Cleveland Park in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Michael Kovats de Fabricy
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 7, 2014
1. Michael Kovats de Fabricy Marker
Michael Kovats de Fabricy
Paul Takacs
Executed in Bronze by Attila Dienes
Erected by the Michael Kovats Memorial Committee
and the Embassy of Hungary, 2003
Erected 2003 by The Michael Kovats Memorial Committee and The Embassy of Hungary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1779.
Location. 38° 56.387′ N, 77° 3.211′ W. Memorial is in Northwest Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Cleveland Park. It is on Spring of Freedom Street Northwest west of Shoemaker Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2950 Linnean Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20008, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Peirce Still House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Peirce Mill (about 300 feet away); Springhouse (about 400 feet away); The Peirce Family Estate (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Peirce Mill (about 500 feet away); Machine in a Stone Box (about 600 feet away); Orchards, Fields, Gardens, Pastures (about 600 feet away); Rock Creek's Mills (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northwest Washington.
Other markers no longer nearby. Pierce Mill (was about 500 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Pierce Plantation (was about 600 feet away but has been permanently removed).
More about this memorial. “Fidelissimus Ad Mortem”, Faithful to Death are the final words of Kovats 1777 letter to Benjamin Franklin which began “Golden freedom cannot be purchased with yellow gold ”
Also see . . . Colonel Commandant Michael Kovats de Fabricy of the Pulaski Legion:.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 7, 2014
2. Michael Kovats de Fabricy Marker
Additional commentary.
1. English Translation of Fidelissimus Ad Mortem
"Very faithful to the death"
— Submitted May 20, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 7, 2014
3. Michael Kovats de Fabricy Statue
Kovats Statue by Paul Takacs and Attila Dienes
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 7, 2014
4. Michael Kovats de Fabricy
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 7, 2014
5. The Horse
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 7, 2014
6. The Flag
Photographed by Wikipedia
7. Fabriczi Kovαts Mihαly (1724–1779)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 7, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,222 times since then and 81 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on December 7, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
