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MAJOR GENERAL COMTE JEAN DE ROCHAMBEAU MEMORIAL

"WE HAVE BEEN CONTEMPORARIES AND FELLOW LABOURERS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND WE HAVE LIVED TOGETHER AS BROTHERS SHOULD DO IN HARMONIOUS FRIENDSHIP" WASHINGTON TO ROCHAMBEAU

LocationLAFAYETTE PARK
Zip Code20005
MAJOR GENERAL FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STEUBEN MEMORIAL

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.

LocationLAFAYETTE PARK
Zip Code20005
BRIGADIER GENERAL THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO MEMORIAL

KOSCIUSZKO MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1776 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHTING AS A COLONEL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. HE ALSO OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GARRISON IN WEST POINT, NEW YORK. IN 1783, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DEDICATED SERVICE, HE WAS BREVETT ...

LocationLAFAYETTE PARK
Zip Code20005
MAJOR GENERAL MARQUIS GILBERT DE LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY GENERAL LAFAYETTE AND HIS COMPATRIOTS DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

LocationLAFAYETTE PARK
Zip Code20005
LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL

WASHINGTON'S RANK OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL WAS NOT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BUT LATER IN THE QUASI-WAR OF 1798 WITH FRANCE.

LocationWASHINGTON CIRCLE NORTHWEST
Zip Code20037
MAJOR GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE MEMORIAL

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ASSEMBLED IN HONOR OF HIS PATRIOTISM, VALOR AND ABILITY HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT.

LocationSTANTON PARK NORTHEAST-CAPITOL HILL
Zip Code20002
CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE MEMORIAL

CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. IN PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY HE RESIGNED HIS LIFE, A SACRIFICE TO HIS COUNTRY'S LIBERTY AT NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 22, 1776. HE SAID "I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY".

Location10TH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVE NW
Zip Code20001
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY MEMORIAL

COMMODORE JOHN BARRY UNITED STATES NAVY WAS AN OFFICER IN THE CONTINENTAL NAVY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE IS SOMETIMES CREDITED AS "THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY" A TITLE SHARED WITH JOHN PAUL JONES.

LocationFRANKLIN SQUARE-14TH STREET AND K STREET NW
Zip Code20005
GENERAL CASIMIR PULASKI MEMORIAL

BRIGADIER GENERAL CASMIR PULASKI FELL IN THE BATTLE OF SAVANNAH 1748-1779.

LocationFREEDOM PLAZA-13TH STREE AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW
Zip Code20004
BUTT-MILLET MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD BUTT MILITARY AID TO PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, WHO ALSO SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION, DIED WITH HIS FRIEND FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET DURING THE SINKING OF THE RMS TITANIC, APRIL 15, 1912.

LocationPRESIDENT'S PARK
Zip Code20500
GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN MEMORIAL

GENERAL SHERMAN LEAD HIS TROOPS TO THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, A MILITARY SUCCESS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. SHERMAN'S SUBSEQUENT MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS FURTHER UNDERMINED THE CONFEDERACY'S A ...

LocationSHERMAN PLAZA
Zip Code20006
GENERAL PHILIP SHERIDAN MEMORIAL

GENERAL SHERIDAN LEAD THE CAVALRY CORPS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. IN 1864 HE DEFEATED CONFEDERATE FORCES IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.

LocationSHERIDAN CIRCLE-MASSACHUSETTS AVE AND 23RD STREET NW
Zip Code20008
NUNS OF THE BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL

THIS MEMORIAL SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THE OVER SIX HUNDRED NUNS WHO NURSED SOLDIERS OF BOTH ARMIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

LocationRHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW AND CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW
Zip Code20036
GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINS MEMORIAL

GENERAL JOHN AARON RAWLINS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A CONFIDANT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND LATER U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR.

LocationRAWLINS PARK-E STREET AND 18TH STEET NW
Zip Code20006
GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK MEMORIAL

GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK WAS NOTED FOR HIS PERSONAL LEADERSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863.

LocationPENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW AND 7TH STREET NW
Zip Code20004
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS MEMORIAL

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE HENRY THOMAS WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS IN THE WESTERN THEATER DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

LocationTHOMAS CIRCLE-14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
Zip Code20005
ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT MEMORIAL

ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT WAS A FLAG OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST REAR ADMIRAL, VICE ADMIRAL AND ADMIRAL IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS ORDER AT THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY, "DAMN THE TORP ...

LocationFARRAGUT SQUARE NORTHWEST
Zip Code20006
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES B. MCPHERSON MEMORIAL

THIS MEMORIAL SHOWS GENERAL MCPHERSON SITTING UPON A HORSE, TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AS IF SURVEYING A BATTLEFIELD.

LocationMCPHERSON SQUARE
Zip Code20005
THE PEACE MONUMENT

ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAVAL MONUMENT OR CIVIL WAR SAILORS MONUMENT.

LocationPEACE CIRCLE-FIRST STREET NW AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Zip Code20004
JOHN PAUL JONES MEMORIAL

JOHN PAUL JONES IS THE FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, THE ONLY NAVEL OFFICER TO RECEIVE A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUS FOR SAYING "I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT".

LocationNATIONAL MALL AT 17TH STREET SW
Zip Code20006

 

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