General Artemas Ward

General Artemas Ward
Artist Leonard Crunelle
Year 1936
Type Bronze
Dimensions 3.0 m × 1.5 m × 1.2 m (10 ft × 5 ft × 4 ft)
Location Ward Circle, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States
Owner

National Park Service

General Artemas Ward
Location Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°56′16.44″N 77°5′9.24″W / 38.9379000°N 77.0859000°W / 38.9379000; -77.0859000Coordinates: 38°56′16.44″N 77°5′9.24″W / 38.9379000°N 77.0859000°W / 38.9379000; -77.0859000
Area less than one acre
Part of American Revolution Statuary.
NRHP reference # 78000256[1]
Added to NRHP July 14, 1978[2]

General Artemas Ward is a bronze statue by Leonard Crunelle at Ward Circle, at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues in Northwest, Washington, D.C.[3]

As a part of bequest of George Artemas Ward, great grandson of the general, to Harvard University,[4] the sculpture was funded for $50,000. Increases in the cost of bronze made an equestrian memorial un-affordable.

It was unveiled on November 3, 1938[3] by Maj. Gen. Ward's great-great-great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lewis Wesley Feick,[5] and is authorized by (45 Stat. 689).[6] The base of the statue bears this inscription:

ARTEMAS WARD
1727–1800
SON OF MASSACHUSETTS
GRADUATE OF HARVARD COLLEGE
JUDGE AND LEGISLATOR
DELEGATE 1780–1781 TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
SOLDIER OF THREE WARS
FIRST COMMANDER OF THE PATRIOT FORCES

As part of American Revolution Statuary in Washington, D.C. the statue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "American Revolution Statuary". National Park Service. July 14, 1978. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "General Artemas Ward (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Crunell Chicago Sculptor Will Design Ward Statue". The Harvard Crimson. March 10, 1932. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "General Artemas Ward Monument Historical Marker". hmdb.org. June 16, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Monuments, Statues and Memorials: Rock Creek Park". National Park Service. April 10, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
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