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Marquis de Lafayette Monument

Date: 1921
Description: Daniel Chester French's statue commemorating the American Revolutionary War general, Marquis de Lafayette. Installed circa, 1921, the bronze stands in fro...
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Statue of Menard

Date: 1888
Description: Close-up of a statue honoring Colonel Pierre Menard who also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and fur traded with Native Americans. Dedicated ...
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Myles Standish Statue

Date: 1892
Description: Close-up of a statue of Captain Myles Standish, a military leader of the Plymouth Colony. Begun in 1892, the statue depicts Standish grasping his sword in...
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Valley Forge

Date: 1915
Description: Close-up of a bronze statue of Major General Friedrich Wihelm Baron von Steuben of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Installed i...
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General Anthony Wayne Monument

Date: 1908
Description: Statue of General Anthony Wayne an American Revolution General, astride a horse. Dedicated on June 20, 1908 the Henry K. Bush-Brown bronze surmounts a gent...
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Fort Davis

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Description: View looking down toward a group of officers sitting and standing together among large rocks.
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Military Training Camp

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Description: Theodore Roosevelt and General Leonard Wood conversing at a military training camp. Camp facilities are behind them.
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Camp Meade

Date: 1918
Description: View across grounds toward soldiers during drill practice at Camp Meade, established in 1917. Men are lined up on the left in front of military buildings, ...
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Camp Devens

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Description: Elevated view of a platoon of men in two rows and their officers on a drill field at Camp Devens, built in 1917. Other soldiers and military buildings are ...
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: Two rows of soldiers face each other during a gun drill at Camp Logan. A military officer stands in between the lines of men.
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: Two rows of soldiers holding firearms stand facing each other in a wooded area at Camp Logan. An officer stands on each side, holding his own firearm, read...
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Washington Barracks

Date: 1915
Description: A view of a line of soldiers in the drill field, holding firearms. One officer stands in front of them, and another behind. Two large buildings in the back...
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United States Navy Camp Wissahickon

Date: 1918
Description: A view of sailors during land training on boat hauling at the United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. Military buildings stand behind the men.
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United States Naval Training Camp

Date: 1918
Description: A view of two lines of sailors practicing tying knots in a wooded area at the United States Naval Training Camp. An officer stands in the center on a dirt...
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United States Merchant Marine Training Ship

Date: 1918
Description: A view of a sailor and an officer tying a reef knot on a United States Merchant Marine Training Ship. Other sailors observe and behind them, a flag waves...
Painting

Painting of 'The Charge of the New Market Cadets'

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Description: A painting of 'The Charge of the New Market Cadets' by West Clinedinst (Clinedienst). The work commemorates the Battle of New Market that took place on May...
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Monument to Major General John Sedgwick

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Description: View of a monument on a battlefield to Major General John Sedgwick, killed in action on May 9, 1864. The memorial, erected in 1887 by veterans of Segdwick'...
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Surrender of General Burgoyne

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Description: Print made after John Trumball's painting, "Surrender of General Burgoyne," completed in 1822. The piece depicts General Horatio Gates in the center and G...
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Washington and Lord Cornwallis

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Description: A view of two copies of paintings relating to Yorktown, Virginia. The top copy is entitled, "Washington Declining Overtures from Lord Cornwallis," and bel...
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Battle of Chancellorsville

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Description: Copy of a painting entitled, "Last Meeting of General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson." The scene depicts the meeting at the Battle of Chancellorsvill...

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