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Army, First Division (1ID) Monument (ca. 1924) in the NW portion of the Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
by Daniel Chester French, Cass Gilbert (click name for more of that artist's work)
located in James M. Goode's The Ellipse area (click link for more in that area)
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The south side of the Old Executive Office Building with the 1st Division Memorial in the foreground.
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FIRST DIVISION UNITED STATES ARMY EXPEDITIONARY FORCES JUNE 1917 SEPTEMBER 1919
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Erected by the Memorial Association of the First Division & patriotic friends to the memory of the dead of the division who gave their lives in the world war that the liberty & the ideals of our country might endure. 0000500/00870_0000012580.jpg |
Sommerviller Oct 20 - Nov 20 1917 Ansauville Jan 16 - April 5 1918 Cantigny April 19 - June 8 1918 Montdidier - Noyen June 9 - 13 1918 Cantigny June 14 - July 8 1918 Soissons - Aisne - Marne July 18 - 23 1918< 0000500/00870_0000012590.jpg |
The Commander in Chief has noted in this division a special pride of ser vice & a high state of morale never broken by hardship nor battle. [?? G.O. 201 AEP 1918 ??] 0000500/00870_0000012600.jpg |
The First Infantry Division United States Army To our heroic dead 8 Nov 1942 - 8 May 1945 Algeria Tunisia Sicily Normandy Northern France Ardennes Rhineland Central Europe Erected 1957 by members & loyal friends of the First Infantry Division & the Society of the First Division & 0000500/00870_0000012610.jpg |
To the soldiers of the First Infantry Division United States Army who made the supreme sacrifice in Vietnam 12 July 1965 - 3 April 1970 Erected 1977 by the Society of the First Division & members & loyal friends of the First Infantry Division 0000500/00870_0000012620.jpg |
To the soldiers of the First Infantry Division (Mech) who made the supreme sacrifice in Desert Storm (Iraq & Saudi Arabia) 1991 ... Erected 1995 0000500/00870_0000012630.jpg |
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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 113 Item #3.04; The Ellipse area);
'Outdoor Sculpture' (paperback p133 Item #C-3)
Medium: Bronze, Granite
Artist: Daniel Chester French, Cass Gilbert (click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Military Services
Location: State Place & 17th St NW Washington, D.C.
See The Ellipse area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Farragut West (Orange - Blue) (click station name for all pieces nearby)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000017 (dcMem ID #870 )
Links & other sources
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (60)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on First Division (114)
President's Park (White House) website
NPS.gov on 1st Div Monument
Society of the 1st Infantry Div
Army.mil 1st Infantry site
Wikipedia article on the 1st Div
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on 1st Division monument
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