Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

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Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
File:1910SteubenMonumentAlbertJaegers.jpg
Artist Albert Jaegers
Year 1910
Type Bronze
Location Lafayette Park, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
Owner National Park Service
Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben is located in Washington, D.C.
Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area less than one acre
Part of American Revolution Statuary.
NRHP Reference # 78000256[1]
Added to NRHP July 14, 1978[2]

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See also: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben is a bronze statue, by Albert Jaegers.[3] It was dedicated on December 7, 1910.[4]

The inscription reads:
(Base, southeast side:)
Albert Jaegers, sculptor
(Base, front in raised letters:)
ERECTED.BY.THE.CONGRESS
OF.THE.VNITED.STATES.
TO
FREDERICK.WILLIAM.AVGVSTVS.HENRY.FERDINAND
BARON.VON.STEVBEN
IN.GRATEFVL .RECOGNITION .OF.HIS
SERVICES
TO
THE
AMERICAN.PEOPLE
IN.THEIR.STRVGGLE.FOR.LIBERTY
BORN.IN PRVSSIA
SEPTEMBER 17, 1730
DIED.IN.NEW.YORK.
NOVEMBER 28, 1794
AFTER.SERVING.AS AIDE.
DE.CAMP.TO.FREDERICK
THE.GREAT.OF PRVSSIA
HE.OFFERED.HIS.SWORD
TO.THE.AMERICAN.COLONIES.AND WAS APPOINT
ED.MAJOR.GENERAL AND
INSPECTOR GENERAL IN
THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
HE GAVE MILITARY.TRAIN-
ING.AND.DISCIPLINE.TO
THE.CITIZEN.SOLDIERS
WHO.ACHIEVED.THE.IN-
DEPENDENCE.OF.THE
VNITED.STATES. .
M.C.M.X

Left side view

(Base, rear in raised letters:)
COLONEL.WILLIAM.NORTH
.MAJOR.BENJAMIN.WALKER
.AIDES.AND.FRIENDS
OF.GENERA.VON.STEVBEN
(Base, beneath two male figures:)
MILITARY INSTRUCTION
(Base, beneath female figure and youth:)
COMMEMORATION

See also

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ "Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, (sculpture)". SIRIS
  4. ↑ "Honor Steuben Today." Washington Post. December 7, 1910.
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