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Washington News on Memorials and Civil War Heroes
The article surveys Civil War memorials in Washington including Grant and Sherman statues, the Grant garden, and nearby memorials in Lafayette Square and the Capitol. It notes site debates, transplanting elms, and comparisons with Lee memorials and other national figures. It also covers German and Polish responses to Frederick William II’s statue, and a proposed Lafayette Square renaming proposal.
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Gen. Thomas
Thomas Wiete
Gen. Grant
Botanical Garden
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Grant
Ohio
Gylena
Lincoln
Milnois
Ge. James 4. Shieldg
Miss Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Virginia
Merovial Hall
Robert BE. Lee
Lee
Memorial Hall
Ilinois
Toberess
Sheridan
Phil
Winchester
Green Circle
Massachusetts Avenue
Gen
McPherson
Atlanta
Chickamauga
Admirale Farraigut
Dupont
Sea Service
John A. Logan
Hancock
Sherman
Lafayette Square
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Britain
Pulaski
Steuben
Andrew Jackson
Jackeson
Limgelf
Emperor Wiliam
United States
Frederick the Great
Speck von Sternberg
Lyeck von Sternberg
Army
Navy
Supreme Court
Congress
Frederick
Barthaldt
Miscouri
Independence Square
Qen. Jackson
George Washington
Bartholdi
Missouri
Pulaskd