alexander Hamilton (about 400 feet away); Monument to Ether (about 400 feet away); William Ellery Channing (about 600 feet away); George Robert White (about 600 feet away); Edward Everett Hale (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
 
Also see . . .  Equestrian statue of George Washington (Boston). Wikipedia article about the statue (Submitted on January 29, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 21 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on January 29, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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