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The George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument, also known as Sighting the Enemy, [4] [5] is an equestrian statue of General George Armstrong Custer located in Monroe, Michigan. The statue, sculpted by Edward Clark Potter , was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on June 15, 1992 [ 3 ] and soon after listed on the National Register of ...
Custer Monument: 1879 Dedicated in 1879 in honor of George Armstrong Custer, this monument once stood near the site of present-day Taylor Hall. The pedestal once had a statue of Custer atop of it, but after objections to the statue design by Custer's wife, the statue was replaced by an obelisk.
The Spearman The Bowman. The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, [1] or simply Indians, [2] are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
Washington is seated astride Haseltine's 1934 statue of the racehorse Man o' War. General Simón Bolívar, by Felix de Weldon, 18th Street at Virginia Avenue, 1959. General Bernardo de Gálvez, by Juan de Ávalos, near the State Department, 1976. Colonel Michael Kovats de Fabriczy, by Paul Takacs, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, 2003.
Congress approved of a statue, to be made from 20 condemned bronze cannons, and for $10,000, of which $6,000 had been subscribed by citizens of New York. [1] The monument was originally located near the academy's headquarters building near the site of present-day Taylor Hall along Thayer Road.
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, United States Army, 1865 Custer and Bloody Knife (kneeling left), his favorite Indian Scout. Custer was well-liked by his native scouts, whose company he enjoyed. He often ate with them.