Nuns Memorial, Conn. & R.I. Ave., [Washington, D.C.

ID: 3236 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Date: between 1916 and 1917
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Nuns Memorial, Conn. & R.I. Ave., [Washington, D.C.
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Photograph shows the "Nuns of the Battlefield" memorial honoring Catholic nuns who served as nurses during the Civil War, located at Rhode Island Avenue and M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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The Nuns of the Battlefield Monument, honoring the nuns who tended wounded and sick soldiers during the Civil War, features a large bronze relief panel that depicts the life-sized figures of twelve nuns, who wear various habits. At either end of the…