VON STEUBEN, Friedrich Wilhelm: Memorial (ca. 1903) in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. by Albert Jaegers located in James M. Goode's Pennsylvania Avenue area

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben, Baron von Steuben (September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794) was a German-Prussian General who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and is credited with teaching the Continental Army the essentials of military drill and discipline. Steuben was introduced to George Washington by means of a letter from Benjamin Franklin as a "Lieutenant General in the King of Prussia's service," a certain exaggeration of his actual credentials. He was advanced travel funds and left Europe from Marseilles. Congress was in York, Pennsylvania, after being ousted from Philadelphia for the winter and on February 5, 1778, Steuben was with them. They accepted his offer to volunteer, without pay for the time. Steuben reported for duty to Washington at Valley Forge. He did not speak English, but his French was such that he could communicate with some of the officers. Alexander Hamilton and Nathanael Greene were of great help in this area. The two men assisted Steuben in drafting a training program for the soldiers which found approval with the Commander-in-Chief in March. In 1781 he took part, as a major general, in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia. After the war he received grants of land from several states, and finally Congress voted him a pension of $2,500. He became an American citizen in 1783. Source: Wikipedia

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ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HENRY FERDINAND
BARON VON STEUBEN
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY BORN IN PRUSSIA SEPTEMBER 17 1730 DIED IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 28, 1794 AFTER SERVING AS AIDE-DE CAMP TO FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA HE OFFERED HIS SWORD TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND WAS APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY HE GAVE MILITAR TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE TO THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS WHO ACHIEVED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES MCMX

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MILITARY INSTRUCTION

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COMMEMORATION

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COLONEL WILLIAM NORTH
MAJOR BENJAMIN WALKER
AIDES AND FRIENDS
OF GENERAL VON STEUBEN

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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 471 Item #10.20; Pennsylvania Avenue area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p380 Item #J-16)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Albert Jaegers
Related subjects: Revolutionary War; Freidrich Wilhelm Von Steuben
Location: H & 16th Sts. NW Washington, D.C.
See Pennsylvania Avenue areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: McPherson Square(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000216 (dcMem ID #830 )

Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C.(p136)
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (35)
Wikipedia article on von Steuben
President's Park (White House) website
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on von Steuben statue

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