Lafayette Monument

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Lafayette Monument
Lafayette statue, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD.jpg
ArtistPaul Wayland Bartlett's (1865-1925)
Year1924
Medium Bronze
Dimensions490 cm× 240 cm× 490 cm(192 in× 96 in× 192 in)
Location Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′49.92″N76°36′56.3″W / 39.2972000°N 76.615639°W / 39.2972000; -76.615639
OwnerCity of Baltimore

The Lafayette Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, by Andrew O'Connor, Jr.

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It is located on the northern edge of the South Park, at Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, directly across a cobblestone circle from The Washington Monument. It was dedicated on September 6, 1924, with President Calvin Coolidge in attendance. [1] [2]

The inscription reads:
(Sculpture, front edge, proper left side:)
ANDREW O'CONNOR
1924
(Sculpture, rear proper left side:)
T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO FOUNDRY
BOSTON MASS
(Base, front:)

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 AMERICAIN
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
OF HIS FELLOW-MEN.
WOODROW WILSON.
signed Founder's mark appears.

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References

  1. "Lafayette Monument, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey. 1992. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  2. Tom (2014-01-07). "President Coolidge Attends Unveiling of Lafayette Statue". Ghosts of Baltimore. Retrieved 2019-02-24.