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 Peace Monument - Washington, D.C.
N 38° 53.439 W 077° 00.744
18S E 325467 N 4306566
The Peace Monument is also known as the Naval Monument or the Civil War Sailors Monument and is located near the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Waymark Code: WMKA2H
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2014
Views: 9
In the northeast corner, where Pennsylvania Avenue intersects with First Street and the north Capitol drive, is the marble Peace Monument, completed in 1877 by Franklin Simmons, working from a design by Admiral David Porter. Edward Clark was the architect of the pedestal. It is a symbolic creation, representing America weeping on the shoulder of History for the loss of her heroic dead. On pedestals around the base are a figure of Victory with Mars and Neptune at her feet, and a figure of Peace. From this subordinate statue the monument has taken its name---although it was erected by subscription among the Navy personnel to commemorate comrades lost at sea. ---Washington City and Capital 1937
The Peace Monument was created to commemorate naval deaths at sea during the U.S. Civil War. "Grief" is located at the top of the 44-foot tall monument and weeps on the shoulder of "History." Below "Grief" and "History" is the figure of "Victory" with the infant Mars and infant Neptune at her feet. On the back side of the monument is "Peace" who faces the U.S. Capitol and holds an olive branch. The monument has a fountain with four spouts, one on each side, at its base.
Book: Washington, DC
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 567-568
Year Originally Published: 1937
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