Baltimore's Battle Monument-- Part 2: 8 Foot Tall Statue on Top

The monument is topped by an 8 feet tall, 2,750 pound marble statue by Antonio Capellano of a female figure representing the City of Baltimore wearing a crown of victory and holding a laurel wreath in one hand and a ship's rudder in the other.

It was hoisted to the top of the column during Defenders Day, September 12, 1822.  The statue was moved inside of the Maryland Historical Society in 2013 to preserve it from further damage caused by time and nature.  It was replaced on the monument with a concrete replica.

It was placed on the NRHP in 1973.

--Brock-Perry