Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben is a bronze statue, by Albert Jaegers.[1]
The inscription reads:
(Base, southeast side:)
Albert Jaegers, sculptor
(Base, front in raised letters:)
ERECTED.BY.THE.CONGRESS
OF.THE.VNITED.STATES.
TO
FREDERICK.WILLIAM.AVGVSTVS.HENRY.FERDINAND
BARON.VON.STEVBEN
IN.GRATEFVL .RECOGNITION .OF.HIS
SERVICES
TO
THE
AMERICAN.PEOPLE
IN.THEIR.STRVGGLE.FOR.LIBERTY
BORN.IN PRVSSIA
SEPTEMBER 17, 1730
DIED.IN.NEW.YORK.
NOVEMBER 28, 1794
AFTER.SERVING.AS AIDE.
DE.CAMP.TO.FREDERICK
THE.GREAT.OF PRVSSIA
HE.OFFERED.HIS.SWORD
TO.THE.AMERICAN.COLONIES.AND WAS APPOINT
ED.MAJOR.GENERAL AND
INSPECTOR GENERAL IN
THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
HE GAVE MILITARY.TRAIN-
ING.AND.DISCIPLINE.TO
THE.CITIZEN.SOLDIERS
WHO.ACHIEVED.THE.IN-
DEPENDENCE.OF.THE
VNITED.STATES. .
M.C.M.X
(Base, rear in raised letters:)
COLONEL.WILLIAM.NORTH
.MAJOR.BENJAMIN.WALKER
.AIDES.AND.FRIENDS
OF.GENERA.VON.STEVBEN
(Base, beneath two male figures:)
MILITARY INSTRUCTION
(Base, beneath female figure and youth:)
COMMEMORATION