Ghosts of DC • January 27, 2012Did you know the statue was a gift from France? And that President Harding was present at the dedication in Jan of 1922? Read up on it on our blog.
Tim C. • July 29, 2018General Logan was a civil war hero and a late-coming abolitionist. Residents of the Logan Circle neighborhood are justifiably proud of John Logan, a former Logan Circle resident.
kathleen w. • December 1, 2013The statue is remarkable and sits in a little park on a small triangle.
C-SPAN • January 28, 2011William McVey sculpted this nine-foot statue of Winston Churchill. One bronze foot is planted on British soil and the other on American. Watch this video for more info.
DC Preservation League • August 5, 2011The elaborate memorial to the German physican Samuel Hahnemann, was erecred in 1900. Collaborative work of sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus and architect Julius F. Harden.
IWalked Audio Tours • September 9, 2012Statue of Jackson astride horse, Sam Patch, saluting soldiers at Battle of New Orleans (1st major battle of War of 1812). Statue required 15 tons of bronze for construction. More site info via<LINK>.
DC Preservation League • July 22, 2011Memorial to Baron Frederick Wilhelm Von Steuben, Major General of the Continental Army. The bronze statue, sculpted by Albert Jager, was erected by act of Congress.
Irish T. • September 3, 2010Just relax and people watch.
Josh E. • September 30, 2014The view is much closer from the back (aka the northern side) but access is typically restricted back there during the day. They open it up at night sometimes so take advantage when they do.
Javlon T. • April 4, 2018Major General George Henry Thomas, also known as the Thomas Circle Monument, is an equestrian sculpture in Washington, D.C. that honors Civil War general George Henry Thomas.
Ben F. • July 11, 2012Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence, he was the only active clergyman and the only college president (College of New Jersey, now Princeton) to sign the document.
Javlon T. • April 4, 2018Edmund Burke is a bronze full length statue of Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke by British artist James Havard Thomas. The original is in Bristol, UK
Ben F. • June 24, 2012Often credited as "The Father of the American Navy" he is recognized as not only the first American commissioned naval officer but also as its first flag officer.
Ben F. • July 24, 2012He's got a bridge named after him in New York City connecting Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Maspeth, Queens. True story, it even makes an appearance in the funeral scene of the movie "The Godfather."
DC Preservation League • August 8, 2011Bonze statue memorial to Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette. Work of sculptures Jean Alexandre Falquiere and Maris Jean Antonin Mercie and architect Paul Pujol.
DC Preservation League • August 16, 2011Memorial to Comte Jean de Rochambeau, Major General to the Continental Army and commander of French forces in the Revolutionary War. Dedicated in 1922 and work of sculptor J.J. Fernand Hamar.
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