Major General Nathanael Greene (Brown)
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Major General Nathanael Greene is a bronze
equestrian statue, by Henry Kirke Brown
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It is located in Stanton Park, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
The inscription reads:
SCULP H.K. BROWN
R. WOOD AND CO.
(Base, south side:)
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF NATHANAEL GREENE, ESQUIRE
A NATIVE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
WHO DIED ON THE 19TH OF JUNE 1786
LATE MAJOR GENERAL IN THE SERVICE OF THE U.S.
AND COMMANDER OF THEIR ARMY IN THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT
(Base, north side:)
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
IN HONOR OF HIS PATRIOTISM,
VALOR, AND ABILITY HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
equestrian statue, by Henry Kirke Brown
Henry Kirke Brown
Henry Kirke Brown was an American sculptor.-Life:He began to paint portraits while still a boy, studied painting in Boston under Chester Harding, learned a little about modelling, and in 1836-1839 spent his summers working as a railroad engineer to earn enough to enable him to study further.He spent...
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It is located in Stanton Park, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
The inscription reads:
SCULP H.K. BROWN
R. WOOD AND CO.
(Base, south side:)
A NATIVE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
WHO DIED ON THE 19TH OF JUNE 1786
LATE MAJOR GENERAL IN THE SERVICE OF THE U.S.
AND COMMANDER OF THEIR ARMY IN THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT
(Base, north side:)
IN HONOR OF HIS PATRIOTISM,
VALOR, AND ABILITY HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
External links
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcolman/371128673/in/photostream/