Peace Monument, front facing with the U.S. Capitol in the background

ID: 2999 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: [between 1880 and 1930]

This file appears in: Navy-Peace Monument: This monument stands as a memorial to the Union naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

This file appears in: Navy-Peace Monument: This monument stands as a memorial to the Union naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

Navy-Peace Monument: This monument stands as a memorial to the Union naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

By The DC Historic Sites team

First conceived by Union Admiral David D. Porter in 1865, the 44-foot-high, ornately detailed Navy-Peace Monument stands as a memorial to the naval deaths at sea during the Civil War. It was completed…