General Jose de San Martin Memorial explained

General Jose de San Martin Memorial
Location:	Virginia Avenue NW and 20th Street NW Washington, D.C.
Coordinates:	38.895°N -77.0453°W
Built:	1924
Architect:	Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
Architecture:	Classical revival
Designated Nrhp Type:	February 22, 2007
Added:	October 12, 2007^[1]
Refnum:	07001059

The General Jose de San Martin Memorial is an equestrian statue memorial of Argentine general and independence leader José de San Martín in Washington, D.C., United States.

The memorial is located at Virginia Avenue and 20th Street N.W. in the Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., near the United States Department of State.^[2]

The memorial was sculpted by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont beginning in 1924.^[3] It is a replica of an original located at the Plaza San Martín in Buenos Aires.^[4] The memorial was a gift to the United States from Argentina and was dedicated on October 28, 1925.^{[5] [6]} President Calvin Coolidge spoke at the dedication.^[7] It was rededicated on October 6, 1976.^[8]

Plaquette

Next to the memorial is a plaque with the following text:

JOSE de SAN MARTIN

FOUNDER OF THE ARGENTINE INDEPENDENCE

HE LED THE LIBERATING ARMY ACROSS THE ANDES

AND GAVE FREEDOM TO CHILE AND PERU

HIS NAME LIKE WASHINGTON'S REPRESENTS

THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE AND LIBERTY^[9]

See also

• List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
• Statues of the Liberators

Notes and References

1. Web site: District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites . District of Columbia Office of Planning . April 2009 . 12 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091009154219/http://planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=%2Fplanning%2Flib%2Fplanning%2Fpreservation%2Fhp_inventory%2Finventory_update_2009_07.pdf . 9 October 2009 .
2. Web site: San Martín, José de: Memorial east of the Tidal Basin near the State Dept in Washington, D.C. . DC Memorials . 12 November 2009 . 1 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601014419/http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001320.htm . dead .
3. Web site: de San Martin, General Jose, Memorial . National Park Service . 12 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204509/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0 . 20 February 2013 .
4. Web site: History of Judiciary Square . DC Courts . 12 November 2009 . 23 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091023012027/http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/about/judiciary.jsp . dead .
5. Web site: San Martin (Gen. Jose de) Park – Statue – Res. 106 . National Park Service . 12 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120601200531/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=DC&PARK=NAMA&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=99 . 1 June 2012 . dead .
6. Web site: Unveiling of the statue of General José de San Martín, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1925 . Argentina, Embajada, United States . 6689711M . 12 November 2009.
7. Web site: The American Presidency Project . Address at the Dedication of a Monument to General Jose De San Martin Given by Argentina to the United States, Washington, D.C. . 12 November 2009 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173659/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=478 . dead .
8. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!323790~!0#focus "Liberador: General Jose de San Martin, (sculpture)"
9. http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001320.htm "SAN MARTIN, José de: Memorial east of the Tidal Basin near the State Dept in Washington, D.C."