Tripoli Monument (sculpture) - Wikipedia
The Tripoli Monument is the oldest military monument in the United States. [1] It honors heroes of the United States Navy from the First Barbary War (1801–1805): Master Commandant Richard Somers, Lieutenant James Caldwell, James Decatur (brother of Capt.Stephen Decatur), Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and John Sword Dorsey.
This is Monumental: The Tripoli Monument
2022年11月4日 · The Tripoli Monument memorializes six U.S. naval officers who perished in the first Barbary War (also known as the Tripolitan War) in 1804 while battling the Barbary Coast pirates in the dangerous fighting that ravaged the city …
The Tripoli Monument – Annapolis, Maryland - Atlas Obscura
2021年9月14日 · Honoring the heroes that fell during the First Barbary War. The monument reflects an early but very important period of American and naval history. Carved in 1806 in Italy, the statue was brought...
The Tripoli Monument - The Historical Marker Database
2013年6月13日 · The oldest military monument in the United States honors heroes of the War against the Barbary Coast Pirates, the new republic's first war. (A historical marker located in Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.)
Object 18: The Tripoli Monument :: 100 Objects, A...
Today's object remembers those early navy heroes who died at Tripoli to protect Americans. One of the earliest military memorials in the U.S., it has stood as a tribute to their sacrifice for over 200 years.
The Tripoli Monument, a War Memorial - The Historical Marker …
2013年6月13日 · Erected in the memory of Captain Richard Somers, Lieutenant James Caldwell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and John Dorsey who fell in the difficult attacks that were made on the city of Tripoli in the Year of our Lord 1804 and in the 28 Year of the independence of the United States.
The Tripoli Monument: A Forgotten Relic of Early D.C.
2023年2月1日 · Built in 1808 to commemorate the officers in the American navy who perished fighting against Tripoli in the Tripolitan War, or First Barbary War, the Tripoli Monument remained the only monument in the nation’s capital for thirty-five years.
The Tripoli Monument - Northern Chesapeake Heritage Foundation
The Tripoli Monument, located on the grounds of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD is the oldest military memorial in the United States. The monument is a memorial to six U.S. Naval Officers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the first …
In Respect to Their Memory and Admiration of Their Valor
The ornate, allegorical Tripoli Monument is a memorial to six U.S. naval officers' ultimate sacrifice during the Barbary War.
The Old Navy: The Tripoli Monument | Proceedings - January …
For 112 years, the Tripoli Monument has stood on the grounds of the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, but its unique and tumultuous history began long before 1860. Originally erected at the Washington Navy Yard in 1808, it was the Federal capital’s first monument and for a period of 35 years the only monument in the District of Columbia.