Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Valley Forge National Park P. O. Box 953 Valley Forge Pennsylvania 19481
Date:
Installed 1915
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Gorham Company Founders (On south side of base:) MAJOR GENERAL/FRIEDRICH WILHELM/BARON VON STEUBEN/ERECTED BY THE/NATIONAL GERMAN/AMERICAN ALLIANCE 1915 (On lower edge of bronze base plaque:) GENERAL VON STEUBEN DRILLING WASHINGTON'S ARMY AT VALLEY FORGE unsigned Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A standing portrait of Baron von Steuben with his proper left hand resting on his sword and his proper right hand holding the lapel of his jacket. A long cloak hangs around his shoulders. The sculpture is installed on a granite base adorned on the front with a rectangular bronze relief plaque entitled "General von Steuben Drilling Washington's Army at Valley Forge." It depicts von Steuben standing in front of a row of soldiers pointing with a baton held in his proper right hand. Behind him are several officers, one of whom holds von Steuben's overcoat and sword.
