Capitol Square, NW

Capitol Square, NW features the Peace Monument, created by Franklin Simmons in 1878 to commemorate naval deaths at sea during the Civil War, with Grief, sometimes called America, weeping on the shoulder of History at the top, Victory below with the infant Mars and Neptune at her feet, and Peace facing the Capitol with an olive branch and objects symbolizing civilization at her feet. It also includes the James A. Garfield Monument, with sculpture by John Quincy Adams Ward and pedestal by Richard Morris Hunt in 1887, where below the portrait statue of President James A. Garfield, who was assassinated in 1881, three figures represent phases of his career as teacher, soldier, and statesman. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, with sculpture by Henry Merwin Shrady and architecture by Edward Casey in 1920, was completed in 1920 and dedicated in 1924; forty-four feet high and over 250 feet long, it is the largest statuary group in Washington, and its figure of the Civil War general is among the largest equestrian statues in the world, with groups of cavalry and artillery soldiers and horses at the north and south ends.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States