Peace Circle

Peace Circle

Peace Circle is a traffic circle in Washington, D.C., located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and First Street NW. At its center is Peace Monument, also known as the Naval Memorial. It is a monument to the naval deaths during the American Civil War. The monument is topped by the allegorical sculptures of Grief and History. On the southwest side facing the United States Capitol there is a figure of Peace, and on the northwest side, there are figures of Victory and the babies Mars and Neptune. The monument is located on Capitol grounds adjacent to the Capitol Reflection Pool. The monument was sculpted by Franklin Simmons and completed in 1878. The monument was also restored in the 1990s.

ee also

*List of Circles in Washington, D.C.

External links

* [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=20002&ie=UTF8&ll=38.890663,-77.012312&spn=0.001501,0.003369&t=k&om=1/ Google Maps satellite image]
* [http://www.aoc.gov/cc/grounds/art_arch/peace.cfm/ Architect of the Capitol description and history]


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