Year 1901 Owner National Park Service Area less than one acre Phone +1 202-208-1631 | Type Bronze Location Washington, D.C. Artist Fernand Hamar Created 1901 | |
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Location Lafayette Square (Washington, D.C.), Northwest, Washington, D.C. Address Pennsylvania Ave NW & Jackson Pl NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA Hours Open today · 7:30AM–4PMSaturday7:30AM–4PMSunday7:30AM–4PMMonday7:30AM–4PMTuesday7:30AM–4PMWednesday7:30AM–4PMThursday7:30AM–4PMFriday7:30AM–4PM Similar Second Division Memorial, First Division Monument, Butt‑Millet Memorial Fountain, Andrew Jackson, Boy Scout Memorial | ||
Major General Comte Jean de Rochambeau is a bronze statue by Fernand Hamar.
It is located in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated the statue on May 24, 1902.
The inscription reads:
FONDU PARLE PAL D'OSNE 58 RUE VOLTAIRE
(Sculpture of Liberty, front near base:)
F. HAMAR
(Base, north face:)
We have been
contemporaries
and
fellow labourers
in the cause
of liberty
and we have lived
together
as brothers should do
in harmonious friendship
WASHINGTON TO ROCHAMBEAU
Feb. 1, 1784
(Base, north face, bottom:)
BY THE CONGRESS
MAY XXIV MDCCCII
(Base, front below sculpture of Rochambeau:)
ROCHAMBEAU
A copy of the statue exists in Paris at the Place Rochambeau
As part of the American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.