New Orleans Monuments (Beautiful Crescent)

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Andrew Jackson

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1856. Figured on his horse. Hero of the Battle of New Orleans (1814). By Clark Mills, sculptor. At Jackson Square.

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Battle of New Orleans

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One hundred feet high. At Chalmette National Park.

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Benjamin Franklin.

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1956. At Lafayette Square.

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Bernardo de Galvez

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1977. Spanish governor of Louisiana. Gift from Spain to New Orleans commemorating our bicentennial. Spanish Plaza.

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Bienville Monument

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Bienville, priest, and Indian. At 400 Decatur Street.

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Bust of George Washington.

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1960. Appears dressed as a Mason. Given to the city by the Freemasons. At the Civic Center.

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Bust of George Washington.

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1960. Appears dressed as a Mason. Given to the city by the Freemasons. At the Civic Center.

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Celtic Cross

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Commemorating the Irish who died of Yellow Fever (1832-33). At New Basin Canal Park, between West End Boulevard and Canal Boulevard.

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Confederate Heroes

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1957. Features Colonel Dreux, first Confederate soldier from Louisiana to be killed in the Civil War (July 5, 1861); General Albert Pike; and Father A. J. Ryan, poet-chaplain of the South. At Jefferson Davis Parkway and Canal Street.

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deLesseps S. Morrison.

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1965. Past mayor of New Orleans. At the Civic Center.

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Edward Douglas White.

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Louisiana native. At the Supreme Court building.

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General P. G. T. Beauregard.

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Fired first shot at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, commencing the Civil War. At the City Park entrance at the end of Esplanade Avenue.

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General Robert E. Lee.

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1884. On top of 60-foot Doric column, stands 161⁄2 feet high. At Lee Circle.

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Henry Clay.

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American Statesman. Stood at Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue from 1806-1901. At Lafayette Square since 1901.

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Henry Clay.

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American Statesman. Stood at Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue from 1806-1901. At Lafayette Square since 1901.

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Jefferson Davis.

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1911. President of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis Parkway at Canal Street.

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Henry Clay.

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American Statesman. Stood at Canal Street and St. Charles Avenue from 1806-1901. At Lafayette Square since 1901.

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Jefferson Davis.

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1911. President of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis Parkway at Canal Street.

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John McDonogh.

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Benefactor of public school. At the Civic Center.

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Krewe of Poydras.

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1982. Twenty-foot welded steel structure by Ida Kohlmeyer. Painted in enamel. At 1515 Poydras Street.

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Latin American Heroes.

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Features Simon Bolivar, liberator of South America (gift from Venezuela, 1957); Benito Juarez, hero of Mexico (gift from Mexico, 1965); and General Francisco Morazon, Central American idol (gift from Honduras, 1966). At Basin Street.

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Liberty Monument.

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Granite shaft erected by Crescent White League to commemorate the battle against the carpetbag Metropolitan Police. At Woldenberg Park.

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Louis Armstrong.

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Father of New Orleans Jazz. At Armstrong Park at Rampart Street.

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Margaret Gaffney Haughery.

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1884. Benefactor of orphans. White marble statue engraved “Margaret.” At the intersection of Camp, Prytania, and Clio Streets.

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Margaret Gaffney Haughery.

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1884. Benefactor of orphans. White marble statue engraved “Margaret.” At the intersection of Camp, Prytania, and Clio Streets.

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Molly Marine.

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1943. Monument inscribed “Free a Marine to Fight.” At Elk Place and Canal Street.

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Monument to the Tile Makers.

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1884. Honors Terracotta tile. Dedicated to historian Charles Gayarré. First shown at the Cotton Exposition. At the intersection of Bayou Road, Tonti Street, and Esplanade Avenue.

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Monument to Vietnamese and American Veterans of the Vietnam War.

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1988. At the intersection of Basin Street and Iberville Street.

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Mother Elizabeth Seton.

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First Native American saint. At Tulane Avenue.

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Mother Elizabeth Seton.

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First Native American saint. At Tulane Avenue.

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Ocean Song.

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1989. Sixteen-foot kinetic steel sculpture by John Scott. At Woldenberg Riverfront Park.

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Piazza d’Italia.

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Italian Plaza. Reminder of the contributions of Italians to New Orleans. At the intersection of Poydras Street and Tchoupitoulas Street.

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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

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Civil Rights leader. At Martin Luther King Boulevard and South Claiborne Avenue.

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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

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Civil Rights leader. At Martin Luther King Boulevard and South Claiborne Avenue.

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Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini.

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First American Saint. At Harrison Avenue and Canal Boulevard.

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Saint Joan of Arc.

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Maid of Orleans. Gift of France to New Orleans. Originally at Rivergate, then at the foot of Canal Street when Rivergate was demolished. Now at Chartres Street.

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Saint Joan of Arc.

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Maid of Orleans. Gift of France to New Orleans. Originally at Rivergate, then at the foot of Canal Street when Rivergate was demolished. Now at Chartres Street.

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Sophie B. Wright.

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1988. Sculpture by Enrique Alferez. At Sophie B. Wright Place and Magazine Street.

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Saint Joan of Arc.

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Maid of Orleans. Gift of France to New Orleans. Originally at Rivergate, then at the foot of Canal Street when Rivergate was demolished. Now at Chartres Street.

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Sophie B. Wright.

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1988. Sculpture by Enrique Alferez. At Sophie B. Wright Place and Magazine Street.

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Spanish-American War Veterans.

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Honoring the Louisiana armed forces from 1898 to 1902. At Poydras Street and Loyola Avenue.

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Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall.

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At the four corners of Jackson Square.

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Vietnam War Memorial.

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1987. At the Mercedez-Benz Superdome at Poydras Street.

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Wading Pool Sculptures.

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By Enrique Alferez. At City Park.

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Winston Churchill.

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At the Hilton Hotel.