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Artist: J. Otto Schweizer
Major General Peter Muhlenberg
J. Otto Schweizer,
1910
* Statue of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
* standing person,
group of people,
church interior,
pulpit and pews,
book,
hat
* inscription:
front:
"There is a time for all things - a time to preach and a time to fight, and now is the to fight"
Farewell sermon in the church at Woodstock, VA, 1776
right:
1776, Charleston, Sullivans Island, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, Petersburg, Yorktown, 1781
left:
Member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1784
Vice President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1785
Member of the first, third, and sixth Congress of the U.S.
U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1801
President of the German Society of Pennsylvania, 1788 and 1802-1807
* Behind the Art Museum.
Anne d'Harnocourt Drive (25th and Kelly Drive to the Spring Garden Bridge).
* 39.966600,-75.181950 [map] [nearby]
* On the Art Museum Grounds tour
* Exhibits: Religious,
War
* See also:
+Max Buten's picture of this piece
+phillyhistory.org 1913 picture of this piece outside City Hall
+wikipedia.org's John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg page
+Philadelphia Museum of Art
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
J. Otto Schweizer,
1917
* Statue of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
* group of people
standing,
sitting,
all the women wearing bonnets
* inscription:
Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America
Pastor in Philadelphia
1742-1787
* In the driveway of the United Lutheran Seminary.
East side of Germantown Ave. just North of Allens Lane.
* 40.061775,-75.191925 [map] [nearby]
* On the Germantown Avenue tour
* Exhibits: Religious
* See also:
+wikipedia.org's Henry Melchior Muhlenberg page
+unitedlutheranseminary.edu
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors
J. Otto Schweizer,
1934
* group of people
standing,
torch,
hats and helmets,
shield,
eagles and large feather,
horses,
seal of Pennsylvania
* inscription:
front: Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in honor of her
colored soldiers.
back: To commemorate the heroism and sacrifice of all colored soldiers
who served in the various wars engaged in by the United States of America
that a lasting record shall be made of their unselfish devotion to duty
as an inspiration to future generations this monument is dedicated
May 30, 1934.
right: American Revolution, Civil War, Indian Wars
left: Spanish American War, Phillipine Insurrection, World War
* West side of Logan Square.
Aviator Park. Southeast of 20th and the Parkway.
* 39.958320,-75.171800 [map] [nearby]
* On the Parkway and Pennsylvania tour
* Exhibits: Moved,
War,
Black Lives
* See also:
+phillyhistory.org 1935 picture of this piece from a previous location in Fairmount Park
+One of Max Buten's pictures of this piece
+Another of Max Buten's pictures of this piece
+wikipedia.org's Logan Circle page
