Monument Trivia: A Monument to A US Admiral

Well, Bill Reynolds has called me out for all the southern monuments and buildings I've been showing.  So ... here's a monument to an admiral important to the US war effort during the Civil War.  Where?  Who? Why?  This one ought to be pretty easy.

Comments

[Alfred Brophy]

Ugh, what happened? I just deleted the comments and post by mistake. Anyway, to give credit where credit is due: Emily Bremer, http://www.emilysbremer.com/ identified the right answer: it's the fountain in Du Pont Circle in DC. There were two other comments, but I forget who made them. Please feel free to repost those comments.

[Bill Reynolds]

Al. I know you do Southern history, but after all we won, and there is no question conccerning who was morally right (and I dont think you believe in the Purple Dream.) Why not go above the M-D Line, where there are also many memorable courthouses and monuments?

[Alfred Brophy]

Hi Bill,

I usually use photos that I've taken for trivia. Given that I live in the south and that my research takes me to places in the south, these are the photos I have. Sometimes my photos are of monuments to the US, even though they're located in the south -- like the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Petersburg:
http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/01/poplar-grove-national-cemetery.html

I just don't have much occasion to have those from north of the Mason-Dixon Line, though I have posted some from trips to Gettysburg, Philadelphia, and Boston:

http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/08/general-meade-statue-and-monument-law.html
http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/07/civil-war-memorial-in-chester-cemetery.html
http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/07/oaklands-cemetery.html
http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/03/mount-auburn-cemetery.html

And I like to post photos from readers, including for instance Bill Turnier's photos of Maine monuments to the War:
http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2011/06/camden-maine-civil-war-monuments.html