GáLVEZ, Bernardo de: Memorial near the State Dept in Washington, D.C. by Juan De Avalos located in James M. Goode's Foggy Bottom area

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The Bernardo de Gálvez Memorial in Washington, D.C., is a bronze statue by Juan De Avalos honoring the Spanish military leader who aided American independence. Located near the State Department in the Foggy Bottom area, it commemorates Gálvez's strategic campaign along the lower Mississippi that helped the American cause. The memorial highlights Spain's role in the Revolutionary War and was the site of a 1976 speech by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.