Gen. Scott statue

ID: 2896 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: between 1900 and 1930

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Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott Statue: Affectionately known as “Old Fuss and Feathers,” Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott’s career in the US Army spanned more than half a century.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Erected in 1874, this equestrian statue of Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott was the first memorial honoring a Civil War general to be installed in one of DC’s public traffic circles or…