Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.

	Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Admiral David G. Farragut
Location	Washington, D.C.
NRHP reference No.	78000257
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1978

The Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C. are a group of seventeen outdoor statues which are spread out through much of central and northwest Washington, D.C.^[3] The statues depict 11 Union generals and formerly included one Confederate general, Albert Pike, who was depicted as a Mason and not as a general. The Pike statue was torn down on Juneteenth 2020, as part of the George Floyd protests.^[4]^[5] Two Union admirals are honored, although Admiral Samuel Francis DuPont's statue was removed to Wilmington, Delaware, and he is now honored with a fountain. Other statues depict nuns, peace, emancipation, and the Grand Army of the Republic.

In accordance with Executive Order 11593 by President Richard Nixon, the National Park Service surveyed and registered the 18 Civil War statues in Washington, D.C. to aid in their preservation.^[6]^[7]^[8] They are listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places.

The African American Civil War Memorial 38°54′29″N 77°1′33″W / 38.90806°N 77.02583°W / 38.90806; -77.02583 was completed in 1997 and is not included in the group of historic statues.

Statues

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "American Revolution Statuary". National Park Service. September 20, 1978. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/78000257_text
^ Umana, Jose (20 June 2020). "DC protesters topple, burn statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike". WTOP-FM. Retrieved 21 June 2020. It was toppled by protesters at Judiciary Square in D.C. on Friday evening Juneteenth 2020. (Photo caption)
^ Dwyer, Colin (20 June 2020). "Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury". National Public Radio. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^ America's National Park System: The Critical Documents – Edited by Lary M. Dilsaver
^ "VI. Executive Orders". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
^ "Executive Orders". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2021-10-05.

External links

Kathryn Allamong Jacob; Edwin Harlan Remsberg (1998). Testament to Union: Civil War monuments in Washington, Part 3. Photographer Edwin Harlan Remsberg. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5861-1.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[inventory-2] "American Revolution Statuary". National Park Service. September 20, 1978. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2011.

[3] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/78000257_text

[toppled-4] Umana, Jose (20 June 2020). "DC protesters topple, burn statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike". WTOP-FM. Retrieved 21 June 2020. It was toppled by protesters at Judiciary Square in D.C. on Friday evening Juneteenth 2020. (Photo caption)

[5] Dwyer, Colin (20 June 2020). "Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury". National Public Radio. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

[6] America's National Park System: The Critical Documents – Edited by Lary M. Dilsaver

[7] "VI. Executive Orders". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-12.

[8] "Executive Orders". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2021-10-05.

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v t e Landmarks of Washington, D.C.
Memorials	Adams African American Civil War American Veterans Disabled for Life Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument Mary McLeod Bethune Boy Scout James Buchanan John Carroll D.C. War Albert Einstein Emancipation Dwight D. Eisenhower John Ericsson David Farragut First Division Thomas Gallaudet James A. Garfield Kahlil Gibran Samuel Gompers Ulysses S. Grant Holocaust Museum Holodomor Genocide Andrew Jackson Japanese American Patriotism During World War II Jefferson Memorial Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove John Paul Jones Marquis de Lafayette Law Enforcement Officers Lincoln Memorial statue Martin Luther King, Jr. Korean War Veterans George Mason George B. McClellan George Meade Peter Muhlenberg National Statuary Hall Collection Navy – Merchant Marine Nuns of the Battlefield Peace Monument John J. Pershing Second Division Signers of the Declaration of Independence The Extra Mile Three Soldiers Jean de Rochambeau Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Island Taras Shevchenko Statues of the Liberators Oscar Straus Robert A. Taft Titanic United States Navy Victims of Communism Vietnam Veterans Vietnam Women's Washington Monument Daniel Webster World War I World War II Rainbow Pool
Other	Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Blair House Capitol Reflecting Pool Congressional Cemetery DAR Constitution Hall Exorcist steps First Air Mail Marker Ford's Theatre Petersen House Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Healy Hall Islamic Center Jefferson Pier John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Library of Congress Jefferson Adams Madison National Arboretum National Capitol Columns National Building Museum National Gallery of Art Lincoln's Cottage at Soldiers' Home Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool National Archives National Cathedral National Mall Octagon House Old Post Office Old Stone House Smithsonian Institution St. John's Episcopal Church The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace Tidal Basin Treasury Building Freedman's Bank Building Tudor Place Union Station United States Capitol Capitol Hill Dome Rotunda United States Supreme Court Building Watergate complex White House Willard Hotel
Parks and plazas	Constitution Gardens Dupont Circle East Potomac Park Farragut Square Freedom Plaza Lafayette Square L'Enfant Plaza Meridian Hill Park National Arboretum Pershing Park President's Park Rock Creek Park The Ellipse Union Square United States Botanic Garden West Potomac Park
Boundaries	Anacostia River Arlington Memorial Bridge Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Constitution Avenue Francis Scott Key Bridge Pennsylvania Avenue Potomac River Zero Milestone
Nearby landmarks	Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier John F. Kennedy gravesite Arlington House Marine Corps War Memorial Mount Vernon Netherlands Carillon Pentagon Pentagon Memorial United States Air Force Memorial Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Planned	Adams Memorial National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial National Liberty Memorial Peace Corps Commemorative
Canceled	George Washington Memorial Building Gold Star Mothers National Monument Mammy memorial National Slave Memorial
Related	National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission National Mall and Memorial Parks List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Public art in Washington, D.C. (American Revolution Statuary, Civil War Monuments, Commemorating African-Americans, Outdoor sculpture)

Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C.

Statues

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