dcMemorials.com << Previous -- Home -- Next >> Full list of all 1,000+ -- Indexed by Subject -- Indexed by Location -- Indexed by Artist Buy THE Definitive Guide to D.C. Sculpture The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C. Peace Monument, Civil War Sailors Monument or Navy Memorial near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. by Franklin Simmons America weeping on the shoulder of History grieves for the loss of her naval defenders in the Civil War. The lost are recorded in the book held in History's left hand beneath the inscription, "They died that their country might live." Click here for more Civil War related attractions. Click here to purchase photos Click here to purchase photos Location index - Home - 00310_0000003730.jpg recorded 2006-7 - Top - Full index More info about this attraction & others nearby           Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control #77006655 Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.dcMemorials.com Click here to purchase photos Click here to purchase photos West side: Victory holds a laurel wreath & oak branch over the infant god of the sea, Neptune, & the god of war, Mars. East side: Peace, with a cherub on each side, holds out an olive branch in her right hand. Location index - Home - 00310_0000003700.jpg recorded 2006-7 - Top - Full index More info about this attraction & others nearby           Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control #77006655 Click here to purchase photos Click here to purchase photos Peace w/ olive branch on the left & Victory w/ laurel wreath on the right Victory w/ laurel wreath on the left & Peace w/ olive branch on the right Location index - Home - 00310_0000003720.jpg recorded 2006-7 - Top - Full index Click here to purchase photos Click here to purchase photos Symbols of Science, Literature & Art which can flourish only under Peace. The sheaf of wheat & horn of plenty represent the bounty of the earth. Location index - Home - 00310_0000003770.jpg recorded 2006-7 - Top - Full index Click here to purchase photos These symbols are at the feet of Peace on the east side of the memorial Click here to purchase photos Location index - Home - 00310_0000003750.jpg recorded 2006-7 - Top - Full index Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.dcMemorials.com

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