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Magdeburg - General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben Monument

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Details:

On the north side of the road.

Monument

The monument displays a life-sized bronze statue of General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben, shown standing tall and wearing an 18th-century military uniform, complete with a long coat and a tricorne hat. The statue is set atop a rectangular stone pedestal, accompanied by a rectangular marker inscribed in German at the front ground level. This replica was erected on September 17, 1996, near his birthplace in Magdeburg by the Steuben-Schurz Society.

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Monument Text:

Marker text:

 

FRIEDRICH WILHELM

 

BARON VON STEUBEN

 

GEB. AM 17.9.1730 IN MAGDEBURG

GEST. AM 28.11.1794 BEI NEW YORK

 

DAS DENKMAL WURDE AM 17.9.1996 VON DER

STEUBEN-SCHURZ GESELLSHAFT ERRICHTET

 

English Translation:

 

BORN ON 17.9.1730 IN MAGDEBURG

DIED ON 28.11.1794 IN NEW YORK

 

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED ON 17.9.1996 BY THE

STEUBEN-SCHURZ SOCIETY.

Commemorates:

People:

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Units:

United States Army

Wars:

American Revolutionary War

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