The Dewey Monument is a memorial statue by Robert Ingersoll Aitken in San Francisco, California, located at the center of Union Square. Union Square is...
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George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is...
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destination and a well-known gathering place in downtown San Francisco. The Dewey Monument is situated at the center of Union Square. It is a statue of Nike, the...
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Patria, features two statues of Victoria riding on quadrigas in Rome Dewey Monument, a statue at Union Square, San Francisco Winged Victory of Samothrace...
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early 1920s. In 1903, he sculpted the Victory figure for the top of the Dewey Monument, which still stands in San Francisco's Union Square. In 1904, Aitken...
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Iron Mike (redirect from Iron Mike Monument)
Iron Mike is the de facto name of various monuments commemorating servicemen of the United States military. The term "Iron Mike" is uniquely American...
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Bretteville met her future husband thanks to the rumor she modeled for the Dewey Monument by Robert Aitken, which can be found in Union Square. Legend holds that...
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sculptor, Aitken would go on to create both the Victory figure atop the Dewey Monument, in San Francisco's Union Square, and the figures, above the inscription...
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following the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Dewey's name is listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission's Tablets of the Missing at Manila American...
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Lumberman's Monument is a monument in Oscoda Township, Michigan, United States. It is dedicated to the workers of the early logging industry in Michigan...
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The George Rogers Clark Monument was a historic monument consisting of multiple figures that was formerly located in Monument Square at Charlottesville...
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The Dewey Cannon is an antique Spanish bronze cannon. Currently, it is a Michigan registered historic site located in Three Oaks in the U.S. state of...
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The Sciences and The Arts Fountains (category Monuments and memorials in Missouri)
Sculptures Goddess of Victory at the Dewey Monument (1903) William McKinley Memorial (1904) George Rogers Clark Monument (1921) William A. Starke Memorial...
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Morristown Dewey Arch, triumphal arch honoring Admiral George Dewey which stood at Madison Square Park from 1899 to 1900. The monument was removed as...
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Arches National Park (redirect from Arches National Monument)
by the National Park Service, the area was originally named a national monument on April 12, 1929, and was redesignated as a national park on November...
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James Watson (redirect from James Dewey Watson)
James Dewey Watson (born April 6, 1928) is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the...
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Great Blue Hole (redirect from Blue Hole National Monument)
Peccary Hills Río Blanco Sarstoon-Temash St. Herman's Blue Hole Natural monuments Actun Tunichil Muknal Great Blue Hole Half Moon Caye Thousand Foot Falls...
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington National Cemetery) (category Military monuments and memorials in the United States)
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a historic funerary monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is...
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Dewey Square in Boston is named after Admiral Dewey, as is Dewey Beach, Delaware. Union Square, San Francisco features a 97 ft (30 m) tall monument to...
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Wounded Knee Massacre (redirect from Wounded Knee Monument)
Survivor Wasumaza, one of Big Foot's warriors who later changed his name to Dewey Beard, recalled Black Coyote was unable to hear. "If they had left him alone...
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Washington Square Arch by Stanford White (Manhattan, 1892) the temporary Dewey Arch (Manhattan, 1899) Fusiliers' Arch (Dublin, 1907) National Memorial...
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becomes bedridden and Jeff decides to loot an abandoned hospital with Dewey. Dewey unwittingly gets crushed by a beartrap and Finch retrieves Jeff to escape...
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of law and justice Liberty, a goddess personification of Liberty Donald Dewey (2007). The Art of Ill Will: The Story of American Political Cartoons. New...
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Badlands National Park (redirect from Badlands National Monument)
highest point at 3,340 feet (1,020 m). Authorized as Badlands National Monument on March 4, 1929, it was not established until January 25, 1939. Badlands...
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Roxas Boulevard (redirect from Dewey Boulevard)
Originally called Cavite Boulevard, it was renamed Dewey Boulevard in honor of the American admiral George Dewey, whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the...
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Utah State Route 128 (redirect from Dewey Bridge (Utah))
Pioneers (1972). Grand Memories. pp. 127, 144. OCLC 4790603. "Markers and Monuments: Dewey Bridge". Utah History Resource Center. State of Utah. October 2006...
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List of Eureka Seven characters (redirect from Dewey Novak)
joins the renegade group Gekkostate to fight against the U.F. Force, led by Dewey Novak. In naming the characters, writer Dai Sato drew inspiration from club...
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armored conning tower, an uncomfortably hot station in the Philippine sun. Dewey gave his famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley". At...
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Earl D. Eisenhower (redirect from Earl Dewey Eisenhower)
Earl Dewey Eisenhower (February 1, 1898 – December 18, 1968) was an American electrical engineer and legislator, as well as the younger brother of U.S...
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The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate...
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