Equestrian statue of George Washington (Paris)

You are standing before the bronze equestrian statue of George Washington in the center of the Place d'Iéna. This monument was a gift from the Daughters of the American Revolution to the city of Paris, and it was inaugurated on July 3, 1900. The date was chosen specifically to mark the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the day Washington assumed command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The sculpture commemorates the military alliance between France and the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, with an inscription dedicating the work to the brotherly help France provided to the American people.