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Closeup of the Albert Pike statue. The Pike memorial included the only outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C. honoring a Confederate general, although he was dressed as a civilian, not a soldier. [25] [36] The memorial is located in Reservation 188 at the southwest corner of 3rd and D Street NW in the Judiciary Square neighborhood.
The Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C. are a group of seventeen outdoor statues which are spread out through much of central and northwest Washington, D.C. [3] The statues depict 11 Union generals and formerly included one Confederate general, Albert Pike, who was depicted as a Mason and not as a general.
The bronze statue of Union Army general George Henry Thomas in Thomas ... Albert Pike at Third ... 5001 Central Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20019 (Capitol View Library) ...
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Albert Pike was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1809, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Andrews) Pike.He grew up in Byfield and Newburyport, Massachusetts.His colonial ancestors had settled in the area in 1635, [1] and included John Pike (1613–1688/1689), the founder of Woodbridge, New Jersey.
File:Albert Pike Statue, Washington DC.jpg. ... (1809-1891) statue at Judiciary Square, Washington. by Gaetano Trentanove cast in 1899, and dedicated on October 23, 1901.
Statues of American slave owners such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and Francis Scott Key were also vandalised or removed. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] According to the Huffington Post , by October 2020 over a hundred Confederate symbols had been "removed, relocated or renamed", based on data from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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