DC-Peace Statue

 

Peace Statue-387' (Washington West) (38.9301111, -77.0724777)

Description : Trips : References : Pictures 


Description:
Also known as Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument. It was erected in 1878 as a tribute to the fallen Naval sailors of the Civil War. The monument came back into public consciousness when it became the place where on January 6, 2021 the Capitol rioters were arrested.

Trips:

• April 2, 2023 - We wandered by the Peace Statue on the way back from the US Botanic Gardens
  

References:

• Architect of the Capitol
• Wikipedia
• DC Historical sites
• Smithsonian magazine
• Library of Congress
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Pictures:

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  April 2, 2023
  

  
  

  

  April 2, 2023

  
  

  

  April 2, 2023