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John Ericsson National Memorial, located near the National Mall at Ohio Drive and Independence Avenue, SW, in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to the man who revolutionized naval history with his invention of the screw propeller. The Swedish engineer John Ericsson was also the designer of the USS ''Monitor'', the ship that ensured Union naval supremacy during the American Civil War. The national memorial was authorized by Congress August 31, 1916, and dedicated May 29, 1926 by President Calvin Coolidge and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. Congress appropriated $35,000 for the creation of the memorial, and Americans chiefly of Scandinavian descent raised an additional $25,000. Constructed on a site near the Lincoln Memorial between September 1926 and April 1927, the pink Milford granite (memorial ) is high with a diameter base. Sculpted by James Earle Fraser, it features a seated figure of Ericsson high, and three standing figures representing adventure, labor, and vision. The national memorial is managed by National Mall and Memorial Parks. ==Images== Image:John erricsson memorial-front.jpg Image:John ericsson memorial closeup.jpg File:Fraser Ericsson Adventure.jpg|Adventure section of memorial. Image:Fraser_EriccsonLaborCloseup.jpg|Closeup of Labor section. File:Fraser Ericsson Labor.jpg|Labor section. File:Fraser Ericsson Vision.jpg|Vision section of memorial. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Ericsson National Memorial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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