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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,
Moved,
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
+philamuseum.org
James Bartram Nicholson
J. Otto Schweizer,
1913
* statue of James Bartram Nicholson
* standing person,
pedestal
* visible through the fence
* inscription:
front (partial):
Erected and Dedicated May 10, 1913
by the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania
In memory of James Bartram Nicholson
In recognition of his valuable services in behalf of the order
back:
Born in St. Louis Missouri 1820
Initiated into Chosen Friends Lodge No. 100 April 8, 1845
Received the Patriarchal Decrees in Mount Olive Encampment 1848
Admitted into Grand Lodge 1848
Admitted into Grand Encampment 1849
Grand Warden of Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania May 1851
Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge 1852
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge 1853
Grand Represntative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge 1859
Grand Sire of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the United States 1862
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania January 1869
Grand Scribe of the Grand Encampment of
Pennsylvania January 1869
Died in Philadelphia March 4 1901
* Mount Peace Cemetery.
North side of Lehigh at 31st.
* 39.997690,-75.181760 [map] [nearby]
* See also:
+findagrave.com's entry for this piece
+gravelyspeaking.com blog entry about this piece
+josephsmithpapers.org's James Bartram Nicholson page
+wikipedia.org's Mount Peace Cemetery page
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
