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GáLVEZ, Bernardo de: Memorial near the State Dept in Washington, D.C.
by Juan De Avalos
located in James M. Goode's Foggy Bottom area (click link for more in that area)
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BERNARDO DE GALVEZ
(COUNT DE GALVEZ)
1746 - 1786
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BERNARDO DE GALVEZ THE GREAT
SPANISH SOLDIER CARRIED OUT
A COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGN IN
LANDS BORDERING THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI. THIS MASTERPIECE
OF MILITARY STRATEGY LIGHTENED
THE PRESSURE OF THE ENGLISH
IN THE WAR AGAINST THE AMERICAN
SETTLERS WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
MAY THE STATUE OF BERNARDO
DE GALVEZ SERVE AS A REMINDER
THAT SPAIN OFFERED THE BLOOD
OF HER SOLDIERS FOR THE CAUSE
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
EXCERPTS OF A SPEECH GIVEN ON THIS LOCATION ON JUNE 3, 1976 BY HIS MAJESTY
DON JUAN CARLOS I
KING OF SPAIN
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0001000/01330_0000016680 (added ca. 2006)
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture' (hardcover p 213 Item #5.40; Foggy Bottom area)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Juan De Avalos
Related subjects: National Figures outside the US
Location: Virginia Ave & 22nd St NW (Straight east of Kennedy Center) Washington, D.C.
See Foggy Bottom area in James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom - GWU (George Washington University) (Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000151 (dcMem ID #1330 )
Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C. (p111)
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (62)
'Who is That Man Anyway?' on de Galvez (116)
Wikipedia article on de Galvez
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures Galvez statue
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