Suggestions for Outdoor Sculpture near Mount Vernon Square, Washington

John M. • January 16, 2019Drop by during the daylight hours to see it best

CJ W. • December 27, 2011Some of the best, most overlooked statues in DC. Check the detail on the horse-drawn artillery statues on the south end.

John M. • January 16, 2019Nice during the day or sunset

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.

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.

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.

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

Tai F. • November 17, 2013Warning: if you're here looking for something else, you're going to be very disappointed.

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.

Mary U. • September 5, 2012So proud to be an American, in-spite of having to tolerate so many disrespectful rude folks. Love our First family!

Mary N. • August 25, 2013It is not Ben Franklin.

Matt S. • February 6, 2016Sculpted by Louis Rebisso.

DC Preservation League • August 15, 2011Bronze equestrian memorial to Brigadier General COunt Casimir Pulaski. Dedicated in 1910. Collaborative work of sculptor and architect Kazimieriez Chodzinski and Albert R. Ross.

DC Preservation League • July 26, 2011The standing bronze statue is raised on a tall granite pedestal with bronze relief panels depicting two of Webster's speeches. The sculptor was Gaetano Trentanove; the architect is unknown.

DC Preservation League • August 5, 2011Bronze memorial statue to first well-known martyr of the American Revolution, executed for espionage. Bequeathed by George Dudley Seymour of New Haven. Designed by Bela Lyon Pratt.

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.