Grand Army of the Republic Monument
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Grand Army of the Republic Monument is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Temperance Fountain Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.9 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, also known as Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring Benjamin Franklin Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization for Union veterans. The memorial is sited at Indiana Plaza, located at the intersection of 7th Street, Indiana Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in the Penn Quarter neighborhood. The bronze figures were sculpted by J. Massey Rhind, a prominent 20th-century artist. Attendees at the 1909 dedication ceremony included President William Howard Taft, Senator William Warner, and hundreds of Union veterans. The memorial is one of eighteen Civil War monuments in Washington, D.C., which were collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The bronze sculptures of Stephenson and allegorical figures are displayed on a triangular granite shaft surmounting a concrete base. The memorial is owned and maintained by the National Park Service, a federal agency of the Interior Department.
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Dates from 1907.
Wikidata Q5594263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Booth's Escape
- 4.9 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Temperance Fountain Sculpture: 0.0 mi
- Future Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Granite Sea: 0.1 mi
- Lone Sailor Statue: 0.1 mi
- Past Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- General Winfield Scott Hancock: 0.0 mi
- United States Navy Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Joseph Darlington Memorial Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Founding of the Fraternal Order of the Knights of Pythias: 0.2 mi
- Navy Memorial Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- U.S. National Archives: 0.1 mi
- The Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Gallery of Art: 0.2 mi
- LabX: 0.2 mi
- Federal Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
- National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.2 mi
- John Marshall Place Park: 0.2 mi
- Henry Park: 0.3 mi
- Smithsonian National Carousel: 0.3 mi
- United States Capitol: 0.7 mi
- Emancipation Hall: 0.8 mi
- Almas Temple: 0.8 mi
- Washington Union Station: 0.9 mi
- Fountain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Moongate Garden: 0.5 mi
- West Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Rare & Endangered: 0.6 mi
- Mediterranean: 0.6 mi
- Picnic site for Rose park: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 29: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Grove 1: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove 2 South: 3.8 mi
- Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Fort Bennet Park and Palisades Trail: 3.2 mi
- Alger Park: 3.6 mi
- Reservation 630: 3.7 mi
- Fort Mahan Park: 4.1 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Hamilton: 2.7 mi
- Lees Hill: 2.7 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.6 mi
- Silver Spring: 6.6 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 7.7 mi
- Indian Springs: 10.1 mi
- Sandy Spring: 17.0 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Indian Head: 21.6 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.5 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 22.5 mi
- Fishing Shore: 4.2 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.5 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 13.3 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 10.7 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 11.0 mi
- Great Falls: 14.4 mi
- Coe Creek: 21.7 mi
- Wilson: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grand Army of the Republic Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | W 281° | 156 m | 11.6 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NW 324° | 156 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Daniel | W 272° | 144 m | 8.7 mi |
| Minor's Hill | W 275° | 140 m | 7.4 mi |
| Freedom Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 12.1 mi |
| Prout Hill | W 265° | 137 m | 9.2 mi |
| Upton Hill | WSW 259° | 125 m | 6.9 mi |
| Point Reno | NW 324° | 123 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natl Arboretum DC, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10990001469
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