Dublin Core
Title
Nuns of the Battlefield (Washington, D.C., District of Columbia)
Description
This Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington D.C. was raised by Ellen Ryan Jolly and designed by Irish artist Jerome Connor to honor the nuns who looked after soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. The memorial consists of a granite base and a bas relief atop. Titled "Nuns of the Battlefield", the relief represents 12 nuns arranged in different postures and involved in acts of care.
Source
american
Date
1924-07-28
Contributor
hx24@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Site
Identifier
14
Date Issued
1924-09-20
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,38.90567,-77.03083;
Rights Holder
Jerome Connor
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Nuns of the Battlefield
Object
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/civil-war-nurses-memorial
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Nuns_of_the_Battlefield
Monument Type
Bas-relief
Funded by
A committee led by Ellen Jolly
State
District of Columbia
Affiliation
Other
City
Washington, D.C.