Bernardo de Gálvez is a bronze equestrian statue, sculpted by Juan de Ávalos of Spain. Located in the American national capital of Washington, D.C., it was dedicated on June 3, 1976, one month and a day before Independence Day of the Fourth of July, 1776. Evidently, it was a gift from Spain to the United States upon the occasion of the U.S.A.'s Bicentennial (1776–1976) commemoration, 200 years later after the American Revolution and subsequent American Revolutionary War (1776-1783).
The Bernardo de Gálvez sculpture is located along with the Statues of the Liberators, at Virginia Avenue and 22nd Street, N.W., near the United States Department of State building in the old Foggy Bottom neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It was dedicated by King Juan Carlos I of the Kingdom of Spain
The inscription on the base reads:
(Front:) BERNARDO DE GALVEZ(COUNT DE GALVEZ)1746–1786
(Side:) BERNARDO DE GALVEZ THE GREATSPANISH SOLDIER CARRIED OUTA COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGN INLANDS BORDERING THE LOWERMISSISSIPPI. THIS MASTERPIECEOF MILITARY STRATEGY LIGHTENEDTHE PRESSURE OF THE ENGLISHIN THE WAR AGAINST THE AMERICANSETTLERS WHO WERE FIGHTING FORTHEIR INDEPENDENCE.MAY THE STATUE OF BERNARDODE GALVEZ SERVE AS A REMINDERTHAT SPAIN OFFERED THE BLOODOF HER SOLDIERS FOR THE CAUSEOF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.Excerpts of a speechgiven on this locationon June 3, 1976 byHis MajestyDON JUAN CARLOS IKing of Spain
SculptorJuan de ÁvalosMadrid, Spain
Coordinates: 38°53′44″N 77°02′55″W / 38.895683°N 77.048533°W / 38.895683; -77.048533
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