Type Bronze Artist Juan de Ávalos Owner National Park Service | Location Washington, D.C., USA Created 3 June 1976 Year 3 June 1976 | |
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Dimensions 370 cm × 400 cm × 180 cm (144 in × 156 in × 72 in) Similar Equestrian of Simón Bolívar, Peace Monument, Ulysses S Grant Memorial, Daniel Webster Memorial, Victims of Communism Memorial | ||
Bernardo de Gálvez is a bronze equestrian statue, sculpted by Juan de Ávalos of Spain. It was dedicated on June 3, 1976. Evidently, it was a gift from Spain to the United States upon the occasion of the U.S.A.'s Bicentennial (1776–1976) commemoration.
The Bernardo de Gálvez sculpture is located with the Statues of the Liberators, at Virginia Avenue and 22nd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
The inscription on the base reads:
(Front:)
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ
(COUNT DE GALVEZ)
1746–1786
(Side:)
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ THE GREAT
SPANISH SOLDIER CARRIED OUT
A COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGN IN
LANDS BORDERING THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI. THIS MASTERPIECE
OF MILITARY STRATEGY LIGHTENED
THE PRESSURE OF THE ENGLISH
IN THE WAR AGAINST THE AMERICAN
SETTLERS WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
MAY THE STATUE OF BERNARDO
DE GALVEZ SERVE AS A REMINDER
THAT SPAIN OFFERED THE BLOOD
OF HER SOLDIERS FOR THE CAUSE
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Excerpts of a speech
given on this location
on June 3, 1976 by
His Majesty
DON JUAN CARLOS I
King of Spain
Sculptor
Juan de Ávalos
Madrid, Spain