Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Boston Common - Fountains; Statuary; Plaques; Monuments, except Shaw Memorial and Brewers Fountain
GUSN-194981
This close-up view shows the Marquis de Lafayette Memorial, created by sculptor John Francis Paramino and dedicated by the City of Boston on September 6, 1924, on the Tremont Street Mall of Boston Common. The monument commemorates the 100th anniversary of Lafayette's march to Bunker Hill on the 50th anniversary of that battle. The Tremont Street Mall was renamed Lafayette Mall in his honor.
memorials
war memorials
historic monuments
pedestrian malls
parks (recreation areas)
bronze (metal)
bas-reliefs (sculpture)
generals
heroes
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
DigitalID 000185
AccessID 292
Other identifier HNEDID-000185
1 photograph
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2630.002
1924-
Boston Common (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [park]
Keystone View Company (Photographic studio)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Paramino, John Francis, 1889-
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Boston (Mass.)
Lafayette Mall (Boston, Mass.)
Marquis de Lafayette Memorial (Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
United States -- history -- Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 -- monuments
Item
Large - Geo - Massachusetts - Boston - Boston Common - Fountains; Statuary; Plaques; Monuments, except Shaw Memorial and Brewers Fountain
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