The Wisdom of Mars

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben, Baron von Steuben
Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Monument

ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO
FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HENRY FERDINAND
BARON VON STEUBEN
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY BORN IN PRUSSIA SEPTEMBER 17 1730 DIED IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 28, 1794 AFTER SERVING AS AIDE-DE CAMP TO FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA HE OFFERED HIS SWORD TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES AND WAS APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY HE GAVE MILITAR TRAINING AND DISCIPLINE TO THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS WHO ACHIEVED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES MCMX

1901

Located: Lafayette Park
H Street between 15th and 17th Streets NW.