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VON STEUBEN, Friedrich Wilhelm: Memorial in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.
by Albert Jaegers
Bronze by Albert Jaegers
Address: H & 16th Sts. NW Nearest Metro: McPherson Square (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000216 (dcMem ID #830)
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ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HENRY FERDINAND
BARON VON STEUBEN
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY BORN IN PRUSSIA SEPTEMBER 17 1730 DIED IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 28, 1794 AFTER SERVING AS AIDE-DE CAMP TO FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA HE OFFERED HIS SWORD TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND WAS APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY HE GAVE MILITAR TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE TO THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS WHO ACHIEVED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES MCMX
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COMMEMORATION
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COLONEL WILLIAM NORTH
MAJOR BENJAMIN WALKER
AIDES AND FRIENDS
OF GENERAL VON STEUBEN
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The Names of Washington D.C. (p136)
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (35)
The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C. (J16/p380)
Wikipedia article on von Steuben
President's Park (White House) website
