Lafayette Monument

The Lafayette Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, by Andrew O'Connor, Jr.

It is located on the northern edge of the South Park, at Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, directly across a cobblestone circle from The Washington Monument. It was dedicated on September 6, 1924, with President Calvin Coolidge in attendance.

The inscription reads:

(Sculpture, front edge, proper left side:)

ANDREW O'CONNOR

1924

(Sculpture, rear proper left side:)

T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO FOUNDRY

BOSTON MASS

(Base, front:)

(Base, east side:)

(Base, west side:)

LA FAYETTE IMMORTAL

BECAUSE A SELF-FORGETFUL SERVANT OF

JUSTICE AND HUMANITY

BELOVED BY ALL AMERICANS

BECAUSE HE ACKNOWLEDGED NO DUTY MORE

SACRED THAN TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM

OF HIS FELLOW-MEN.

WOODROW WILSON.

signed Founder's mark appears.

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