| Lafayette Monument | |
| City: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Artist: | Paul Wayland Bartlett's (1865-1925) |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Height Imperial: | 192 |
| Width Imperial: | 96 |
| Length Imperial: | 192 |
| Year: | 1924 |
| Coordinates: | 39.2972°N -76.6156°W |
| Owner: | City of Baltimore |
The Lafayette Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, by Andrew O'Connor, Jr.
It is located on the northern edge of the South Park, at Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, directly across a cobblestone circle from The Washington Monument. It was dedicated on September 6, 1924, with President Calvin Coolidge in attendance.[1] [2]
The inscription reads:
(Sculpture, front edge, proper left side:)
ANDREW O'CONNOR
1924
(Sculpture, rear proper left side:)
T. F. MCGANN & SONS CO FOUNDRY
BOSTON MASS
(Base, front:)
(Base, east side:)
(Base, west side:)
LA FAYETTE IMMORTAL
BECAUSE A SELF-FORGETFUL SERVANT OF
JUSTICE AND HUMANITY
BELOVED BY ALL AMERICANS
BECAUSE HE ACKNOWLEDGED NO DUTY MORE
SACRED THAN TO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM
OF HIS FELLOW-MEN.
WOODROW WILSON.
signed Founder's mark appears.