Ulysses S. Grant Memorial -- West Front of the U.S. Capitol 2015
Per Wikipedia:
"The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington (DC), honoring American Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol.
Its sculpture of Grant on horseback faces west, over the Capitol Reflecting Pool and toward the Lincoln Memorial, which honors Grant's wartime president, Abraham Lincoln.
In addition to Grant's statue, which rests on a pedestal that include bronze reliefs of the infantry, are bronze statues of protective lions and of the Union cavalry and artillery, also on pedestals.
The Memorial includes the second-largest equestrian statue in the U. S., and the fourth-largest in the world.
The Grant and Lincoln Memorials define the eastern and western ends, respectively, of the National Mall.
Work on the Grant Memorial was begun in 1902 as the largest ever commissioned by Congress at the time.
It was created by sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady and architect Edward Pearce Casey. Sculptor Edmund Amateis assisted Shrady as the monument neared completion in 1921. Shrady spent 20 years of his life working on the Memorial and died, stressed and overworked, two weeks before its dedication in 1922.
The sculptures were cast in bronze at the Roman Bronze Works in New York.
Construction on the site of the Memorial began in 1909 when the marble superstructure and the four bronze lions were installed.
The Artillery Group was installed in 1912, the Cavalry Group in 1916, and the bronze equestrian statue of Grant in 1920.
The Memorial was dedicated on the 100th anniversary of Grant's birth, April 27, 1922.
Shrady having died, the infantry panels on the base of Grant's pedestal were completed by sculptor Sherry Fry based on Shrady's sketches and installed in 1924.
The Grant Memorial is the center of a three-part sculptural group including the James A. Garfield Monument to the south and the Peace Monument to the north."
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Ulysses S. Grant Memorial -- West Front of the U.S. Capitol 2015
Per Wikipedia:
"The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington (DC), honoring American Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Maryland Avenue), below the west front of the United States Capitol.
Its sculpture of Grant on horseback faces west, over the Capitol Reflecting Pool and toward the Lincoln Memorial, which honors Grant's wartime president, Abraham Lincoln.
In addition to Grant's statue, which rests on a pedestal that include bronze reliefs of the infantry, are bronze statues of protective lions and of the Union cavalry and artillery, also on pedestals.
The Memorial includes the second-largest equestrian statue in the U. S., and the fourth-largest in the world.
The Grant and Lincoln Memorials define the eastern and western ends, respectively, of the National Mall.
Work on the Grant Memorial was begun in 1902 as the largest ever commissioned by Congress at the time.
It was created by sculptor Henry Merwin Shrady and architect Edward Pearce Casey. Sculptor Edmund Amateis assisted Shrady as the monument neared completion in 1921. Shrady spent 20 years of his life working on the Memorial and died, stressed and overworked, two weeks before its dedication in 1922.
The sculptures were cast in bronze at the Roman Bronze Works in New York.
Construction on the site of the Memorial began in 1909 when the marble superstructure and the four bronze lions were installed.
The Artillery Group was installed in 1912, the Cavalry Group in 1916, and the bronze equestrian statue of Grant in 1920.
The Memorial was dedicated on the 100th anniversary of Grant's birth, April 27, 1922.
Shrady having died, the infantry panels on the base of Grant's pedestal were completed by sculptor Sherry Fry based on Shrady's sketches and installed in 1924.
The Grant Memorial is the center of a three-part sculptural group including the James A. Garfield Monument to the south and the Peace Monument to the north."
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