James Garfield Monument
Item
Title
James Garfield Monument
Description
This monument to President James Garfield (1831-1881) depicts him giving a speech, gazing outward with papers in one hand. Garfield was elected in 1880, but he served only four months of his term before his assassination in a railroad station on the Mall in 1881. The Society of the Army of the Cumberland, of which Garfield had been a member, commissioned the statue in 1884. It was dedicated in May 1887.
Creator
John Quincy Adams Ward
Date
05/12/1887 (Dedicated)
Coverage
1860-1889
Source
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. View Original.
topic
design & monuments
presidents