General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben Memorial
Details:
On the west side of the road.
Monument
A bronze statue of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (Baron von Steuben), depicted in an 18th-century military uniform, honoring the Prussian-born officer who served as Inspector General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The statue stands atop a rectangular stone pedestal, which features a bronze plaque on its reverse side inscribed in German. Although the original replica in Potsdam was destroyed in 1950, it was later restored in Berlin.
Source of photos: bildhauerei-in-berlin.de, www.google.com/maps
Monument Text:
On the south side of the pedestal text:
FRIEDRICH WILHELM
BARON VON STEUBEN
1730–1794
Plaque text:
FRIEDRICH WILHELM
VON
STEUBEN
PREUSSISCHER OFFIZIER UNTER FRIEDRICH DEM
GROSSEN * UNTER GEORGE WASHINGTON
GENERALINSPEKTEUR UND KÄMPFER FÜR DIE
FREIHEIT DER VEREINIGTEN STAATEN * DAS
URBILD DIESES DENKMALS GESCHAFFEN VON
ALBERT JAEGERS, STEHT IN WASHINGTON *
EINE ABFORMUNG STAND ALS GESCHENK
DES KONGRESSES DER USA VON 1911 BIS
1945 IN POTSDAM * HIER NEUERRICHTET 1987
AUS ANLASS DER 750-JAHRFEIER BERLINS
ALS ZEICHEN DER FREUNDSCHAFT ZWISCHEN
DEM DEUTSCHEN UND DEM AMERIKANISCHEN
VOLK * MIT UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER BERLINER BANK AG, WACKER-CHEMIE GMBH,
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN GERMANY,
PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS ING.;
STIFTUNG PREUSSISCHER KULTURBESITZ
BERLIN IM MAI 1987
English translation:
PRUSSIAN OFFICER UNDER FRIEDRICH THE
GREAT * UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON
INSPECTOR-GENERAL AND FIGHTER FOR THE
FREEDOM OF THE UNITED STATES * THE
ORIGINAL OF THIS MONUMENT SCULPTED BY
ALBERT JAEGERS, STANDS IN WASHINGTON *
A REPLICA STOOD AS A GIFT
OF THE U.S. CONGRESS FROM 1911 TO
1945 IN POTSDAM * HERE [IT WAS] NEWLY ERECTED [IN] 1987
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 750TH ANNIVERSARY OF BERLIN
AS A SYMBOL OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
THE GERMAN AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE * WITH SUPPORT OF THE BERLINER BANK AG, WACKER-CHEMICAL GMBH,
AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN GERMANY,
PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC *
FOUNDATION FOR PRUSSIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
BERLIN IN MAY 1987
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
United States Army
Wars:
American Revolutionary War
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