Show t Heroic Bronze Figure of Frances France's Field Marshall Standing In Front of White House f o One of the very striking and majestic tic bits of bronze In Washington is the Rochambeau statue which stands in what was called Jackson Square I e ey G y N ROCHAMBEAU ROCHAl STATUS Stands Opposite the White House because of the presence the there of Clark Mills Mills Mills' equestrian sta statue e a ot of General Jackson later called Lafayette Lafayette Lafa Lafa- fa yette Square Squar because of the e a erection there of the great Lafayette tattle tame and now very frequently Rochambeau Park because of o 0 I this elegant example of art The tame statue was unveiled in 1902 1002 It sta ds s directly di- di in front of ot the White II H use nse The movement for the erection inthe In Inthe inthe the National Capital of a a. statue of pf f I Rochambeau was in Teco recognition tt on of the close dose tt ties s between France and the q sentiment was particularly stron strong after close of the Spanish American WilT war warin in view of the services rendered inthe in the Interest t of peace by Cam Cambon the French Am Ambassador The government government govern govern- ment of France had bad also Just fust sent over two superb va vases s as a gift ft to President McKInley Con Con- mess cress appropriated for th the stamp commanded the French forces sent to the as- as of the young republic of the United States and which co operated with mth the Continental army at York York- town t statue I J is excellent excellent excel excel- lent art The French field fleM marshal In inthe n the nIP full uniform of his rank stands with one arm outstretched evidently pointing to the distant Ame American col col- ouy which he Is about to bc help lp At the base Is a n symbolic figure It ItU Itla U la the figure of a woman woman- forward with the flag of FranCE horne home aloft In the rI right ht hand band Beneath Beneath Be Be- neath heath hl her r feet is the prow of a ll ship su suggestive of the force which France has sent across the seas to aid the republic of the United States in the days dars of Its Infancy Below are the arms of France and th the United States linked together t r 1 |