Bernardo de Gálvez (statue)
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Bernado de Galvez 1746–1786 is a bronze equestrian statue, by Juan de Ávalos
.
It was dedicated on June 3, 1976.
It is located with the Statues of the Liberators
, at Virginia Avenue
and 22nd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
The inscription reads:
(Artist's signature is carved in the base)
(Base, front:)
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ (...transcription illegible)
(Base, side:)
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ THE GREAT
SPANISH SOLDIER CARRIED OUT
A COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGN IN
LANDS BORDERING THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI. THIS MASTERPIECE
OF MILITARY STRATEGY HEIGHTENED
THE PRESSURE OF THE ENGLISH
IN THE WAR AGAINST THE AMERICAN
SETTLERS WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR
THERE INDEPENDENCE
MAY THE STATUE OF BERNADO
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
SCULPTOR
JUAN DE AVALOS
MADRID SPAIN
38.895683°N 77.048533 °W
Juan de Ávalos
Juan de Ávalos y García-Taborda was a Spanish sculptor....
.
It was dedicated on June 3, 1976.
It is located with the Statues of the Liberators
Statues of the Liberators
A series of Statues of the Liberators of western-hemisphere countries from colonial rule is found along Virginia Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C...
, at Virginia Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Virginia Avenue is a street in the Northwest, Southwest, and Southeast quadrants of Washington, D.C. Like other state-named streets in Washington, it diagonally crosses the grid pattern formed by lettered and numbered streets....
and 22nd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
The inscription reads:
(Artist's signature is carved in the base)
(Base, front:)
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ (...transcription illegible)
(Base, side:)
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ THE GREAT
SPANISH SOLDIER CARRIED OUT
A COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGN IN
LANDS BORDERING THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI. THIS MASTERPIECE
OF MILITARY STRATEGY HEIGHTENED
THE PRESSURE OF THE ENGLISH
IN THE WAR AGAINST THE AMERICAN
SETTLERS WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR
THERE INDEPENDENCE
MAY THE STATUE OF BERNADO
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
SCULPTOR
JUAN DE AVALOS
MADRID SPAIN
External links
- http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=40957
- http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000005371
38.895683°N 77.048533 °W