Pictured is the `Washington Monument` by Rudolf Siemering, Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakens Oval, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, founded to commemorate those who had fought together during the War of Independence, commissioned the Washington Monument George Washington served as president of the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania The monument was unveiled in 1897 in Fairmount Park, and was relocated in 1928 following the completion of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Rudolph Siemering 1835-1905 was a German sculptor known for his works in Germany and the United States. The bronze and granite monument is in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The American flag and the flag of the City of Philadelphia are flying in the wind.
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