From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lafayette Monument
Lafayette Monument
Lafayette Monument LA FAYETTE
1757 1834
(Base, east side:)
EN 1777 LA FAYETTE TRAVERSANT LES MERS
AVEC DES VOLONTIERS FRANCAIS
EST VENU APPORTER UNE AIDE FRATERNELLE
AU PEUPLE AMERCAIN
QUI COMBATTAIT POUR SA LIBERTE NATIONALE
EN 1917
LA FRANCE COMBATTAIT A SON TOUR
POURDEFENDRE
SAVIE
ET LA LIBERTE DU MONDE. L’AMERIQUE QUI
N’AVAIT JAMAIS OUBLIE LA FAYETTE A
TRAVERSE LES MERS POUR AIDER LA FRANCE
ET LE MONDE A ETE SAUVE
R. POINCARE
(Base, west side:)
LA FAYETTE IMMORTAL
BECAUSE A SELF-FORGETFUL SERVANT OF
JUSTICE AND HUMANITY
BELOVED BY ALL AMERICANS
BECAUSE HE ACKNOWLEDGED NO DUTY MORE
SACRED THAN TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM
Artist Andrew O’Connor, Jr. OF HIS FELLOW-MEN.
WOODROW WILSON.
Year 1924
signed Founder’s mark appears.
Material Bronze
Dimensions 490 cm × 240 cm × 490 cm (192 in × 96 in See also
× 192 in)
• List of public art in Baltimore
39°17′49.92″N 76°36′56.3″W / 39.2972°N
76.615639°W / 39.2972; -76.615639
References
Owner City of Baltimore
[1] "Lafayette Monument, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor
The Lafayette Monument is a bronze equestrian statue Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey. 1992.
of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, by Andrew http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/
O’Connor, Jr. ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!11317~!3#focus.
It is located in the South Garden, at Mount Vernon Retrieved September 13, 2011.
Place, Baltimore. It was dedicated on September 6, 1924.
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External links
The inscription reads:
(Sculpture, front edge, proper left side:) • http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/203406543/
ANDREW O’CONNOR • http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lafayette-
1924 monument/
(Sculpture, rear proper left side:) • http://monumentcity.net/2009/05/15/marquis-de-
T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO FOUNDRY lafayette-monument-baltimore-md/
BOSTON MASS
(Base, front:)
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