DC, American Revolution Statuary Historical Markers

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DC, American Revolution Statuary Historical Markers

This series is for the fourteen statues (and related markers) that are part of the American Revolution Statuary in the District of Columbia.

By Richard E. Miller, May 16, 2010

Nathanael Greene Monument - inscription, north face of base

1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Capitol Hill — Nathanael Greene Monument —

(Inscription, south face of monument base:) Sacred to the memory of Nathanael Greene, Esquire, a native of the State of Rhode Island who died on the 19th of June 1786 - late Major General in the service of the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m30771) HM

2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, American University Park — General Artemas Ward Monument — 1727–1800 —

Son of Massachusetts • Graduate of Harvard College • Judge and legislator • Delegate 1780–1781 to the Continental Congress • Soldier of three wars • First commander of patriot forces. — — Map (db m48362) HM

3 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — "The First of Patriots - The Best of Men" — National Mall and Memorial Parks — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

Commodore John Barry (1745-1803) was born in County Wexford, Ireland, but by age 15 called Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home. He commanded several Continental Navy ships during the Revolutionary War and won decisive victories over the British. In . . . — — Map (db m55504) HM

4 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Baron von Steuben Memorial — Lafayette Square National Historic Landmark District —

[north face :] Erected by the Congress of the United States to Frederick William Aug- ustus Henry Ferdinand Baron von Steuben in grateful recognition of his services to the American people in their struggle for . . . — — Map (db m32878) HM

5 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Commemoration and Preservation — Lafayette Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created the White House Fine Arts Committee and the White House Historical Association to restore the White House and preserve its collection of historic furniture, decorative arts, and objects. The . . . — — Map (db m178331) HM

6 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Edmund Burke —

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1729 - 1797

"Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the trvist wisdom"

This statue a copy of the work with Havard Thomas in the City of Bristol England was presented through the . . . — — Map (db m195514) WM

7 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — General Comte Jean de Rochambeau Memorial — Lafayette Square National Historic Landmark District —

[front, south face:] Rochambeau [back, north face:] "We have been contemporaries and fellow labourers in the cause of liberty, and we have lived together as brothers should do, in harmonious friendship," . . . — — Map (db m32973) HM

8 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — General Lafayette and his Compatriots — Lafayette Square National Historic Landmark District —

[north face:] To General Lafayette and his Compatriots 1777 - 1783 [south face:] By the Congress in commemoration of the services rendered by General Lafayette and his Compatriots during the struggle . . . — — Map (db m32245) HM

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9 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — John Barry Memorial —

John • Barry, Commodore • United States Navy Born County Wexford • Ireland • 1745 Died in Philadelphia • 1805 — — Map (db m19533) HM

10 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Downtown — Kosciuszko —

(Front):Kosciuszko Saratoga(Right): General Thaddeus Kosciuszko 1745-1817 Son of Poland (Left):Military Engineer In the American Revolution Fortified Saratoga and West Point (Back):"And freedom shrieked as Kosciuszko . . . — — Map (db m19992) HM

11 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Dupont Circle — John Witherspoon — 1722 Scotland – Princeton 1794 —

Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Presbyterian Minister. “For my own part, of property I have some reputation more that reputation staked. That property is pledged on the issue of this contest: and although these gray hairs must . . . — — Map (db m29499) HM

12 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Federal Triangle — Nathan Hale — "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." —

Captain, Army of the United States Born at Coventry, Connecticut, June 6, 1755 In the performance of his duty, he resigned his life, a sacrifice to his country's liberty at New York, September 22, 1776 — — Map (db m27241) HM

13 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Federal Triangle — 4 — Preserving the Past — Make No Little Plans — Federal Triangle Heritage Trail —

This massive granite building was completed in 1899 to house the U.S. Post Office Department and the busy city post office. Designed by the U.S. Treasury Department architects under Willoughby J. Edbrooke, it was Washington’s first . . . — — Map (db m65355) HM

14 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Federal Triangle — Statue of Benjamin Franklin —

Franklin Printer. Philosopher. Patriot. Philanthropist. — — Map (db m195515) HM

15 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Federal Triangle — Western Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue — [Freedom Plaza] —

Western Plaza consists of a large raised terrace in which part of L'Enfant's original 1791 plan for Washington, D.C. is rendered in black and white stone. At one end of the raised terrace is a pool. At the other is a shaded sitting area around a . . . — — Map (db m17966) HM

16 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — Lieutenant General George Washington —

Washington — — Map (db m195511) WM

17 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski — 1748 - 1779 —

(Bronze Plaque):Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski 1748-1779The bronze equestrian statue of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, portrays the Revolutionary War hero in the uniform of a Polish cavalry commander. Born in Winiary, Poland on March . . . — — Map (db m17615) HM

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18 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — John Paul Jones Memorial — National Mall & Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

"Every officer in our navy should know by heart the deeds of John Paul Jones," President Theodore Roosevelt. The American Revolution A bold captain—fearless even when facing the superior British . . . — — Map (db m17764) HM

19 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest Washington, The National Mall — John Paul Jones Memorial —

[North Face inscriptions - above and beneath Captain Jones' statue:] John Paul Jones 1747-1792 First to compel foreign man-of-war to strike colors to the Stars and Stripes. [South Face inscriptions - above and beneath a bas relief . . . — — Map (db m19534) HM

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