Nuns of the Battlefield

Nuns of the Battlefield is a public artwork made in 1924 by Irish artist Jerome Connor, located at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NW, M Street, and Connecticut Avenue NW, in , United States.
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  • Park
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 feet (20 metres)
  • Description: artwork by Jerome Connor
  • Also known as
    “Civil War Nurses Memorial”
    “Nuns of the Battlefield Civil War Nurses Monument”
    “Nuns of the Battlefield Monument”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Memorial.
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Church
The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle…
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Park
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a bronze statue, by William Couper, and Thomas Ball.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Dupont Circle.
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Neighborhood
The is a neighborhood and business…
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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown.

Nuns of the Battlefield

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Latitude
38.9058° or 38° 54′ 21″ north
Longitude
-77.0402° or 77° 2′ 25″ west
Open location code
87C4WX45+8W
Geo­Names ID
7197836
Wiki­data ID
Q7069912

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Nuns of the Battlefield” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nuns of the Battlefield Monument”
  • French: “Nuns of the Battlefield”
  • Urdu: “میدان جنگ کی راہبائیں”
  • Western Panjabi: “میدان جنگ دیاں راہباواں”

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