The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the circle at First Street, S.W. , and Maryland Avenue, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his term, by a disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau. The monument, sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910) and cast by The Henry-Bonnard Co.

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  • The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the circle at First Street, S.W. , and Maryland Avenue, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his term, by a disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau. The monument, sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910) and cast by The Henry-Bonnard Co. of New York, with a pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt, is an outstanding example of American Beaux-Arts sculpture. It was unveiled on May 12, 1887. Today it stands as part of a three-part sculptural group near the Capitol Reflecting Pool including the Peace Monument and the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial. The memorial was commissioned in 1884 by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, of which Garfield had been a member. The Society raised almost $28,000 to pay the sculptor. Some of the funds were raised by The Garfield Monument Fair, which was held in the Rotunda and Statuary Hall in 1882. Also in that year, Congress appropriated to the Society $7500 in funds from the sale of condemned cannons; in 1884 it appropriated $30,000 for the pedestal. The monument was incorporated into the Capitol Grounds on January 2, 1975.
  • O monumento a James A. Garfield está localizado junto ao Capitólio dos Estados Unidos, numa rotunda entre a First Street e a Avenida Maryland em Washington, DC. É um memorial ao presidente James A. Garfield, eleito em 1880 e assassinado em 1881 após apenas quatro meses do seu mandato, por Charles J. Guiteau. O monumento, esculpido por John Quincy Adams Ward e fundido pela empresa Henry-O Bonnard de Nova Iorque, possui um pedestal projetado por Richard Morris Hunt, é um exemplo notável da escultura americana. Foi inaugurada em 12 de maio de 1887. Hoje em dia é uma de um grupo de três esculturas localizadas nas imediações do espelho de água do Capitólio. As outras duas são o Monumento da Paz e o Ulysses S. Grant Memorial. O monumento foi encomendado em 1884 pela Sociedade do Exército de Cumberland, da qual Garfield, foi membro. A Sociedade angariou cerca de 28 000 Dólares para pagar o escultor. Alguns dos fundos foram angariados pela Feira do Monumento a Garfield, que foi organizada em 1882. Também nesse ano, o Congresso atribuiu à Sociedade 7 500 Dólares em fundos provenientes da venda de canhões obsoletos; em 1884 atribuiu 30 000 Dólares para o pedestal. O monumento foi incorporada no Capitol Grounds em 2 de Janeiro de 1975.
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  • The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the circle at First Street, S.W. , and Maryland Avenue, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881 after serving only four months of his term, by a disgruntled office-seeker named Charles J. Guiteau. The monument, sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910) and cast by The Henry-Bonnard Co.
  • O monumento a James A. Garfield está localizado junto ao Capitólio dos Estados Unidos, numa rotunda entre a First Street e a Avenida Maryland em Washington, DC. É um memorial ao presidente James A. Garfield, eleito em 1880 e assassinado em 1881 após apenas quatro meses do seu mandato, por Charles J. Guiteau.
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  • James A. Garfield Monument
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