Governing body National Park Service Area less than one acre Artist Alexandre Falguière Added to NRHP 14 July 1978 | Location Washington, D.C. NRHP Reference # 78000256 Established 1891 Management National Park Service | |
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Location Lafayette Square
Washington, D.C.
United States Part of American Revolution Statuary Similar Major General Comte Je, Andrew Jackson, Brigadier General Thaddeu, Lafayette Monument, Steuben Monument | ||
Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette is a statue in Lafayette Square, by Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere.
It was cast in 1890, and installed in April 1891.
The inscription reads:
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguiere
Marius Jean Antonin Mercie (Base, west side, on cannon:)
Maurice Denonvilliers, Foundeur Paris 1890 (Base, south side, on shield:)
TO
GENERAL
LA FAYETTE
AND HIS
COMPATRIOTS
1777-1783
DERVILLE FARBRE (Base, north side, on cartouche:)
BY THE CONGRESS
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE SERVICES
RENDERED BY
GENERAL LAFAYETTE
AND HIS COMPATRIOTS
DURING THE STRUGGLE
FOR THE
INDEPENDENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
TO
GENERAL
LA FAYETTE
AND HIS
COMPATRIOTS
1777-1783
DERVILLE FARBRE (Base, north side, on cartouche:)
BY THE CONGRESS
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE SERVICES
RENDERED BY
GENERAL LAFAYETTE
AND HIS COMPATRIOTS
DURING THE STRUGGLE
FOR THE
INDEPENDENCE
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.