Second Division Memorial

Second Division Memorial
Second Division Memorial
	Second Division Memorial
Location	President's Park; Washington, D.C.; United States
Coordinates	38°53′33″N 77°02′17″W / 38.8925798°N 77.0379715°W / 38.8925798; -77.0379715
Established	1936
Governing body	National Park Service

The Second Division Memorial is located in President's Park, between 17th Street Northwest and Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, United States.

The Memorial commemorates those who died, while serving in the 2nd Infantry Division of the U. S. Army.^[1]^[2] The artist was James Earle Fraser.^[3] It was dedicated on July 18, 1936, by president Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[4]

It was rededicated in 1962, by Gen. Maxwell Taylor, with two wings added for the battle honors of World War II and the Korean War.

The flaming sword symbolizes the defense of Paris from the German advance.^[4]

References

^ "Second Division Memorial", National Park Service
^ "Monument Monday – The Second Infantry Division" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, DC Traveler
^ "Army, Second Division Memorial", DC Memorials. Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b "Second Division Memorial, (sculpture)". siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-21.

External links

Second Infantry Division Memorial, Hmdb.org

[1] "Second Division Memorial", National Park Service

[2] "Monument Monday – The Second Infantry Division" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, DC Traveler

[3] "Army, Second Division Memorial", DC Memorials. Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine

[SIRIS-4] "Second Division Memorial, (sculpture)". siris-artinventories.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-21.

v t e James Earle Fraser
Sculptures	Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (1906–1911) Frederick Keep Monument (1911) End of the Trail (1915) Alexander Hamilton (1923) John Ericsson National Memorial (1926) Lincoln the Mystic (1930) Guardianship (1935) Heritage (1935) Second Division Memorial (1936) Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt (1939) Albert Gallatin (1947) Harvey S. Firestone Memorial (1950) General George S. Patton, Jr. (1951) The Arts of Peace (Music and Harvest, Aspiration and Literature) (1951)
Coins and medals	Buffalo nickel (1913) World War I Victory Medal (United States) (1919) Navy Cross (1919) Norse-American medal (1925) Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar (1926)
Related	Laura Gardin Fraser (wife) American Buffalo silver dollar (2001) American Buffalo coin (2006) National Sculpture Society

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Second Division Memorial
Second Division Memorial
Location	President's Park Washington, D.C. United States
Coordinates	38°53′33″N 77°02′17″W / 38.8925798°N 77.0379715°W / 38.8925798; -77.0379715
Established	1936
Governing body	National Park Service

Second Division Memorial

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