Admiral Albert Gleaves - Annapolis, MD
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N 38° 58.878 W 076° 28.973
18S E 371557 N 4315747
One of several statues of notable US Naval Academy graduates in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Waymark Code: WM14VTP
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2021
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The sculpture was made in 1938 (Smithsonian incorrectly records a cast date of 1838) by Kinney, Belle, 1890-1959. It consists of a bronze bust stature of Gleaves and a stone granite base, with a bronze marker. It is located in the rotunda of Bancroft, but the outside portion which overlooks the southeast side of the base.
The inscription reads:
1838 (On wall below base, in bronze letters:) GLEAVES (On bronze plaque on wall below base:) ADMIRAL ALBERT GLEAVES/1858-1937/COMMANDED CRUISER AND TRANSPORT FORCE/DURING THE WORLD WAR./"HE ORGANIZED THE STRATEGY OF OUR TRANSPORT SERVICE/AND COMPLETED THE ENORMOUS TASK ASSIGNED TO HIM/WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A SINGLE SOLDIER. FOR THIS SERVICE/HE WON THE ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD."/PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT/"I AM PROUDER OF MY COUNTRY BECAUSE HE HOLDS IN IT/THE POSITION HE DOES."/THEODORE ROOSEVELT/"YOU HAVE WON A GREAT NAVAL VICTORY."/M PAINLEVE - FRENCH MINISTER OF WAR/"FROM A SEAMAN'S POINT OF VIEW IT IS UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY."/VISCOUNT JELLICOE/FIRST SEA LORD OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1938
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: United States Naval Academy
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument: Annapolis, MD, USA
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