General Jose de San Martin Memorial
General Jose de San Martin Memorial | |
Statue in 2008 | |
38°53′42″N 77°2′43″W / 38.89500°N 77.04528°W / 38.89500; -77.04528 | |
Built | 1924 |
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Architect | Augustin-Alexandre Dumont |
Architectural style | Classical revival |
NRHP reference No. | 07001059 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 12, 2007[1] |
Designated | February 22, 2007 |
The General Jose de San Martin Memorial is an equestrian statue memorial of Argentine general and independence leader José de San Martín in Washington, D.C., United States.
The memorial is located at Virginia Avenue and 20th Street N.W. in the Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., near the United States Department of State.[2]
The memorial was sculpted by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont beginning in 1924.[3] It is a replica of an original located at the Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires.[4] The memorial was a gift to the United States from Argentina and was dedicated on October 28, 1925.[5][6] President Calvin Coolidge spoke at the dedication.[7] It was rededicated on October 6, 1976.[8]
Plaquette
Next to the memorial is a plaque with the following text:
- JOSE de SAN MARTIN
- FOUNDER OF THE ARGENTINE INDEPENDENCE
- HE LED THE LIBERATING ARMY ACROSS THE ANDES
- AND GAVE FREEDOM TO CHILE AND PERU
- HIS NAME LIKE WASHINGTON'S REPRESENTS
- THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE AND LIBERTY[9]
See also
References
- ^ "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites" (PDF). District of Columbia Office of Planning. April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "San Martín, José de: Memorial east of the Tidal Basin near the State Dept in Washington, D.C." DC Memorials. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "de San Martin, General Jose, Memorial". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "History of Judiciary Square". DC Courts. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "San Martin (Gen. Jose de) Park – Statue – Res. 106". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Unveiling of the statue of General José de San Martín, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1925". Argentina, Embajada, United States. OL 6689711M. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Address at the Dedication of a Monument to General Jose De San Martin Given by Argentina to the United States, Washington, D.C." The American Presidency Project. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
- ^ "Liberador: General Jose de San Martin, (sculpture)". SIRIS
- ^ "SAN MARTIN, José de: Memorial east of the Tidal Basin near the State Dept in Washington, D.C." Archived 2009-06-01 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Media related to Statue of Jose de San Martin (Washington, D.C.) at Wikimedia Commons
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