Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben served in the Prussian Army and served in the courts of Frederick the Great. After an issue occurred in Prussia, it is thought Steuben left because he was fearful of being imprisoned for homosexual acts. He arrived in New Hampshire in late 1777 with Peter Stephen Du Ponceau and Louis de Pontière. He met with Benjamin Franklin, who was unable to offer him money or military rank in the Continental Army.

Steuben met General George Washington at Valley Forge, where he helped turn the Continental Army into one capable of fighting. He assisted with the Southern Campaign and the Siege of Yorktown, after which he was given land and retired in New York. He died in 1794.

The statue is a bronze work by Albert Jaegers, standing 4.7 meters tall on a tall base adorned with two sets of figures. It was erected in 1910 following an Act of Congress passed in 1903. President William Howard Taft attended the unveiling ceremony, which was attended by around 10,000 people. A large parade took place after the ceremony. A replica of the statue was given to Germany and erected in Potsdam in 1911.

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